[Web4lib] [web4lib] survey on library website third partyanalytics privacy concerns

[Roy Tennant]

On 8/30/10 8/30/10 € 6:34 AM, "David -" <davidslistservs at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Leaving aside the immediate issue of privacy, who cares what the ALA's code of
> ethics or bill of rights says about anything?...
> 
> Sure, the ALA occasionally has good ideas.  But it doesn't sign our paychecks
> or 
> fund our libraries.  Our governing bodies do, and theirs are the only opinions
> that matter.

I'm sorry to hear you feel that way. I a librarian first, and an employee
second. I am in this profession because I believe in its values and ethics,
and I have pledged to uphold them. Not with my hand on a bible, but with
ethical conduct day in and day out. If I were to give that up to keep my
job, then I would violate not just the professional code of ethics, but my
own. I'd prefer to find another job.
Roy