PANEL A: POLITICS, PRIVACY, AND ETHICS IN DIGITAL COLLECTIONS Chair/Moderator: Elizabeth Duclos-Orsello, Ph.D., Chair, Dept. of Interdisciplinary Studies, Salem State University Panelists: Eben English, Digital Repository Services Manager, Boston Public Library Jane Kelly, Records and Accessioning Archivist, Digital Collections & Archives, Tufts University Elizabeth Watts Pope, Curator of Books and Digitized Collections, American Antiquarian Society Digital Commonwealth 2020 Conference April 7, 2020
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PANEL A: POLITICS, PRIVACY, AND ETHICS IN DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
Chair/Moderator: Elizabeth Duclos-Orsello, Ph.D., Chair, Dept. of Interdisciplinary Studies, Salem State University
Panelists:
Eben English, Digital Repository Services Manager, Boston Public Library
Jane Kelly, Records and Accessioning Archivist, Digital Collections & Archives, Tufts University
Elizabeth Watts Pope, Curator of Books and Digitized Collections, American Antiquarian Society
Digital Commonwealth 2020 Conference
April 7, 2020
THE ETHICS OF DIGITIZINGSENSITIVE CONTENT
Eben English
Boston Public Library
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Further reading
Batchelor, Oliver (2020) "Navigating the campus past: college yearbook controversies", Reference Services Review: Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. <https://doi.org/10.1108/RSR-09-2019-0059>
Peterson Brink, Mary Ellen Ducey, and Elizabeth Lorang (2016) “The Case of the Awgwan: Considering Ethics of Digitization and Access for Archives” The Reading Room: Vol. 2, No. 1. <https://readingroom.lib.buffalo.edu/PDF/vol2-issue1/the-case-of-the-awgwan.pdf>
Dalgleish, Paul (2011) “The thorniest area: making collections accessible online while respecting individual and community sensitivities,” Archives and manuscripts: Vol. 39 No. 1: 67-84.
Gorzalski, Matt (2016) “Archivists and Thespians: A Case Study and Reflections on Context and Authenticity in a Digitization Project,” The American Archivist: Vol. 79, No. 1: 161–185.
Manžuch, Zinaida (2017) "Ethical Issues In Digitization Of Cultural Heritage," Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies: Vol. 4 , Article 4. <http://elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol4/iss2/4>
Monks-Leeson, Emily (2011) “Archives on the Internet: Representing Contexts and Provenance from Repository to Website,” The American Archivist: Vol. 74, No. 1: 38-57. <https://www.jstor.org/stable/23079000>
Nesmith, Tom (2005) “Reopening Archives: Bringing New Contextualities into Archival Theory and Practice,” Archivaria: 60. <https://archivaria.ca/index.php/archivaria/article/view/12523>
Ziegler, S. L. (2019) “Digitization Selection Criteria as Anti-Racist Action,” Code4Lib Journal: 45. <https://journal.code4lib.org/articles/14667>
Jane KellyRecords and Accessioning ArchivistDigital Collections and ArchivesTufts [email protected]
Are we justified in creating digital collections of
materials that may never have been intended for
preservation or widespread dissemination?
How do we make ethical decisions about what to
include in our collections?
Contextual approach to privacy
What do content creators believe about their right to
privacy on the web?
How does their personal context shape their
understanding and expectations of privacy and
anonymity?
“Privacy as Contextual Integrity,” Helen Nissenbaum, Washington Law Review, 2004
“A Contextual Approach to Privacy Online,” Helen Nissenbaum, Deadalus, 2011
Social network theory of privacy
Can we reasonably evaluate the number, depth, and
breadth of connections that users have on the web to
inform our collecting decisions?
”A Social networks theory of privacy,” Lior Jacob Strahilevitz, Chicago Unbound, 2005
Context, Technology, & Useful Description
How much context do we need to provide to make this content
make sense in the future?
Would we need to capture a huge portion of a website that is
unrelated to #metoo in order to understand something about
one single blog post?
Is that going to take up a ton of data and staff time?
Empowerment through Empathy
Does our work empower individuals and
communities?
How can we advocate for changing practices to
ensure that this is possible?
Select Bibliography
Privacy as Contextual IntegrityHelen NissenbaumWashington Law Review, v. 79, iss. 1, p. 119-157, 2004
A Moral Perspective on South–North Web ArchivingPeter Lor and Johannes J. BritzJournal of Information Science, v. 30, iss. 6, p. 540-549, 2004
A Social Networks Theory of PrivacyLior StrahilevitzUniversity of Chicago Law Review, v. 72, iss. 3, p. 919-988, 2005
A Contextual Approach to Privacy OnlineHelen NissenbaumDeadalus, v. 140, iss. 4, p. 32-48, 2011
Ethical Considerations in Web 2.0 ArchivesAntoinette E. Baker School of Information Student Research Journal, v. 1, iss. 1, July 2011
The Privacy Implications of Digital Preservation: Social Media Archives and the Social Networks Theory of PrivacyJasmine E. McNealyElon University Law Review, v. 3, iss. 2, p. 133-160, 2012
From Human Rights to Feminist Ethics: Radical Empathy in ArchivesMichelle Caswell and Marika CiforArchivaria, v. 81, p. 23-42, Spring 2016
Ethical Considerations for Archiving Social Media Content Generated by Contemporary Social Movements: Challenges, Opportunities,and RecommendationsBergis Jules, Ed Summers, Dr. Vernon Mitchell, Jr., April 2018