Disruptive Library Technology Jester

Peter Murray

Library technologist, open source advocate, striving to think globally while acting locally

Thursday Threads: Digital Legacies, Zettabytes of Information, Digital Books, Alternate Network Architectures

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Receive DLTJ Thursday Threads:</p> by E-mail by RSS Delivered by FeedBurner </form> </div> Mind-expanding topics this week. The...

“The Challenges of User Consent” – Handling Shibboleth User Attributes

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One of the great things about the Shibboleth inter-institution single sign-on software package is the ability for the Identity Provider to limit how much a S...

Encryption of Patron Data in Modern Integrated Library Systems

5 minute read

"How much effort do you want to spend securing your computer systems? Well, how much do you not want to be in front of a reporter's microphone if a security...

Recordings from Code4Lib Virtual Lightning Talks Available

2 minute read

Thanks to everyone for participating in the first Code4Lib Virtual Lightning Talks on Friday. In particular, my gratitude goes out to Ed Corrado, Luciano Ra...

Full Text of ARL SPEC Kit 278 on Library Patron Privacy Now Online

less than 1 minute read

Almost a decade ago while at the University of Connecticut I conducted a survey of ARL libraries on their patron privacy practices. The full text of that su...