My question:
* What is the current position of the United States regarding the use of mandatory National ID cards, as initiated in Great Britain, but previously rejected for use in the United States?
("U.S." OR "United States") AND mandat* AND nation* AND "Identification Card*"
("U.S." OR "United States") AND law* AND national AND "identi* card" AND (mandat* OR requir* OR regulat*)
Friday, October 23, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Research Journal Part 2
The following information was located in the Cannell Library Book Catalog.
Search Term: Privacy Act
Citation: Jasper, Margaret C. Privacy and the Internet: your expectations and rights under the law. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana Publications, 2003.
Subject Headings:
Data protection -- Law and legislation -- United States-- Popular works.
Internet -- Law and legislation -- United States-- Popular works.
Privacy, Right of -- United States -- Popular works.
Is this a Circulating Book or and E-Book?: Circulating Book
Location and Call Number for the Book:
Location: Second Floor
Call Number: KF1263.C65 J38 2003
ASAP criteria:
Age of the book is within 6 years and after the turn of the century
Sources: legal almanac series with bibliographical references
Author: Jasper has written numerous articles regarding law and how it affects different aspects our lives such as small businesses, children, copyright, healthcare, and identity theft. These offerings are entirely published through Oceana Publications, a company dedicated to international law.
Publisher: Oceana Publications is a company devoted to exploring internation law using legal, scholarly, and research tools.
The following information was located in the Summit Catalog
Search Terms: Privacy Act
Citation
Author: United States. Dept. of Justice.; United States. General Services Administration.;
Office of Citizen Services and Communications.
Title: Your right to federal records: questions and answers on the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act.
Publisher: Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Justice: GSA Office of Citizen Services and Communications, Federal Citizen Information Center
Publication Date: 2006
Subject Headings:
Public records - Law and legislation- United States
Privacy, Right of - United States
Freedom of information - United States
United States. - Freedom of Information Act
United States. -Privacy Act of 1974
Location and Call Number: No location or call number given, however there is an OCLC Number: 135299083.
Book Credibility: Since this book came from a sourch which needs to be extremely reliable, I felt the credibility was high. This is a national government publication and the source of information to citizens who need answers regarding current laws. The e-book was quite current since it was published in 2006. The sources seemed thorough and accurate with the backing of government information.
This search differed from Library Book Catalog:
This search seemed more centered on government documents that might assist citizens in exploring a subject. There were no specific author names, only government agencies. In fact, it seemed quite odd to list an author as "United States." Some also listed several different departments as authors. There were a number of ways to get a document copy including the ability to download the documents, view them digitally, or order them from Summit. I appreciated how all the information on the Library Book Catalog was set up in one shorter area, rather than have to scroll down the page in order to get all the information in one viewing. No location or Call Numbers were listed on the page.
Books 24x7- IT Pro Collection
I did not find using this tool very difficult. Once you enter a work in the search box, you have several choices in the field boxes. This seemed to narrow the choices down considerably. Under "SEARCH", you can choose from Content: Full Text or Code Listings ; General types of searches under the subcategories of title, ISBNs authors and speakers, publishers, and an all inclusive category. The Using field seemed similar to other database search engines by asking if you want
the Exact Phrase, Any words, Words in proximity, All Words, or Boolean.
Under "additional fields" your choices were to include "all or any" of the criteria entered. Beside a Content box with the same information choices as above regarding specific areas to search within, it also asks if you want these choices to contain any of the extra words that can be entered into the field beyond it. A person also has a choice whether to have the copyright year set at "like, before, after;" folder choices such as whether or not to put them all a folder or send them to a default location. This program seemed particularly detailed and and easy to use. It will be good for advanced searches and times when many options are needed.
Having never used this tool before, I found it to be a easy process but it did not yield many resources for my subject. I do others may find it valuable in research.
Google Books:
Search Term: Privacy Act of 1974
Citation Information: Rule, James B. Privacy in Peril. New York: Oxford University Press. 2007
Credibility: There were several reviews for Rule's book, and authority was given to him by several people because of what they considered insightful information. I could find no clues on the limited view of the book or in the Preface. It wasn't until I went into the Oxford University Press website that I found Rule's creditials. He is considered a Distinguished Affiliated Scholar at the Center for the Study of Law and Society at the University of California, Berkley. He was a part of the Advanced Study program in Behavioral Sciences at Standford University and has wond awards and recognition for his work. He seemed to carry the creditials needed to be able to speak on this subject with credibility. This book is also written in 2007; recently enough that it can speak with some authority regarding the current privacy issues before our nation.
Summary:
Since I have used Summit, Google Books, and the Library Catalog in the past, I was familiar with these tools. I appreciate the ease of the Catalog and the immediate results I get when I use both the Catalog and Google Books. Before today, I have not found Summit to deliver the kind of reports I have looked for in the past. For this subject, however, I appreciated the technical information from direct government sources which could shed light on my questions regarding privacy. In this way, Summit delivered better technical resources than the other three applications, while both Google Books and the Library Catalog seemed to provide sources more suited to a layperson. I am very unfamiliar with IT Pro and it took some time to make sure all the fields were filled in in order to have a thorough search. At this time, I probably would not lean toward using this tool, but it may be because of my unfamiliarity with it and the fact that I did not produce any results that I thought were useful for my topic when I experimented with different combinations of words. Since IT Pro seemed to have the most search options, I do see its value in that, if it is used properly, a person could yield a number of different and specific results that might be beneficial to a research project.
If the interfaces changed tomorrow, I believe I have enough experience using these tools that I could adapt to them. Most of my research was done by trial and error in the beginning of my college career, and I found I could make use of any kind of tool that was provided and still yield results. I do believe that these interfaces will probably change over time as our understanding of how to sort, store, and retrieve information increases.
Search Term: Privacy Act
Citation: Jasper, Margaret C. Privacy and the Internet: your expectations and rights under the law. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana Publications, 2003.
Subject Headings:
Data protection -- Law and legislation -- United States-- Popular works.
Internet -- Law and legislation -- United States-- Popular works.
Privacy, Right of -- United States -- Popular works.
Is this a Circulating Book or and E-Book?: Circulating Book
Location and Call Number for the Book:
Location: Second Floor
Call Number: KF1263.C65 J38 2003
ASAP criteria:
Age of the book is within 6 years and after the turn of the century
Sources: legal almanac series with bibliographical references
Author: Jasper has written numerous articles regarding law and how it affects different aspects our lives such as small businesses, children, copyright, healthcare, and identity theft. These offerings are entirely published through Oceana Publications, a company dedicated to international law.
Publisher: Oceana Publications is a company devoted to exploring internation law using legal, scholarly, and research tools.
The following information was located in the Summit Catalog
Search Terms: Privacy Act
Citation
Author: United States. Dept. of Justice.; United States. General Services Administration.;
Office of Citizen Services and Communications.
Title: Your right to federal records: questions and answers on the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act.
Publisher: Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Justice: GSA Office of Citizen Services and Communications, Federal Citizen Information Center
Publication Date: 2006
Subject Headings:
Public records - Law and legislation- United States
Privacy, Right of - United States
Freedom of information - United States
United States. - Freedom of Information Act
United States. -Privacy Act of 1974
Location and Call Number: No location or call number given, however there is an OCLC Number: 135299083.
Book Credibility: Since this book came from a sourch which needs to be extremely reliable, I felt the credibility was high. This is a national government publication and the source of information to citizens who need answers regarding current laws. The e-book was quite current since it was published in 2006. The sources seemed thorough and accurate with the backing of government information.
This search differed from Library Book Catalog:
This search seemed more centered on government documents that might assist citizens in exploring a subject. There were no specific author names, only government agencies. In fact, it seemed quite odd to list an author as "United States." Some also listed several different departments as authors. There were a number of ways to get a document copy including the ability to download the documents, view them digitally, or order them from Summit. I appreciated how all the information on the Library Book Catalog was set up in one shorter area, rather than have to scroll down the page in order to get all the information in one viewing. No location or Call Numbers were listed on the page.
Books 24x7- IT Pro Collection
I did not find using this tool very difficult. Once you enter a work in the search box, you have several choices in the field boxes. This seemed to narrow the choices down considerably. Under "SEARCH", you can choose from Content: Full Text or Code Listings ; General types of searches under the subcategories of title, ISBNs authors and speakers, publishers, and an all inclusive category. The Using field seemed similar to other database search engines by asking if you want
the Exact Phrase, Any words, Words in proximity, All Words, or Boolean.
Under "additional fields" your choices were to include "all or any" of the criteria entered. Beside a Content box with the same information choices as above regarding specific areas to search within, it also asks if you want these choices to contain any of the extra words that can be entered into the field beyond it. A person also has a choice whether to have the copyright year set at "like, before, after;" folder choices such as whether or not to put them all a folder or send them to a default location. This program seemed particularly detailed and and easy to use. It will be good for advanced searches and times when many options are needed.
Having never used this tool before, I found it to be a easy process but it did not yield many resources for my subject. I do others may find it valuable in research.
Google Books:
Search Term: Privacy Act of 1974
Citation Information: Rule, James B. Privacy in Peril. New York: Oxford University Press. 2007
Credibility: There were several reviews for Rule's book, and authority was given to him by several people because of what they considered insightful information. I could find no clues on the limited view of the book or in the Preface. It wasn't until I went into the Oxford University Press website that I found Rule's creditials. He is considered a Distinguished Affiliated Scholar at the Center for the Study of Law and Society at the University of California, Berkley. He was a part of the Advanced Study program in Behavioral Sciences at Standford University and has wond awards and recognition for his work. He seemed to carry the creditials needed to be able to speak on this subject with credibility. This book is also written in 2007; recently enough that it can speak with some authority regarding the current privacy issues before our nation.
Summary:
Since I have used Summit, Google Books, and the Library Catalog in the past, I was familiar with these tools. I appreciate the ease of the Catalog and the immediate results I get when I use both the Catalog and Google Books. Before today, I have not found Summit to deliver the kind of reports I have looked for in the past. For this subject, however, I appreciated the technical information from direct government sources which could shed light on my questions regarding privacy. In this way, Summit delivered better technical resources than the other three applications, while both Google Books and the Library Catalog seemed to provide sources more suited to a layperson. I am very unfamiliar with IT Pro and it took some time to make sure all the fields were filled in in order to have a thorough search. At this time, I probably would not lean toward using this tool, but it may be because of my unfamiliarity with it and the fact that I did not produce any results that I thought were useful for my topic when I experimented with different combinations of words. Since IT Pro seemed to have the most search options, I do see its value in that, if it is used properly, a person could yield a number of different and specific results that might be beneficial to a research project.
If the interfaces changed tomorrow, I believe I have enough experience using these tools that I could adapt to them. Most of my research was done by trial and error in the beginning of my college career, and I found I could make use of any kind of tool that was provided and still yield results. I do believe that these interfaces will probably change over time as our understanding of how to sort, store, and retrieve information increases.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Is it Information or Data?
Thoughts from my class blog#2:
Defining "information" and "data" raises some interesting questions, however..
The bigger question seems to be not in defining these terms, but in how to teach people to think critically as they process rapidly. If we don't learn to do that, we could become ignorant, apathetic vessels being poured into each moment without the ability to reason and discern for ourselves.
Defining "information" and "data" raises some interesting questions, however..
The bigger question seems to be not in defining these terms, but in how to teach people to think critically as they process rapidly. If we don't learn to do that, we could become ignorant, apathetic vessels being poured into each moment without the ability to reason and discern for ourselves.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Matching Sources Assignment
Search Questions:
1. What is the current position of the United States regarding the use of mandatory national ID cards, as initiated in Great Britain, but previously rejected for use in the United States?
2. Since the Privacy Act of 1974 was created before the explosion of technology in the late twentieth century, what are its stated legal provisions for citizens, organizations, and commerce, and is there any effort to update this Act to better address the issues of the twenty-first century?
3. Which state and federal laws currently govern the decisions to use intrusion, confiscation of records, and subversive actions against a citizen's privacy in the name of national security, health issues, and confiscation of funds such as is used by the IRS?
For question #1, scholarly/academic books containing historical issues pertaining to government in the U.S. and Great Britain could provide background regarding the escalation of this issue into the public forum. In addition, information gathered from a government websites could provide the history of debate and voting with regard to this issue as well as laws and proposals being prepared for future consideration. In addition, scholarly journals, news sources, and periodic news magazines may report on the background, opinion, current position, and provide a peek into the future as indicated by current laws or proposed legislation.
For question #2, scholarly/academic books containing history of the U.S. may give us a foundation for understanding the original law. Primary source information would give a view of the original debate, decisions, and primary intention. In addition, this information might be found in government websites and scholarly journals, which may also address any current stand on this law, any amendments that have been made, and any attempts at updating this law by federal or state legislation.
For question #3, it would be very important to go right to the source for current laws on the books and their original intentions to determine which laws are used to carry out these purposes. Primary source material, subject encyclopedias, scholarly journals, reference books, and government websites could reveal the history of the laws and which ones are still used today. In addition, these resources plus news sources, and periodic news magazines may provide documentation of Supreme Court rulings which indicate which laws are considered enforceable and applicable to these areas.
1. What is the current position of the United States regarding the use of mandatory national ID cards, as initiated in Great Britain, but previously rejected for use in the United States?
2. Since the Privacy Act of 1974 was created before the explosion of technology in the late twentieth century, what are its stated legal provisions for citizens, organizations, and commerce, and is there any effort to update this Act to better address the issues of the twenty-first century?
3. Which state and federal laws currently govern the decisions to use intrusion, confiscation of records, and subversive actions against a citizen's privacy in the name of national security, health issues, and confiscation of funds such as is used by the IRS?
For question #1, scholarly/academic books containing historical issues pertaining to government in the U.S. and Great Britain could provide background regarding the escalation of this issue into the public forum. In addition, information gathered from a government websites could provide the history of debate and voting with regard to this issue as well as laws and proposals being prepared for future consideration. In addition, scholarly journals, news sources, and periodic news magazines may report on the background, opinion, current position, and provide a peek into the future as indicated by current laws or proposed legislation.
For question #2, scholarly/academic books containing history of the U.S. may give us a foundation for understanding the original law. Primary source information would give a view of the original debate, decisions, and primary intention. In addition, this information might be found in government websites and scholarly journals, which may also address any current stand on this law, any amendments that have been made, and any attempts at updating this law by federal or state legislation.
For question #3, it would be very important to go right to the source for current laws on the books and their original intentions to determine which laws are used to carry out these purposes. Primary source material, subject encyclopedias, scholarly journals, reference books, and government websites could reveal the history of the laws and which ones are still used today. In addition, these resources plus news sources, and periodic news magazines may provide documentation of Supreme Court rulings which indicate which laws are considered enforceable and applicable to these areas.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Research Journal Pt 1- Summary
Summary:
Since I have spent many hours searching Cannell's Library databases, I felt sure that I would know most of the material presented on IRIS. I realized that there was still much to learn and found the tutorials helpful for this project. I was pleased to discover ways to save search results using GoogleDocs and MySchooling. Even though I have used the Deep Web, I did not know that was what it was called or what the difference was between this type of search and regular search engines. I appreciated the refresher course for finding information using Call Letters and the Dewey Decimal.
While searching the articles on "Privacy," I found a wealth of information in numerous areas affecting all our lives. The relevance of the term "privacy" in the 474 articles retrieved in the Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) ranged from 100% to 1%, therefore I decided to use the first and last article available to compare how the two authors dealt with the issue. The results were interesting. Jeroen Van Den Hoven's article, assessed at 100%, outlined the differences between the right of an individual to control anything that surrounds their personal and private lives as well as the need for the public to be informed of dangers that may be concealed from them due to the privacy rights of those who may be dangerous (1490). In addition, Van Den Hoven outlined the ethical safeguards that are necessary to protect our personal information (1491). In an interesting comparison, the article that generated only 1% relevance to the subject of privacy was concerned with some of the same issues. This article illuminated the point that, by using national ID cards proposed and promoted by Great Britain, we would have some protection against the terrors that fill our world ("National" 423). The cost of handing our personal lives to a computer program and unseen individuals may be high, however, and may introduce a new kind of terror into our society.
The Wikipedia article gave an overview of several privacy issues, sometimes overlapping concepts by using similar terms, but without linking the thoughts together. I found the discussion area for those who wish to edit the content more on the defensive side. Not only did it shed light on some of the areas that needed clarification within the article, but also demonstrated the difficulties of presenting accurate information in a Wiki. There is a multitude of opinions and anyone who takes the time to invest in bringing their information to a forum such as a Wiki is bound to fight hard to defend their information as appropriately presented. Nevertheless, I found the article informative and interesting as it gave a broad view of the subject and spurred new thoughts regarding the scope of the topic.
Unfortunately, none of the articles I chose in GVRL and Wiki dealt with specific details regarding the laws and policies currently in use. In addition, they did not reveal whether specific regulations have been proposed today to address some of the serious issues facing our world in the area of privacy. This led to my questions regarding current laws, attitudes, and plans for future in the area of privacy.
Since I have spent many hours searching Cannell's Library databases, I felt sure that I would know most of the material presented on IRIS. I realized that there was still much to learn and found the tutorials helpful for this project. I was pleased to discover ways to save search results using GoogleDocs and MySchooling. Even though I have used the Deep Web, I did not know that was what it was called or what the difference was between this type of search and regular search engines. I appreciated the refresher course for finding information using Call Letters and the Dewey Decimal.
While searching the articles on "Privacy," I found a wealth of information in numerous areas affecting all our lives. The relevance of the term "privacy" in the 474 articles retrieved in the Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) ranged from 100% to 1%, therefore I decided to use the first and last article available to compare how the two authors dealt with the issue. The results were interesting. Jeroen Van Den Hoven's article, assessed at 100%, outlined the differences between the right of an individual to control anything that surrounds their personal and private lives as well as the need for the public to be informed of dangers that may be concealed from them due to the privacy rights of those who may be dangerous (1490). In addition, Van Den Hoven outlined the ethical safeguards that are necessary to protect our personal information (1491). In an interesting comparison, the article that generated only 1% relevance to the subject of privacy was concerned with some of the same issues. This article illuminated the point that, by using national ID cards proposed and promoted by Great Britain, we would have some protection against the terrors that fill our world ("National" 423). The cost of handing our personal lives to a computer program and unseen individuals may be high, however, and may introduce a new kind of terror into our society.
The Wikipedia article gave an overview of several privacy issues, sometimes overlapping concepts by using similar terms, but without linking the thoughts together. I found the discussion area for those who wish to edit the content more on the defensive side. Not only did it shed light on some of the areas that needed clarification within the article, but also demonstrated the difficulties of presenting accurate information in a Wiki. There is a multitude of opinions and anyone who takes the time to invest in bringing their information to a forum such as a Wiki is bound to fight hard to defend their information as appropriately presented. Nevertheless, I found the article informative and interesting as it gave a broad view of the subject and spurred new thoughts regarding the scope of the topic.
Unfortunately, none of the articles I chose in GVRL and Wiki dealt with specific details regarding the laws and policies currently in use. In addition, they did not reveal whether specific regulations have been proposed today to address some of the serious issues facing our world in the area of privacy. This led to my questions regarding current laws, attitudes, and plans for future in the area of privacy.
Research Journal Pt 1- Search Questions
Search Questions:
- What is the current position of the United States regarding the use of mandatory national ID cards, as initiated in Great Britain, but previously rejected for use in the United States?
- Since the Privacy Act of 1974 was created before the explosion of technology in the late twentieth century, what are its stated legal provisions for citizens, organizations, and commerce, and is there any effort to update this Act to better address the issues of the twenty-first century?
- Which state and federal laws currently govern the decisions to use intrusion, confiscation of records, and subversive actions against a citizen's privacy in the name of national security, health issues, and confiscation of funds such as used by the IRS?
Friday, October 2, 2009
Research Journal Pt 1- "Privacy" Wiki
Looking at the Wikipedia article on Privacy was interesting. The first thing it did was give the root of the word and the definition. According to this publication it is Latin for "separated from the rest."
Some of the terms used in this article were:
seclude, selectively, anonymity, security, public disclosure, identity theft, discrimination, insurance coverage, technological advances, natural rights, fundamental human rights, accountability, Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, First Amendment rights
Some of the concepts presented were:
Some of the terms used in this article were:
seclude, selectively, anonymity, security, public disclosure, identity theft, discrimination, insurance coverage, technological advances, natural rights, fundamental human rights, accountability, Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, First Amendment rights
Some of the concepts presented were:
- the right against unsanctioned privacy
- freedom of speech laws
- cultural differences
- data privacy and the public sharing of information
- privacy concerns regarding religion, health, sexual orientation, political issues
- large scale information systems present in our world today
- communitarian approach to privacy
- reduced market efficiency with privacy laws
- differences in international interpretation regarding the right to privacy
Works Cited
"Privacy." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 1 Oct 2009, 11:01 UTC. Wikipedia Foundation, Inc. 2 Oct 2009 13:15.
*Note: There are no authors that can be named for this article as there are many contributors. In addition, no page number are listed and no city of publication. Since Wikipedia is a product of Wikipedia Foundation, Inc., it appeared to be part of the publisher title necessary for a proper citation.
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