Analyze the Privacy Statement of Academic Libraries in the World and submit a Privacy Statement for Academic Libraries in Iran

Rrahmani, Mehdi; Amjadi Sefidan, Mitra

doi:10.22055/slis.2023.29343.1592

Analyze the Privacy Statement of Academic Libraries in the World and submit a Privacy Statement for Academic Libraries in Iran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Mehdi Rrahmani ¹

Mitra Amjadi Sefidan ²

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

² Master in Knowledge and information science and epistemology, major in information management of university libraries, head of the electronic information and resource circulation department of the Higher Institute of Education and Research, Managemen

https://doi.org/10.22055/slis.2023.29343.1592

Abstract

Aim: The purpose of this study was to analyze the privacy statement of the world's Top academic libraries and provide privacy statement for users of Iranian Academic Libraries. Method: The present study was applied in a descriptive survey in terms of its purpose. The research community consisted of 25 top academic libraries based on CWUR 2017 - World University Rankings. Results: The results of the study showed that 22 of the 25 library libraries provided users with a privacy statement on their website. Also, the results of the study showed that the Corner University Library Statement was the most comprehensive statement, and among the mentioned factors, the discussion of library strategies in Introduction, Website usage records, and the content of the registration information is of great importance, and in almost all Libraries Statements reviewed by the presence have. In the following, the proposed strategies for Academic Libraries are presented in the presentation of the User's Privacy Statement. Conclusion: The results of the study indicate the importance of the existence of users' privacy statements in the world's Top academic libraries and, finally, the basic principles for the Privacy Statement were provided by users in the Academic Libraries and 30 strategies were proposed for setting the Privacy statement in Academic Libraries.Conclusion: The results of the study indicate the importance of the existence of users' privacy statements in the world's Top academic libraries and, finally, the basic principles for the Privacy Statement were provided by users in the Academic Libraries and 30 strategies were proposed for setting the Privacy statement in Academic Libraries.Conclusion: The results of the study indicate the importance of the existence of users' privacy statements in the world's Top academic libraries and, finally, the basic principles for the Privacy Statement were provided by users in the Academic Libraries and 30 strategies were proposed for setting the Privacy statement in Academic Libraries.

Keywords

Academic Library

Privacy Statement

Privacy Information

Information Security

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