Mobile Technology: Implications for Privacy and Librarianship

Abstract

As use of mobile devices continues to expand and users take advantage of new technologies available on these platforms, it becomes necessary to examine how these technologies will affect user privacy, and in turn, how librarianship will respond to these challenges. This paper addresses the history and expectations of privacy in our society, the relationship of libraries to privacy, current and emerging mobile technologies, and how librarianship can address new challenges to user privacy.