Interesting! This must be a modern library data thing. No, I was referring to the checkin/checkout data per item. Locally we have a library that has kept records back to the early 19th-century. So you can browse the "bestseller lists" of yore.
On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 5:55 PM Karen Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > Although "lending records" are "protected" it isn't clear how well they > are. Libraries, especially those with minimal or no technical staff, are > probably not the most diligent in systems security. When I was doing > privacy audits on US public libraries I found that many kept the most > recent circulation record (even after the item had been checked in) > until the next circulation - which could be indefinitely. The reasoning > was that if they found a problem with the item (damage, for example) > they would be able to find and charge the last patron to have the book > out. This means that nearly every book in the library has an actual > patron record associated with it at all times, which is an obvious > security risk since library systems may not themselves be secure. (I > wasn't able to determine if the records are kept "in the clear" but I > would not be surprised if they were.) > > Remember that "protected" is a relative status, not absolute, and that > legal protection \= hacker proof. > > kc > > On 4/16/19 5:45 PM, Alex Stinson wrote: > > Jane: do you mean circulation numbers? Lending records are typically > > protected and an important part of at least American librarianship has > > been the protection of intellectual freedom by refusing to share that > > information at all costs (and its held up in American courts). > > > > Cheers, > > > > Alex > > > > On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 11:30 AM Federico Leva (Nemo) > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Jane Darnell, 16/04/19 18:26: > > > access lending data for libraries in any locale. So it may be > > useful if > > > we could have some property on Wikidata indicating whether or not > the > > > library keeps lending records, and if so, how far back they go. > > > > Do you mean data retention policies for lending records? What > detailed > > information is recorded about each lending, what aggregation or > purging > > happens and when? > > > > Federico > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Libraries mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries > > > > > > > > -- > > Alex Stinson > > Senior Program Strategist > > Wikimedia Foundation > > Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads > > > > Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and > > other Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: > > https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Libraries mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries > > > > -- > Karen Coyle > [email protected] http://kcoyle.net > skype: kcoylenet > > _______________________________________________ > Libraries mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries >
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