Report: “New Library Confidentiality Law Goes Into Effect Across Vermont Next Week: Are Our Librarians Ready?”
From WPTZ-TV:
When we’re checking out books at the library, our privacy usually isn’t top of mind, and understanding the power and right to it, is something learned with age.
Part of the law, S.220, will shift the confidentiality age from 16 to 12, so kids 12 and older can keep their library records private. However, librarians don’t have much time to adjust after Gov. Phil Scott signed the law earlier this month.
“When kids become sort of pre-adolescent is when they start questioning a lot and one is really forming their own identities. So, I think that there’s really just a lot of support for this law, in particular in the library community,” said Wendy Hysko, director of Brownell Library.
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See Also: 2024 Changes to Library State Laws (Vermont Dept. of Libraries)
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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