Learning Analytics and the Academic Library: Professional Ethics Commitments at a Crossroads

dc.contributor.authorJones, Kyle M. L.
dc.contributor.departmentLibrary and Information Science, School of Informatics and Computingen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-08T21:14:26Z
dc.date.available2021-03-08T21:14:26Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, the authors address learning analytics and the ways academic libraries are beginning to participate in wider institutional learning analytics initiatives. Since there are moral issues associated with learning analytics, the authors consider how data mining practices run counter to ethical principles in the American Library Association’s “Code of Ethics.” Specifically, the authors address how learning analytics implicates professional commitments to promote intellectual freedom; protect patron privacy and confidentiality; and balance intellectual property interests between library users, their institution, and content creators and vendors. The authors recommend that librarians should embed their ethical positions in technological designs, practices, and governance mechanisms.en_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.identifier.citationJones, K. M. L., & Salo, D. (2018). Learning Analytics and the Academic Library: Professional Ethics Commitments at a Crossroads. College & Research Libraries, 79(3). https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.79.3.304en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/25335
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherACRLen_US
dc.relation.isversionof10.5860/crl.79.3.304en_US
dc.relation.journalCollege & Research Librariesen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0*
dc.sourcePublisheren_US
dc.subjectlearning analyticsen_US
dc.subjectdata miningen_US
dc.subjectBig Dataen_US
dc.subjecthigher educationen_US
dc.subjectprofessional ethicsen_US
dc.subjectinformation privacyen_US
dc.subjectintellectual freedomen_US
dc.subjectintellectual propertyen_US
dc.titleLearning Analytics and the Academic Library: Professional Ethics Commitments at a Crossroadsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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