The Office for Intellectual Freedom at ALA has begun a new initiative on Privacy. It kicked off the Choose Privacy campaign and the announcement of Privacy Week May 2-8, 2010 at an event during ALA mid-winter in Boston. A room full of librarians heard author Hal Niedzviecki give a “thought-provoking talk on how the digital phenomenon of "peep culture" is affecting our ideas about privacy, individuality, security, and even humanity today.” It was a very interesting presentation. Afterwards Hal signed copies of his book The Peep Diaries: How we’re learning to love watching ourselves and our neighbors. Yes I stood in line to get my free book. I have started it and it is an interesting read.

To learn more about Privacy Week and this initiative go to privacyrevolution.org. If your library wishes to participate in Privacy Week, ALA has posters, bookmarks, buttons, and a resource guide available for purchase. The privacy revolution website also has badges and banners that you can down load to your website for the week.