UO Matters’ operatives have obtained a secret video of Doug Park and the Johnson Hall Executive Leadership Team briefing Schill on the current UO situation, here. Around the 0 has the rest of the story: Incoming UO President Michael Schill will return to campus this week for the first of a couple…
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5/11/2015 update:
The new policy, apparently rushed through in response to the UO archives release, is here:
Unless required by law, patron information is not to be given to non-library individuals, including parents, friends, professors, university administrators, police, FBI, university security staff, or the CIA.
The old policy said:
Patron information is not to be given to non-library individuals, including parents, friends, professors, university administrators, police, FBI, university security staff, or the CIA. Only a court order can require the disclosure of patron records.
The question is who decides what is required by law. The American Library Association’s recommended policy is very clear – nothing should be disclosed until a court requires it:
The Council of the American Library Association strongly recommends that the responsible officers of each library, cooperative system, and consortium in the United States:
1. Formally adopt a policy that specifically recognizes its circulation records and other records identifying the names of library users to be confidential. (See also ALA Code of Ethics, Article III, “We protect each library user’s right to privacy and confidentiality with respect to information sought or received, and resources consulted, borrowed, acquired or transmitted” and Privacy: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights.)
2. Advise all librarians and library employees that such records shall not be made available to any agency of state, federal, or local government except pursuant to such process, order or subpoena as may be authorized under the authority of, and pursuant to, federal, state, or local law relating to civil, criminal, or administrative discovery procedures or legislative investigative power.
3. Resist the issuance of enforcement of any such process, order, or subpoena until such time as a proper showing of good cause has been made in a court of competent jurisdiction. 1
1 Note: Point 3, above, means that upon receipt of such process, order, or subpoena, the library’s officers will consult with their legal counsel to determine if such process, order, or subpoena is in proper form and if there is a showing of good cause for its issuance; if the process, order, or subpoena is not in proper form or if good cause has not been shown, they will insist that such defects be cured.
At UO, Library Dean Adriene Lim released the records because the university’s interim general counsel Doug Park asked her to. It appears that Oregon State is now ready to do the same. Will the ALA quietly go along with this?
5/6/2015: Proposed UO Library privacy policy lets admins snoop through circulation records, Coltrane won’t release Walkup report, Library Dean Adriene Lim won’t let ALA release her emails or letter on archives
This has some interesting parallels to the debate over the Counseling Center’s privacy policy.
That’s today’s news from Rich Read in the Oregonian: Six University of Oregon employees, including a vice president and the school’sinterim top lawyer, are under investigation for alleged misconduct in the handling of therapy records of a student who says she was gang-raped by three Ducks basketball players. The Oregon State Bar…
Try hiring a new professor without scrupulously following the affirmative action hiring procedures: a public job posting, an open search, and diverse finalists. Break those rules and AAEO Director Penny Daugherty will tell you sorry, no hire this year. Of course the rules are a little different for Johnson Hall. Last summer Mike Gottfredson…
5/7/2015 update: Edward Russo has the latest on HLGR’s accidental transparency here, complete with this classic quote: “We deeply regret that appearance of a lack of transparency,” board member Beth Gerot said. It’s a little difficult for me to wrap my head around the idea that 4J is still paying HLGR after the…
You log into Duckweb to vote. voting closes Thursday May 21. You only vote for Senators from your unit, but for the Senate Committees voting is at large – e.g. faculty have a vote for the OA member of the FAC. If you aren’t sure who to vote for, I suggest…
From Jennifer Freyd’s Op-Ed in the RG today on the basketball rape allegations, “UO can move beyond institutional betrayal”. Read it all here. A snippet: What have sexual assault survivors and their allies learned at the UO this year? From the counterclaim in the lawsuit — which was later withdrawn under…
Very interesting story by reporter Tran Nguyen, here. Hi-end rents increasing, low-end rents decreasing. Kilkenny Towers is now low-end. All in all good news for the overall affordability of a UO education.
The UO administration and foundation do a much better job of hiding their jock subsidies than UC does. The story in the Cincinatti CityBeat is here: Robin Hood in Reverse How universities force working-class students to pay thousands of dollars in hidden fees to athletic departments awash in red ink: This…
5/5/2015 update: Jon Solomon of CBS Sports reports that, after accounting for the administrative junkets and $2.2M bonuses for AD Rob Mullens and the coaches, UO lost $1.5m on the Pac12 and BCS championship games: But surely all that publicity will help bring in new students? Actually, the latest research…
We’ll miss her – one of the few bright lights in the UO administration. A hint to her new colleagues: Bronet ends with a hard t. From: “President’s Office” <[email protected]> Subject: Acting Provost Bronet leaving the UO Date: May 5, 2015 at 9:03:18 AM PDT Campus Community, It is always…
5/1/2015 update: RETRACTION of “unlawful release”: UO Matters posts confidential faculty personnel records online In response to an email from Johnson Hall alleging that my posting the photo on the left constitutes an “unlawful release” of confidential personnel records, I’m retracting the post, and publishing a redacted version of the records, on…
Letter from the Emerald news editor: Our coverage is intended to educate those who are unaware of the issue, to engage the UO community in the conversations defining our response to the issue and to inspire every member of the UO community to stand up against sexual violence in their…