Privacy: What's at Stake? What are the Issues? What does it Mean to Me?

[This site was launched off of the Texas Forums Research page]

This is an ALA project established by resolution adopted by the Council of the American Library Association on Wednesday, June 28, 2006. The resolution states:

That the Intellectual Freedom Committee, Intellectual Freedom Round Table, and ALA Fostering Civic Engagement Member Interest Group collaborate with other ALA units toward a national conversation about privacy as an American value.

Nancy Kranich and Taylor Willingham, co-founders of the ALA Civic Engagement MIG and Carolyn Caywood, member of the ALA Intellectual Freedom Roundtable are exploring the application of NIF-style framing for a national deliberation on privacy.

We are also interested in how this collaborative web site can be used to manage a framing process and document our journey!

Research for framing usually includes both a literature search to get information about the topic (Privacy) being framed and field research to determine the public's current way of thinking about the issue. In this case, we are also interested in the process and tools we are using to frame this issue so we have included a page for ongoing reflection.

We welcome your comments!