From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 17:17:39 -0500 Dear Readers: On Friday at the Charleston Conference, we were privileged to hear a great panel (Gary Price, Bill Hannay, Lisa Macklin) on the topic of privacy. With luck, those who couldn't attend may get to hear or read the presentations as a post-conference service. At the end of the session, during Q&A, the panel posed a question to publishers and other information providers in the audience: is privacy a concern for your organization? Is it a priority? Unfortunately, nary a publisher spoke up: either no publishers attended this plenary session (Charleston is a meeting where lots of off-meeting networking happens) or else this wasn't a question that could be answered spontaneously. So -- we bring it to you as readers of liblicense-l, where you've time to think and formulate an answer. Are privacy issues a priority for information providers? For all? Mainly for those who create certain types of materials or do certain types or marketing? Are organizational resources being devoted to this matter? Do publishers read the privacy policies of their library customers? Are they current on FERPA and other developments? Are there areas that can be addressed by publishers, vendors, librarians working together? Speak up, so we can all benefit from additional thoughts! Ann Okerson