Users' Privacy Issues with E-learning in Library2.0

This article discusses the users' privacy issues when they learn in Libray2.0. The authors classify learners' privacy issues in Library2.0 into four categories: users' personal information, users' seeking behavior privacy, threat from the third party and affiliated links, and leak of users' private documents. In order to protect users' privacy, various privacy-enhancing measures should be adopted. In authors' opinion, privacy protection should not only be approached as a technical concern, but also a social consideration. These measures include privacy protection principle, privacy policy statements, users' anonymity or pseudonymity, technologies methods, and librarians' efforts. Moreover, the authors present that trust is an important concern in e-learning systems in Library2.0. It is of significance for librarians to help users find the appropriate balance between sharing information and protecting privacy. Relevant suggestions are put forward.