Protecting Library Patron Confidentiality: Checklist of Best Practices by Trina J. Magi, Library Associate Professor, University of Vermont, Fall 2006  Now that libraries have greater-than-ever potential for collecting and storing many types of personal data, often in digital form, librarians must be increasingly vigilant in guarding the public trust (Sturges et al., 2003). Fortunately, the library literature offers many concrete actions librarians can take to protect the confidentiality…