DocumentCode
3338875
Title
Users´ privacy in the Second Life Library
Author
Deng, Xiaozhao ; Ruan, Jianhai
Author_Institution
Sch. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Southwest Univ., Chongqing, China
Volume
1
fYear
2009
fDate
14-16 Aug. 2009
Firstpage
337
Lastpage
340
Abstract
The second life library (SLL) is a virtual environment which providing library services in the context of second life. This article discusses the kinds of users´ privacy issues stemming from the SLL. Various privacy-enhancing measures can be adopted for privacy protection: the SLL´s privacy policy, privacy-enhancing technologies, protection for the avatar privacy, users´ moral self-discipline, instuction from librarians, and an appropriate between privacy and trust.
Keywords
data privacy; libraries; virtual reality; avatar privacy; library services; privacy protection; privacy-enhancing technologies; second life library; user privacy; virtual environment; Avatars; Collaborative tools; Context-aware services; Information science; Privacy; Protection; Second Life; Social network services; Software libraries; Virtual environment;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
IT in Medicine & Education, 2009. ITIME '09. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Jinan
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-3928-7
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-3930-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ITIME.2009.5236404
Filename
5236404
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