• 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