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A. Bookstein

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1996, vol. 47, issue 12, 886-895

Abstract: Because of concerns about the privacy of its patrons, it is common for libraries to systematically destroy historic information about book circulation. I argue that this information has great potential value for improving retrieval effectiveness, and give two examples of how this information can be used. Further, I show how use‐data can be preserved and exploited while still giving a high degree of protection for patron privacy. The methods are analyzed and formulae are derived indicating the tradeoff between retrieval effectiveness and security. A second, contrasting application, indicating how to introduce “fingerprints” into digitized audio‐visual material in a tamper‐resistant manner, is described. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Date: 1996
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