Ashtown Public Library computerized their checkout system a few years ago. Patron requests for holds or interlibrary loans, however, still are done at the circulation desk, and patrons still use the card catalogs to look up call numbers for books. The library received funds to add patron computers that would facilitate patrons personally carrying out these functions online. One of the library employees is concerned about the privacy of patrons and wants to know how a user system can be set up to protect people’s information. Give a brief description of safeguards that could be implemented to address these concerns.
In order to deal with the issue of safeguarding the information of patrons from misuse, the following steps can be taken
In order to authentic the authorized access, the username, and password format of security set up can be implemented
From preventing any external unauthorized access to the database of patron's information, firewalls must be implemented.
In order to have greater protection of private information, the administration can think of implementing the authorization key which will facilitate the access to the database only to those who have this key
The data encryption can be used to provide a higher level of security
Ashtown Public Library computerized their checkout system a few years ago. Patron requests for holds or...
Background Maplewood Public Library is located in a small but growing rural community that is rapidly becoming suburban as more people move into the area. The influx of library patrons has stretched this small library's information system to its limits. The current system is computerized, but it was not designed to handle the workload that is now required. As librarians log books in and out of the system, it is not unusual for the information system to hang. Patron requests...