Jessamyn West has been helping people with their computers in rural Vermont for 15 years and she’s created a simple privacy toolkit to help people understand the complicated world of online privacy. She’ll share her talk and the resources she uses to support the talk so that more librarians can help their patrons stay safer and more confident online.
This webinar will be recorded and shared.
Meet the Presenter
Jessamyn West has been speaking on the intersection of libraries, technology and politics since 2003. Her specific interest areas are:
- The digital divide and its effects on library services
- Legislation that affects library services such as CIPA, the USA PATRIOT Act and copyright laws
- Rural libraries using new technologies to make the most of their small budgets, spaces, and staff
She has given presentations in thirty-eight U.S. states, three Australian states, and six Canadian provinces. She has given workshops, keynotes, and all-day sessions on technology and library topics. She has written book introductions and chapters and edited two compilations. Librarian.net, her professional blog, just celebrated its twentieth year online and was one of the first librarian blogs. While she travels and speaks often, her main work is at home in Orange County Vermont, helping libraries and librarians make sense of technology and teaching adult education classes in basic technology topics. She has been teaching basic technology classes for twenty-five years.