Libraries Stand for Privacy: National Forum for Privacy Literacy Standards and Competencies

Privacy literacy is the ability to make informed choices about managing one’s personal information and to understand its role in the information ecosystem, and is a critical 21st century literacy. Privacy literacy is a growing area of library instruction and programming in K-12, youth, and academic library services. Practitioners need consensus standards and frameworks to guide the creation and assessment of privacy literacy learning experiences across the K-20 educational spectrum. Additionally, the library profession needs consensus professional competencies in privacy literacy to develop a workforce that can meet this growing societal need. The National Forum for Privacy Literacy Standards and Competencies will develop consensus standards and frameworks for privacy literacy work in libraries.