Tutus on Subarus, Technocratic Coups, and Literacy to Refuse

Privacy is associated with self-determination, identity, and dignity, and with the exercise of free expression and other freedoms. A significant majority of U.S. adults say that privacy matters to them more than ever. Privacy literacy (PL) programming presents an opportunity for libraries to meaningfully serve our communities on a topic of growing personal and social significance. PL comprises knowledge, skills, and attitudes about privacy, and is characterized as a subspecialty of information literacy, but library-based PL practitioners report that their LIS education did not adequately prepare them to engage in this work. This paper poses provocations for integrating PL in LIS education. It canvasses practitioner views on library-based PL programming in public libraries and K-20 education and shares preliminary professional competencies and frameworks from a national forum on PL in libraries. The paper concludes with considerations for LIS educators, programs, and accreditors regarding the integration of PL in LIS education.