Adobe Digital Editions 4.0: What you need to know

The Southern Adirondack Library System is committed to protecting the privacy of staff and members of the library community. We are concerned by the security and privacy implications of reports that Version 4.0 of Adobe Digital Editions (ADE 4.0) collects data about user reading habits and transmits this data to Adobe’s servers without encryption. This issue appears to only affect users who use ADE version 4.0 on a desktop or laptop computer for reading or managing eBooks in ePub or PDF formats.  Using reading apps on your portable device does not seem to be affected.  The Amazon Kindle (apps and readers) are not affected because Amazon uses propriety DRM to manage eBooks.
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Facebook Advertising: Getting Control

Yesterday I received a friendly email from Facebook about making Ads better and giving me more control.  I thought aha now I can get rid of those pesky ads that follow me around.  But then I stopped, took a breath and read.

There is a great video that I could not share directly here that explains how you can customize Facebook and see only the ads you want to see. Follow this link and watch the video.
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Collection Development and Weeding Tips

Abby Preschel Kalan wrote a concise article on Collection Development and weeding that I hope you take the time to read.  Click –>here for the article.

It has been a pleasure to meet with all of the new directors at SALS and discuss collection development. Weeding with new eyes is always easier. Abby has some quick tips that we can probably all agree on – so go head to your stacks and see if you have any of the following items, still on your shelf:

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