Information security in academic libraries: the role of the librarian in planning and introducing institutional policies

• Autor(a) principal: Lima, Juliana Soares
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Araújo, Ana Rafaela Sales de, Santos, Francisco Edvander Pires, Barbosa, Luiz Gonzaga Mota, Santos, Izabel Lima dos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Digital de Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/rdbci/article/view/8646416
• topic: Segurança da informação. Bibliotecas universitárias. Políticas de segurança.; Segurança da Informação; Information security. Academic libraries. Security policies.

This study presents a short discussion about the role of the librarian as a mediator at planning, developing and implementing an Information Security Policy in Academic Libraries, by working together with professionals in the field of Information Technology. It also discusses the main virtual threats and some risks that are prone to infect computers in libraries. Based on the current legislation and on some normative documents about information security, it is confirmed the importance of the librarian take part in the main decision-making related to information security, such as planning a consistent Information Security Policy which be able to see the specific needs of Academic Libraries as institutions prone to cyberattacks. The main topics and guidelines to carry out an Information Security Policy are presented based on the results that were obtained through an action research, by visiting libraries to fill in application forms and to compose reports whose content was analyzed. Finally, the study concludes that Information Security Policy must be validated by managers of sectors or departments which the Academic Library is hierarchically subordinate to.