I agree with Kelly here. As was recommended for keeping track on what one's read, I keep my own list of downloaded books with annotations (eg, "Read all I want to read.").
While it's occasionally useful for me to check "Have I already downloaded this (and obviously not read it or I'd remember)?" for me the privacy issues outweigh the occasional convenience issues. This also means not only that the list is not on my LIST at BookShare, but that it's NOWHERE on BookShare. Depriving me of the convenience and then having it be able to be subpoenaed anyway misses the point.
Is it possible to have a (real/full/forever) erase my history button added? Ron On 4-3-2012 1:14 AM, Kelly Pierce wrote:
Mary, The benefit of deleting one's Bookshare history would be for privacy reasons. this is why one's borrowing record is deleted at public and academic libraries. The government may want to know the books someone has read. An opposing party in a lawsuit usually wants to subpoena Internet providers to learn websites visited and search terms used. With bookshare, there is a treasure trove of data because a member's download history is never deleted from Bookshare's records. I fail to understand why Bookshare treats the privacy of peple with disabilities much differently from the standards of mainstream public libraries. Kelly