Book Title: Understanding Confidentiality and Risk Assessment
Subtitle: A Reference Guide for Everyone, Everywhere
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Book Description: Understanding Confidentiality and Risk Assessment: A Reference Guide for Everyone, Everywhere was developed by Library Futures Staff Attorney Layla Maurer as part of Library Futures’s work supporting libraries in contract negotiations. These resources are meant to help librarians understand confidentiality and risk in order to empower them to read, understand, and negotiate library-vendor contracts. Nothing within this guide constitutes legal advice, and, as always, specific questions should be addressed to qualified counsel.
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Understanding Confidentiality and Risk Assessment: A Reference Guide for Everyone, Everywhere was developed by Library Futures Staff Attorney Layla Maurer as part of Library Futures’s work supporting libraries in contract negotiations. The guide gives librarians an understanding confidentiality in contracts, including an explanation of obligations and examples of language to look for in contract. The Risk Assessment guide provides a framework for understanding and evaluating risks in discussing contracts. Finally, a Sample Services Agreement provides readers with practice using their new skills when analyzing an actual contract.
The resources herein are meant to help librarians understand confidentiality and risk in order to empower them to read, understand, and negotiate library-vendor contracts. Nothing within this guide constitutes legal advice. Specific questions should always be addressed to qualified counsel.
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Understanding Confidentiality and Risk Assessment Copyright © 2026 by Library Futures is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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Understanding Confidentiality and Risk Assessment Copyright © 2026 by Library Futures is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.