Ethics and Librarianship

Ethics and Librarianship
Author: Robert Hauptman
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2010-06-28
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780786480807

Over the last few decades, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of papers and journal articles dealing with various ethical issues in librarianship, but only a few books. Information workers find themselves rendering new services and providing new kinds of information without much recourse to universally accepted ethical standards. This work is an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the subject. It promotes the view that as information managers, librarians must join with other professionals to renew a commitment to and interest in ethics. The book deals with such topics as ethics in general, the control of ideas, building collections, acquisitions and cataloging, access services, the reference function, special libraries, research and publication, and intellectual property and copyright. A chapter discusses why ethics matters.

The Ethics of Librarianship

The Ethics of Librarianship
Author: Robert W. Vaagan
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2012-10-25
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 311095625X

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the information profession. The series IFLA Publications deals with many of the means through which libraries, information centres, and information professionals worldwide can formulate their goals, exert their influence as a group, protect their interests, and find solutions to global problems.

Ethical Questions in Name Authority Control

Ethical Questions in Name Authority Control
Author: Jane Sandberg
Publisher: Library Juice Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2018-10
Genre: Cataloging
ISBN: 9781634000543

Explores and develops a framework for the ethical practice of name authority control, through theoretical and practice-based essays, stories, content analyses, and other methods

Case Studies in Library and Information Science Ethics

Case Studies in Library and Information Science Ethics
Author: Elizabeth A. Buchanan
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2014-01-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0786453141

This valuable book, written specifically for library and information science professionals, presents 125 case studies that combine theories of ethics and librarianship with practical, real-life scenarios. After an introduction to ethics in library and information science, chapters are devoted to ethical issues in five categories: intellectual freedom, privacy, intellectual property, professional ethics, and intercultural information ethics. Each chapter has a theoretical introduction to the issue under consideration followed by 25 case studies, each of which includes its own set of discussion questions. Perfectly suited to classroom use, these case studies help bridge the complicated gap between students, academics, and practitioners in the field by promoting critical thinking and responsible action. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Ethical Decision Making for Digital Libraries

Ethical Decision Making for Digital Libraries
Author: Cokie Anderson
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2006-05-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 178063093X

This book examines the ethical issues and dilemmas that arise in digital libraries, and the codes of conduct, professional guidelines and ethics resources used in resolving them. The book begins with an overview of classical and applied ethics, then reviews the codes of conduct of professional information societies (libraries, archivists, information technology). The book then examines issues and situations that arise in digitization and digital library management, and explores the ways established information ethics can be applied and adapted to these cases. - Looks at ethics relating to digitization, digital libraries and preservation - Includes decision making guides for various situations that arise in digital libraries, with questions for readers to ask themselves when faced with an ethical dilemma - Takes the professional guidelines and codes of conduct for librarians, archivists and information workers as stated in the codes of ethics for various professional societies and applies these to the world of digital libraries

Ethics in Linked Data

Ethics in Linked Data
Author: Kathleen Burlingame
Publisher: Library Juice Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781634001335

Christian Librarianship

Christian Librarianship
Author: Gregory A. Smith
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2002-09-11
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780786413294

Much of the current library literature assumes that professional library service is necessarily neutral-detached from the librarian's philosophical or religious views. By contrast, contributors to this collection assert that librarianship is best practiced as an outworking of spiritual conviction. Accordingly, they discuss principles for integrating Christian faith and librarianship within various contexts, and reflect on professional issues from biblical and theological perspectives. This text will prove beneficial to Christians working in all types of libraries, whether religious or secular. This compilation of 16 essays is divided into two main parts, the first on theory and the second on practice. The first part includes chapters such as A Rationale for Integrating Christian Faith and Librarianship, The Master We Serve: The Call of the Christian Librarian to the Secular Workplace; and The Impact of the Christian Faith on Library Service. Chapters in the second part include Library Encounters Culture, A Christian Approach to Intellectual Freedom in Libraries and Keeping Sunday Special in the Contemporary Workplace Culture. Contributors include William Fraher Abernathy, Rod Badams, Donald G. Davis, Jr., John Allen Delivuk, Kenneth D. Gill, Graham Hedges, D. Elizabeth Irish, James R. Johnson, Roger W. Phillips, Gregory A. Smith, Stanford Terhune, John B. Trotti, John Mark Tucker and Geoff Warren.

Ethics And Integrity In Libraries

Ethics And Integrity In Libraries
Author: Amy Besnoy
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2013-09-13
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1317993721

A library must function with integrity in order to function well. This book looks at a broad range of library functions through the lens of integrity and ethics. This largely unexplored area of study is handled exceptionally well by the library and information professionals contained in these pages. This book addresses the ethical and integrity issues that may come up in the day to day workings of the library as well considerations for the ethical education of our future librarians. Within a framework based on the ethical issues that are attached with information management, this book examines the impact of the US Patriot Act, library authentication and access management, plagiarism and social networking. This material was published in the Journal of Library Administration.