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Survey and analysis of the major ethical and legal issues facing library and information services / by Thomas J. Froehlich.
1997
D 231 FRO.S
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Title
Survey and analysis of the major ethical and legal issues facing library and information services / by Thomas J. Froehlich.
Description
92 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN
3598218044
9783598218040
9783598218040
Alternate Call Number
D 231 FRO.S
Note
Free of charge; Recd 10/09/98; Contents : 1. Introduction : A. The need for an ethical and legal framework for the activities of information professionals; B. Definitions and distinctions; C. Growth and proliferation of information technologies and networks; D. Limitations and constraints; E. Organizational context : academic libraries, public libraries, special libraries, information services or centers; F. Modalities of ethics; G. Politics and ethics : special concerns among developing countries or developed and developing countries; 2. General principles or factors and values and the need for balance : A. Proposed foundation for the shared values or principles; B. Obligations of library and information professionals; C. Ethical principles; D. Need for the balance and the juxtaposition of norms, obligations or principles; 3. Areas of ethical and legal concern in information production, collection and dissemination : A. Introduction; B. Library and information professionals and information collection : issues of quality control and censorship; C. Information professionals and information retrieval and dissemination; 4. Information professionals and environmental constraints : A. Organizational issues; B. Professional issues; C. Relationship among personal, professional and organizational loyalties and values; D. Environmental issues; 5. Summary of legal and ethical concerns;.
"Prepared ... for the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) under contract in 1996 with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)"--Pref.
"Prepared ... for the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) under contract in 1996 with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)"--Pref.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Series
IFLA publications, 78.
Spine Title
Ethical and legal issues
Published
München : K.G. Saur, 1997.
Language
English
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International Federation Of Library Associations And Institutions.
UNESCO.
UNESCO.