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Ethics and Values in Librarianship - A History (Hardcover)
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Ethics and Values in Librarianship - A History (Hardcover)
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Ethics and Values in Librarianship: A History addresses the
processes of development of library and information sciences,
largely but not exclusively in a western context. It focuses on the
field's ethics and values. Here, Wallace Koehler, a leading
researcher in the area of information ethics, debunks the
prevailing notion that library and information science concepts and
ethics have and remain constant. He demonstrates that in almost all
areas of practice, this is simply not so. Instead of staying the
same, our professional ethics and standards have evolved or shifted
in their application as well as in the recognition of those
standards by practitioners and users. Some of these changes are of
very recent etiology. Topics covered include: * the freedom of
expression, * intellectual freedom, * libraries and democracy, *
intellectual property, copyright, and fair use and, * professional
qualifications and credentialing. Koehler examines the development
of and changes to library and information science through practice
and the writings of library and information theorists and
practitioners from Varro during the reign of Julius Caesar to the
present. He documents technological and social changes that have
had foundational implications for the information professions and
argues that ethical standards may be redefined overtime and new
standards may emerge, older precepts and newer ones coexist. Not
only a history, this is also one of the few contemporary books
suitable for use in foundational courses and courses covering
information and library ethics.
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