A Handbook of Ethical Practice
eBook - PDF

A Handbook of Ethical Practice

A Practical Guide to Dealing with Ethical Issues in information and Library Work

  1. 172 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A Handbook of Ethical Practice

A Practical Guide to Dealing with Ethical Issues in information and Library Work

About this book

This book looks at all of the ethical issues facing information and library professionals in one overarching, and practically-focused, text. As such, it is of great benefit to both practitioners and to LIS students. The focus of the book is two-fold: (1) It contains a detailed discussion of the issues that impact on the day-today practice of information workers in the 21st century; and (2) contains case studies discussing potential solutions to ethical problems faced. The book provides sections which work like flowcharts leading from ethical issues through decision points to proposed solutions based on the literature/case studies. This is a highly useful resource that provides appropriate access to potential solutions for day-to-day queries. - Despite the coverage of ethical issues in books on copyright, freedom of information, public internet access, and data protection, this book fills the gap in drawing all of this information together, as one sourcebook - The book can be used for regular reference - Does not offer legal advice per se, but explains the various scenarios that have been utilised for different ethical problems in the workplace

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Yes, you can access A Handbook of Ethical Practice by David McMenemy,Alan Poulter,Paul Burton in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Library & Information Science. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. A Handbook of Ethical Practice: A practical guide to dealing with ethical issues in information and library work
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of abbreviations
  7. Preface
  8. About the authors
  9. 1 A taxonomy of the ethics of information use
  10. 2 The librarian and ethics
  11. 3 Ethical codes – an international overview
  12. 4 The ethics of information supply – from selection to provision
  13. 5 Intellectual property questions
  14. 6 Freedom of access, privacy and acceptable use
  15. 7 Ethical management of the self, the individual and the organisation
  16. 8 Conclusion – ethical futures
  17. References
  18. Suggested readings on ethics in librarianship
  19. Index