1. Ethics and the librarian : (Papers presented at the Allerton Park Institute held October 29-31, 1989)
- Author
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Lancaster, F.W. and Lancaster, F.W.
- Subjects
- Librarians Congresses. Professional ethics, Library science Moral and ethical aspects Congresses., Libraries and state United States., Library surveillance United States., Bibliothécaires Congrès. Déontologie, Bibliothéconomie Congrès. Aspect moral, Librarians Professional ethics., Library science Moral and ethical aspects., Bibliothekar, Berufsethik, Aufsatzsammlung
- Abstract
The Federal Bureau of Investigation was the catalyst that established the theme for the Twenty-First Allerton Institute, held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Allerton House, October 29-31, 1989. The FBI's Library Awareness Program, if it had any merit, did raise a significant ethical conflict between the librarian's responsibility to preserve the confidentiality surrounding use of library materials and his or her responsibility as a citizen of the United States. The FBI's activities, along with an apparent increase in interest in ethical matters in society as a whole, suggested "professional ethics" as an appropriate theme for a conference of librarians in 1989., published or submitted for publication
- Published
- 2024