INLS 247: SPECIAL LIBRARIES AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

INFORMATION ETHICS READINGS

Spring 1999

Instructions: Choose one or two articles listed or linked to here or select other appropriate articles or ethical issues. Come to class prepared to share the knowledge you've gained. Please provide us with citations for the articles you will discuss.

Alfino, Mark and Pierce, Linda. Information Ethics for Librarians 1997. McFarland.

Bornstein, Jerry. Study Probes Ethical Prolems Confronting News Librarians News Library News Summer 1998.

Cremieux, Karl A. "Malpractice: Is the Sky Falling?" Special Libraries 87 no. 3 (Summer 1996) 147-155.

Mintz, Anne P. "Ethics and the news librarian." Special Libraries 82 no. 1 (Winter 1991) 7.

Mintz, Anne P. Information Ethics: Concerns for Librarianship and the information Industry 1990. McFarland.

Ojala, Marydee. "OOPS! Retractions, Corrections, and Amplifications in Online Environments." Searcher 4 no. 1 (January 1996) 30-42.

Paul, Nora. The Ethics Of Information Selling Fine Line February 1991.

Preer, Jean. "Special ethics for special librarians?" Special Libraries 82 no. 1 (Winter 1991) 12.

Codes of Ethics

American Library Association Code of Ethics

Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals Code of Ethics

Other Resources

A long-ago class in Ethics in Information Science and Library Science INLS310-66 Spring 1995.

You may also wish to browse issues of Journal of Information Ethics in the SILS Library.

Revised 4/12/99.
Teresa Leonard