National codes of ethics for librarians by countries faife has collected more than 60 codes of ethics for librarians from around the world. Perception and practice of information ethics by librarians in four. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Professional ethics is the ethical norms, values and principle that guide a profession and ethics of decisions made within the profession. The principles in question are divided into three groups. Their particular duty is the creation of opportunities for free public. Librarianship essentially concerns the problem of storage, retrieval and access to documents, in other words, information. Code of ethics of the american library association as members of the american library association, we recognize the importance of codifying and making known to the profession and to the general public the ethical principles that guide the work of librarians, other professionals providing information services, library trustees and library staffs. The principles of this code are expressed in broad. The book deals with such topics as ethics in general, the control of ideas, building collections, acquisitions and cataloging, access services, the reference function, special libraries, research and publication, and intellectual property and. Prices do not include postage and handling if applicable. The foundation of modern librarianship rests on an essential set of core values that define, inform, and guide our professional practice. It must have a discipline a system of training an ethic a formulation of rules of conduct, or moral obligation and a vision the outcome or essence of. Pdf this study analyzes codes of ethics, seen as documents, and their.
Pdf information ethics for 21st century library professionals. Pirkei avos ethics of the fathers contains timeless wisdom. It promotes the view that as information managers, librarians must join with other professionals to renew a commitment to and interest in ethics. The ethics of participatory librarianship 15 providing the best information available to them, and do so in a way that best represents the community that the librarian is situated within.
Ethics and librarianship free pdf, djvu, epub, rtf. Open access provides not only the information free. Basic moral values which define the professional mission of librarians and information. Pirkei avot ethics of the fathers in english and hebrew. Bekker stresses that selection must be free of censorship and undertaken for library users, not based on any personal preferences finks 1991,87.
In a 1946 talk on the ethics of librarianship, library educator and author helen haines described three attributes of a profession. Code of ethics for librarians and information professionals. The american library association code of ethics states the values to which we are committed, and. Pdf the documentality of ethicscodes of library ethics as.
Librarians have a special obligation to ensure the free flow of information and ideas to present and future generations. But at its very beginning it tells us that even this part. The essential function of librarianship is to make available information in its widest sense, serving leisure as well as work needs, for the benefit of people seeking day to day information. Pdf the various ethical concerns to be faced by the library professionals are presented. This article presents an initial discussion of the ethics of librarianship from the. The code of ethics for librarians and information professionals defines basic principles binding for all representatives of the profession and identifying their social mission and ethical responsibility in all environments of their professional activity. This paper presents a historical overview of distinct phases of the philosophy of librarianship through ages. When the reference librarian is employed both at a free reference desk and by. The ethics of librarianship an international survey. Code of ethics for librarians and information professionals ifla. Codes of professional ethics for library organizations typically address the core issues of.
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