Ethics and the librarian (Papers presented at the Allerton Park Institute held October 29-31, 1989)

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Title: Ethics and the librarian (Papers presented at the Allerton Park Institute held October 29-31, 1989)
Contributor(s): Lancaster, F.W.
Issue Date: 1991
Keyword(s): Librarians --Professional ethics --United States
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."
Publisher: Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Series/Report Name or Number: Allerton Park Institute (31st : 1989)
ISSN: 0536-4604
Type of Resource: text
Language: en
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Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 31, 1989); Edited by F.W. Lancaster