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Direct linkGordon, Carol A.; Cicchetti, Robin – Peabody Journal of Education, 2023
Data collected from a study of school libraries in Massachusetts provide source material that identifies barriers and enablers related to equitable access and meaningful use of school library resources and services. These quantitative and qualitative survey data supplied by school librarians across rural, urban, and suburban schools describe…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Services, Resources, Social Justice
Fernandez, Peter – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2010
Librarians face many challenges when dealing with issues of privacy within the mediated space of social networking sites. Conceptually, social networking sites differ from libraries on privacy as a value. Research about Generation Y students, the primary clientele of undergraduate libraries, can inform librarians' relationship to this important…
Descriptors: Privacy, Social Networks, College Libraries, Library Policy
Alita, John – American Libraries, 2001
Describes the process used by one public library to update their policy on children's Internet use. Topics include forming a committee with as many stakeholders as possible; community involvement and support; balancing library values and community needs; and giving parents the responsibility to choose filtered Internet access or open access. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Needs, Internet, Library Policy
Peer reviewedJohnson, Wendell G. – Reference Librarian, 1994
Discusses the need for a value-based reference policy and suggests one based on John Rawls' system in "A Theory of Justice" that provides equitable service to all members of an academic community while permitting the librarian to uphold the ideal of freedom of access to information. (11 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Codes of Ethics, Ethics, Freedom of Information
Peer reviewedStrife, Mary L. – Reference Librarian, 1994
Considers ethical issues faced by special libraries concerning access to information and the needs of clients, the organization, and society. Topics discussed include collection development policies; physical access; user fees; organizational loyalty versus intellectual freedom; social responsibility; and personal values. (Contains 10 references.)…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Ethics, Information Needs, Intellectual Freedom
Peer reviewedGorman, Michael – Australian Library Journal, 1999
Lists values that should underpin librarians' work: stewardship, service, intellectual freedom, privacy, rationalism, commitment to literacy and learning, unfettered access to recorded knowledge and information, and democracy. Discusses how these values should be used to shape a vision of the future library, a "library as a place" that challenges…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Information Scientists
