Access to Special Collections in the Humanities: Who's Guarding the Gates and Why?.

Case, Barbara; Xu, Ying

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ERIC Number: EJ496527

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Publication Date: 1994

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Access to Special Collections in the Humanities: Who's Guarding the Gates and Why?

Case, Barbara; Xu, Ying

Reference Librarian, n47 p129-46 1994

Discusses problems and ethical issues associated with access to special collections in the humanities. Topics include access to the Dead Sea Scrolls; scholastic monopolies and access barriers; access restrictions and destroyed documents; privacy rights and professional codes of confidentiality; fair use of unpublished manuscripts; and the Freedom of Information Act. (32 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Fair Use (Copyrights), Freedom of Information, Higher Education, Humanities, Manuscripts, Privacy

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Freedom of Information Act

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