Download This PaperLaying Down the Law: ALA's Ethics Codes
American Libraries (Nov. 2007), pp. 56-57
2 Pages Posted: 14 Feb 2015 Last revised: 2 Dec 2019
Abstract
Mr. Sturgeon, an American academic law librarian, concisely discusses the history of the American Library Association's ethics codes and whether the current code should be kept, made enforceable, and revised as well as whether information professionals should care about it.
Keywords: American Library Association, code of ethics, enforceable rules, information professionals
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Sturgeon, Roy L., Laying Down the Law: ALA's Ethics Codes. American Libraries (Nov. 2007), pp. 56-57, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2563107
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