Book Review: Chapter 9: Information Ethics and the Library Profession

 

Book: The-handbook-of-information-and-computer-ethic

 

Author:  KAY MATHIESEN and DON FALLIS

 

Library Reference: N/A

 

Amazon Reference:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Information-Computer-Ethics/dp/0471799599/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233037513&sr=1-1

 

Quote:

 

“Librarianship as a distinct profession, however, is relatively a recent development.”

 

Learning Expectations

 

·         The connection of library profession to information ethics?

·         Why library related to ethics?

·         Is this profession good or not?

·         The power of information ethics

 

Review:

 

Librarianship is also a profession. Thus, this chapter discusses how a librarian makes a contribution to the modern world. As a librarian, the primary role of this job is to organize books collected around the world. It is a distinct or clearly different position because this profession shows the natural aspect of job. For library, it is purely manual because books are only collected however, it is a relatively development to the world, to publish a book, lots of process must be made. Press, collections of works, printing and etc. Collection may be a larger and more complex and it is relatively different development. In creating a greater need for someone, it is devoted to organizing cataloging such as collections.

 

As stated from this particular chapter, Librarianship as a distinct profession, however, is relatively a recent development? With the advent of the printing press, collections of works became larger and more complex, thus creating a greater need for someone devoted to organizing and cataloging such collections. For those people who organize, and preserved books, and other documents, they are also considered as a authentic librarian because they did their job by doing these things. This job is also important not just for our individual perspective but also in society as a whole. Some people think that this job is boring but this job is interesting. First and foremost, librarians are universal, meaning that they are suited for all library works around the world. The collection, organization and preservation of books and documents is there primary job.

 

The relation of this profession to computer ethics is that it librarians are the primary source of information of books and other stuffs related to it. Therefore, since they are in the right position of doing this, they are also considered as a professional that can organize information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Base on this chapter, consider the challenges that confront the librarian in carrying out his or her professional duties, in particular with regard to selection of materials and the organization of these materials. Since the ethical obligations of librarians as professionals will at least partly be determined by the role that librarians play in society,  to understand the mission and values of the librarian in order to understand what those ethical obligations are.

 

(1) Books are for use.

(2) Every person his or her book.

(3) Every book its reader.

(4) Save the time of the reader.

(5) The library is a growing organism.

 

These are their primary job or mission which is very important to our society as well as in modern world.

 

 

What I’ve learned:

 

As stated on this chapter that Librarians and governing bodies should maintain that parents—and only parents—havethe right and the responsibility to restrict the access of their children—and only their children—to library resources. Parents who do not want their children to have access to certain library services, materials, or facilities should so advise their children. Librarians and library governing bodies cannot assume the role of parents or the functions of parental authority in the private relationship between parent and child

 

The Information Ethics Special Interest Group of the Association for Library and Information Science Education strongly advocates that information ethics should be encouraged as an important aspect of education, research, scholarship, service, and practice in library and information studies and in other related professions.   It therefore advocates that attention to information ethics (either through the curriculum, instructor expertise, resources, or symposia) be considered for development by library and information studies education programs.  Schools of library and information studies are encouraged to implement this recommendation. 

 

Integrative Questions:

 

1.     How did the author relate it to information ethics?

2.     Why it is that ethics is present while this chapter talks about library profession?

3.     How is it important to collect information?

4.     Can this topic help improve information ethics?

5.     What is librarianship?

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