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This section provides details of blogs, journals and journal articles about information ethics

Blogs on information ethics

  • EthicalLibrarian (2007-2009)  "created for a graduate course on ethics, and librarians". The posts are particularly relevant to librarians, principally from a US perspective, but many topical issues are discussed including privacy and censorship.

  • The Information Ethicist Marti Smith's blog commented on all things related to information ethics (not currently updated, click on 'older posts')

  • Marti's Global InfoEthics blog (February 2005 - January 2006) was only sporadically updated with comments relating to a worldwide group blog

  • Kyle's Infoethics Blog - K[yle?] Quinn, Arizona, USA. (2006) was "For teachers and librarians"

  • Information Ethics and Literacy - Kathryn Holt, Montana, USA (2006)

  • Internet Research Ethics - Natalie Young, Virginia, USA (2006)

  • Issues in Journalism, Media, and Information Ethics - Caroline Dechert, Pennsylvania, USA. This blog has a long list of links to related information ethics blogs

Journal and web articles

An extensive bibliography of over 400 entries reflecting the material used by Toni Carbo and Martha Smith in their graduate-level teaching, with contributions from Jeffrey Neher and David Perrotta of the University of Pittsburg's School of Information Sciences can be found as an appendix to 'Global information ethics: Intercultural perspectives on past and future research' by Toni Carbo and Martha M. Smith in Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology; vol. 59 no. 7; 2008; pp. 1111-1123.

The following bibliography is compiled by Jonathan Gordon-Till and Sylvia Simmons of InfoEthics.org.uk 

  • ‘Applied ethics in business information units' by Jonathan Gordon-Till in Business Information Review; vol. 19 no. 2; 2002; pp. 48-54

  • 'Archival ethics: The truth of the matter' by Richard J. Cox in Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology; vol. 59 no. 7; 2008; pp. 1128-1133

  • ‘Attitudes of UK Librarians and Librarianship Students to Ethical Issues' by Kevin Ball and Charles Oppenheim in International Review of Information Ethics; vol. 3; August 2005; pp.54-61

  • ‘Being negligent and liable: a challenge for information professionals' by Stuart Hannabuss in Library Management; vol. 21 no. 6; 2000; pp. 316-329

  • ‘Codes of ethics: Their evolution, development and other controversies' by Brian J. Farrell, Deirdre M. Cobbin, and Helen M. Farrell in Journal of Management Development; vol. 21 no. 2; 2002; pp. 152-163

  • ‘Competitive intelligence - Law and ethics' by Jonathan Gordon-Till in Legal Information Management; vol. 4 no. 1; 2004; pp. 17-18

  • 'Convergence and professional identity in the academic library' by Kerry M. Wilson and Eddie Halpin in Journal of Librarianship and Information Science; vol. 38; 2006; pp. 79-91

  • ‘Copyright in a networked world: ethics and infringement' by Michael Seadle in Library Hi Tech; vol. 22 no. 1; 2004; pp. 106-110.

  • ‘Copyright in the networked world: moral rights' by Michael Seadle in Library Hi Tech; vol. 20 no. 1; 2002; pp. 124-127

  • ‘Disciplinary debates and bases of interdisciplinary studies: The place of research ethics in library and information science' by Andrew P. Carlin in Library & Information Science Research; vol. 25 no. 1; 2003; pp. 3-18

  • ‘Doing the right thing: professional ethics for information workers in Britain' by Paul Sturges in New Library World; vol. 104 no. 3; 2003; pp. 94-102

  • 'Ethical and strategic issues in organisational social network analysis' by S. Borgatti and J.L. Molina in Journal of Applied Behavioral Science; vol. 39; 2003; pp. 337-349

  • ‘Ethical Considerations of Information Professionals' by Thomas Froehlich in Cadernos de Biblioteconomia, Arquívistica e Documentação; vol. 1; 1996; pp. 15-36

  • ‘Ethical Considerations Regarding Library Nonprofessionals: Competing Perspectives and Values by Thomas Froehlich in Library Trends; vol. 46 no. 3; 1998; pp. 444-466

  • ‘Ethical dilemmas in libraries: an international perspective' by Plamen Miltenoff and Robert Hauptman in The Electronic Library; vol. 23 no. 6; 2005; pp. 664-670

  • ‘Ethical leadership: professional challenges and the role of LIS education' by Mark Winston in New Library World; vol. 106 no. 5/6; 2005; pp. 234-243

  • ‘Ethical perspectives of library and information science graduate students in the United States' by Renée N. Jefferson and Sylvia Contreras in New Library World; vol. 106 no. 1/2; 2005; pp.58-66

  • Ethics and GIS: The Practitioner's Dilemma by Michael Blakemore and Roger Longhorn; 2004 (PDF)

  • ‘Ethics and the reference librarian' by Charles A. Bunge in The Reference Librarian; vol. 31 no. 66; September 1999; pp.25-43

  • ‘Ethics in an age of changing technology: familiar territory or new frontiers?' in Janet R. Cottrell in Library Hi Tech; vol. 17 no. 1; 1999; pp. 107-113

  • ‘Ethics of Electronic Information in the Twenty-First Century' by Dick Kawooya in Library Hi Tech News; vol. 21 no. 10; 2004; pp. 9-10

  • The ethics of librarianship: Dilemmas surrounding libraries, intellectual freedom, and censorship in the face of colossal technological progression by Moya K. Mason

  • ‘The Ethics of Research in Cyberspace' by Robert Alun Jones in Internet Research; vol. 4 no. 3; 1994; pp. 30-35

  • ‘Ethics, strengths and values: a review article' by Gordon Moran in Journal of Librarianship and Information Science; vol. 33 no. 2; 2001; pp. 98-101

  • ‘Ethics: the professional challenge' by Jonathan Gordon-Till in Business Information Review; vol. 19 no. 4; 2002; pp. 46-54

  • ‘Excuse me, how do I commit suicide? Access to ethically disputed items of information in public libraries' by Primoz Juznic, Jose Urbanija, Edvard Grabrijan, Stasoa Miklavc, Damijana Oslaj, and Sonja Svoljsak in Library Management; vol. 22 no. 1/2; 2001; pp. 75-80

  • ‘Freedom of access: ethical dilemmas for Internet librarians' by Irina Trushina in The Electronic Library; vol. 22 no. 5; 2004; pp. 416-421

  • 'Global information ethics: Intercultural perspectives on past and future research' by Toni Carbo and Martha M. Smith in Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology; vol. 59 no. 7; 2008; pp. 1111-1123

  • 'Global information justice: Rights, responsibilities, and caring connections' by Martha Smith in Library Trends; vol. 50 no. 1; 2001; accessed at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1387/is_3_49/ai_75278311.
    ‘A global perspective on library association codes of ethics' by Pnina Shachaf in Library & Information Science Research; vol. 27 no. 4; 2005; pp. 513-533

  • 'Google's privacy responsibilities at home and abroad' by Jenny Fry in Journal of Librarianship and Information Science; vol. 38; 2006; pp. 135-139

  • ‘Healthcare information delivery in public libraries: implications for academic reference librarians' by Lothar Spang and Lynda M. Baker in Reference Services Review; vol. 28 no. 1; 2000; pp. 81-94

  • ‘Industrial espionage and competitive intelligence: one you do; one you do not' by Phillip C. Wright and Géraldine Roy in Journal of Workplace Learning; vol. 11 no. 2; 1999; pp. 53-59

  • ‘Information and Professional Ethics in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Ugandan Experience' by Dick Kawooya in Information Development; vol. 20; 2004; pp. 106-110

  • ‘Information ethics: a contemporary challenge for professionals and the community' by Stuart Hannabuss in Library Review; vol. 47 no. 2; 1998; pp. 91-98

  • 'Information ethics in the business research environment' by Roberta Brody in Online; vol. 30 no. 1; 2006; pp. 38-41

  • 'Information ethics for and from Africa' by Rafael Capurro in Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology; vol. 59 no. 7; 2008; pp. 1162-1170.

  • 'Information Ethics: The Duty, Privilege and Challenge of Educating Information Professionals - University of Pennsylvania' by Toni Carbo and Stephen Almagno in Library Trends; vol. 50 no. 1; 2001; accessed at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1387/is_3_49/ai_75278309.
    ‘Inspiration or infringement: parody and the law' by Stuart Hannabuss in Library Review; vol. 51 no. 2; 2002; pp. 79-89

  • ‘Intellectual Freedom, Ethical Deliberation and Codes of Ethics' by Thomas Froehlich in IFLA Journal; vol. 26 no. 4; 2000; pp. 264-272

  • ‘Intellectual property rights and university employees' by Stuart Hannabuss in Library Review; vol. 50 no. 3; 2001; pp.117-122

  • ‘The issue of professional liability' by Stuart Hannabuss in New Library World; vol. 101 no. 3; 2000; pp. 97-103

  • ‘Issues of censorship' by Stuart Hannabuss and Mary Allard in Library Review; vol. 50 no. 2; 2001; pp. 81-89

  • It's not cricket: Laws of the game, or guidance in ethical reflection for information professionals in western Europe by Paul Sturges; 2003; 69th IFLA General Conference and Council, Berlin (PDF)

  • 'The justification of intellectual property: Contemporary philosophical disputes' by Kenneth Einar Himma in Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology; vol. 59 no. 7; 2008; pp. 1143-1161

  • 'Librarians and ethical neutrality: revisiting the creed of a librarian' by David McMenemy in Library Review; vol. 56 no. 3; 2007; pp. 177-181.

  • ‘LIS education – repackaging infopreneurs or promoting value-based skills?' by Robert W. Vaagan in New Library World; vol. 104 no. 4/5; 2003; pp. 156-163

  • ‘Living by the code: some issues surrounding a code of conduct for the LIS profession' by Mike Freeman in New Library World; vol. 97 no. 5; 1996; pp. 17-21

  • 'Making the global information society good: A social justice perspective on the ethical dimensions of the global information society' by Johannes J. Britz in Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology; vol. 59 no. 7; 2008; pp. 1171-1183

  • ‘Medical research and the Institutional Review Board: The librarian's role in human subject testing' by Judith G. Robinson and Jessica Lipscomb Gehle in Reference Services Review; vol. 33 no. 1; 2005; pp. 20-24

  • ‘Misbehaviour in the public library: Internet use, filters and difficult people' by Niels Ole Pors in New Library World; vol. 102 no. 9; 2001; pp.309-313.

  • ‘Models for ethical decision-making for use in teaching information ethics: Challenges for educating diverse information professionals' by Toni Carbo in International Journal of Information Ethics; vol. 2; 2004

  • 'Mouse click plagiarism: The role of technology in plagiarism and the librarian's role in combating it - Statistical data included' by Nicole J. Auer and Ellen M. Krupar in Library Trends; vol. 50 no. 1; 2001; accessed at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1387/is_3_49/ai_75278304.
    ‘Need to know; allowed to know – The health care professional and electronic confidentiality' by Antony Griew, Els Briscoe, Gerry Gold, and Sue Groves-Phillips in Information Technology & People; vol. 12 no. 3; 1999; pp. 276-286

  • 'Paradoxes of the web: The ethical dimensions of credibility' by Nicholas C. Burbules in Library Trends; vol. 50 no. 1; 2001; accessed at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1387/is_3_49/ai_75278306.
    'PATRIOT Games and Patriot Acts, From the President' by Ross Holt in North Carolina Libraries; vol. 61 no. 2; 2003; p. 51

  • 'Perspectives on Global Information Ethics' - featured articles in Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology; vol. 59 no. 7; 2008; pp. 1111-1183

  • 'The principle of distribution' by G.M. Reed and J.W. Sanders in Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology; vol. 59 no. 7; 2008; pp. 1134-1142

  • 'The problem of information naïveté' by Roberta Brody in Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology; vol. 59 no. 7; 2008; pp. 1124-1127

  • ‘Professional associations and ethical issues in LIS' by Charles Oppenheim and Natalie Pollecutt in Journal of Librarianship and Information Science; vol. 32 no. 4; 2000; pp. 187-203

  • 'Professionalism in librarianship: Shifting the focus from malpractice to good practice' by Randy Diamond and Martha Dragich in Library Trends; vol. 50 no. 1; 2001; accessed at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1387/is_3_49/ai_75278303.
    'Professionalism or culpability? an experiment in ethics' by Robert Hauptman in Wilson Library Bulletin; vol. 50 no. 8; 1976; pp. 626-627
     
  • ‘Rafael Capurro and the Challenge of Information Ethics' by Thomas Froehlich in International Information and Library Review; vol. 32; 2000; pp. 277-282

  • 'Revolution and the library - from printing press to computer, how introduction of new media have influenced academic libraries' by Krystyna Gorniak-Kocikowska in Library Trends; vol. 50 no. 1; 2001; accessed at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1387/is_3_49/ai_75278307.
    ‘Scenario planning for libraries' by Stuart Hannabuss in Library Management; vol. 22 no. 4/5; 2001; pp. 168-176

  • 'Should I or shouldn't I? An ethical conundrum' by Carol Simpson in Library Media Connection 23(2) pp. 18-21

  • ‘Social and ethical considerations in virtual worlds' by Robert W. Kerbs in The Electronic Library; vol. 23 no. 5; 2005; pp. 539-546

  • 'The social nature of information' by Mark Alvino and Linda Pierce in Library Trends; vol. 50 no. 1; 2001; accessed at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1387/is_3_49/ai_75278308.
    'Some ethical aspects of being an information professional' by Robert G. Wengert in Library Trends; vol. 50 no. 1; 2001; accessed at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1387/is_3_49/ai_75278309.
    ‘Teaching library and information ethics' by Stuart Hannabuss in Library Management; vol. 17 no. 2; 1996; pp.24-35

  • 'Technological Implementations and Ethical Failures' by Robert Hauptman in Library Trends; vol. 50 no. 1; 2001; accessed at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1387/is_3_49/ai_75278305.
    ‘User privacy in the digital library environment: a matter of concern for information professionals' by Paul Sturges, Vincent Teng and Ursula Iliffe in Library Management; vol. 22 no. 8/9; 2001; pp. 364-370

  • ‘User privacy in the digital library environment: an investigation of policies and preparedness' by Paul Sturges, Eric Davies, James Dearnley, Ursula Iliffe, Ursula Iliffe, Charles Oppenheim, and Rachel Hardy in Library Management; vol. 24 no. 1/2; 2003; pp. 44-50

  • ‘Users’ rights to published accounting information: nature, justification and implications' by P.A. Stanton in Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal; vol. 10 no. 5; 1997; pp. 684-701

  • ‘Values for librarians in the information age: an expanded examination' by Wanda V. Dole, Jitka M. Hurych, and Wallace C. Koehler in Library Management; vol. 21 no. 6; 2000; pp. 285-297

  • ‘The Virtual Library: Changing Roles and Ethical Challenges for Librarians' by Jan T. Orick in The International Information & Library Review; vol. 32 no. 3-4; 2000; pp. 313-324


 
 
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