All librarians and libraries have information policies, and so do most people. The big issues, like censorship, intellectual property, freedom of information, privacy and data protection, crowd our minds, but the process of decision making is the same at every level and in every context, whether we are concerned with government secrets, advertising standards or our children’s reading and viewing habits.
This book examines the issues from varying standpoints, including the human rights approach, the commercial approach, and the states-interest approach. These are all placed within the context of arguments about the public sphere. The working librarian has to be in a position to justify every stock purchase and information access decision, and in the strategies they follow to legitimate the library. The discussion of issues in this book will give librarians the context and arguments they need to identify and apply appropriate information policies and strategies.
The key areas covered are:
contexts for information policy globalization and information societies information rights and information policy information policy sectors.
Readership: This book is essential reading for library students, researchers and policy makers as well as for all LIS practitioners wishing to widen their awareness of the important issues surrounding information policy.
By:
Ian Cornelius
Imprint: Facet Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 184mm,
Spine: 12mm
Weight: 151g
ISBN: 9781856046770
ISBN 10: 185604677X
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 23 March 2010
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. Introduction How governments control information policies Other bodies that generate and control information Information policy as about any means by which the generation, distribution, and use of information is regulated What non-governmental agencies do within the realm of information policy Information policy must provide for different sorts of needs Information policy, public policy and other disciplines Conclusion PART 1: CONTEXTS FOR INFORMATION POLICY Understanding the international contexts Globalization and technology 2. Globalization and information societies Information societies and information policy The information society: alternative views 3. Information policy and the public sphere The idea of a public sphere The structure of the public sphere The character of the public sphere Epilogue to Chapter 3 4. Information rights and information policy The rights of government The interests of business Common good Ann Wells Branscomb's information rights Internationally recognized rights PART 2: INFORMATION POLICY SECTORS5. Censorship, freedom of speech and freedom of expression Powers of intervention Other forms of censorship The history of censoring Making arguments for free speech 6. Arguments for protecting speech Cohen's analysis of freedom of speech Implications of Cohen's strategy Structural strengths 7. Privacy and data protection The need for legislation Confidentiality Problems of power General questions Putting principles into effect 8. Freedom of information Confronting governments Building commitment Constructing the case Questions of model building Competing principles and pressures 9. Intellectual property The market reward system Recognized types of intellectual property Policy analysis questions Rules and practices Copies and originals Policy responses PART 3: CONCLUSION10. Final considerations Information policies in non-democratic societies Non-state information policy Obligations Policy formation Outcomes: desires, intentions and objectives Do we really need information policies? References and reading list
Ian Cornelius BA, M.Litt., Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer and head of school for the University College Dublin School of Information and Library Studies. His main research interests are in Theories of Information, Interpretation in Information Science, and Information Policy. He has held academic posts in Australia and in Columbia University in New York and he has been a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Social and Political Science at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.
Reviews for Information Policies and Strategies
I would recommend the book to most of the academic libraries as long as they have any programme in political, social science or humanities. - Information Research I would recommend the book to most of the academic libraries as long as they have any programme in political, social science or humanities. -- Information Research
