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Legal Issues Affecting Libraries and Librarians: Employment Law, Liability and Insurance, Contracts, and Problem Patrons.

Mika, Joseph J.; Shuman, Bruce A. – American Libraries, 1988

This fourth lesson in a continuing education course on legal issues affecting libraries and librarians discusses the library's rights and legal responsibilities in the areas of censorship and intellectual freedom, the Freedom of Information Act and patron privacy, problem patrons, and ethical considerations of library services. (14 references)…

Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Censorship, Ethics, Intellectual Freedom

The "Lacy Report" and Libraries.

Hoduski, Bernadine Abbott – Library Journal, 1987

Discusses the final report of the American Library Association's Commission on Freedom and Equality of Access to Information, which addresses such issues as telecommunications, access to electronic and government information, preservation, illiteracy, censorship, copyright, libel, postal rates, and the future role of libraries in providing access…

Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Depository Libraries, Electronic Publishing