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New Libraries, Old Values.
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Gorman, Michael – Australian Library Journal, 1999
Lists values that should underpin librarians' work: stewardship, service, intellectual freedom, privacy, rationalism, commitment to literacy and learning, unfettered access to recorded knowledge and information, and democracy. Discusses how these values should be used to shape a vision of the future library, a "library as a place" that challenges…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Information Scientists