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Wengert, Robert G. – Library Trends, 2001
Questions whether a focus on ethics and rights leads to a narrow idea of the library profession and its clients, using issues of censorship as examples. Highlights include a proposed definition of information; information flow; privacy; ethical debates and consequences for libraries; and the American Library Association Code of Ethics. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Codes of Ethics, Ethics