Professional Ethics and the Problem of U.S. GPO Document Withdrawal and Destruction Requests: A Viewpoint.

Thompson, Bruce E. R.

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ERIC Number: EJ488330

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Professional Ethics and the Problem of U.S. GPO Document Withdrawal and Destruction Requests: A Viewpoint.

Thompson, Bruce E. R.

Journal of Government Information, v21 n4 p297-304 Jul-Aug 1994

Discusses professional ethics involved in requests from the U.S. Superintendent of Documents to withdraw and destroy documents in library government document collections. Topics addressed include censorship considerations; classified versus unclassified documents; obligations to the parent organization; and examples of specific cases. (Contains 11 references.) (LRW)

Descriptors: Censorship, Depository Libraries, Ethics, Government Publications, Librarians, Library Collections

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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