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Download full textSeaman, Scott – 1994
Issues concerning the confidentiality of library-patron records in the age of electronics are explored. Confidentiality of patron records is a relatively new concept for libraries and was first introduced in the 1938 Code of Ethics of the American Library Association (ALA). Librarians have worked on a state-by-state basis to protect library…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Confidential Records, Confidentiality, Data
