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Trends Shaping Education--2008 Edition
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OECD Publishing (NJ3), 2008
This new biennial publication presents the latest available information on 26 major current trends in education, grouped in 9 broad themes (ageing, global challenges, the new economic landscape, work and jobs, the learning society, ICT, citizenship and the state, social connections and values, and sustainable affluence). For each trend, there is a…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Energy Conservation, Educational Attainment, Global Approach
Technostress and Library Values.
Gorman, Michael – Library Journal, 2001
Discusses information overload and society's and libraries' responses to technology. Considers eight values that libraries should focus on and how they relate to technology in libraries: democracy, stewardship, service, intellectual freedom, privacy, rationalism, equity of access, and building harmony and balance. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Democracy, Intellectual Freedom, Library Automation
Human Values in a Technological Age.
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Gorman, Michael – Information Technology and Libraries, 2001
Discusses technology and its effects on society and humans, particularly library and information technology. Highlights include the evolving history of technology; and values related to technology in libraries, including democracy, stewardship, service, intellectual freedom, privacy, literacy and learning, rationalism, and equity of access. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Democracy, Information Technology, Intellectual Freedom
Values for Librarians in the Information Age.
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Dole, Wanda V.; Hurych, Jitka M. – Journal of Information Ethics, 2001
Defines values that librarians have in the information age, including service, preservation, intellectual freedom, equitable access, and information literacy. Discusses the results of a survey that compared the values of American academic librarians, library science students, and librarians from Russia and the former Soviet Union. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Values of Steel in 30 Days [and] Of the People, for the People: Public Libraries Serve Democracy [and] Who Gets To Use What (And How All That Is Changing)[and] Sex-and-Violence Ratings: What's in Them for Libraries? [and] Can Library Service Survive in a Sea of Change?
Gorman, Michael; Tyckoson, David A.; Jackson, Mary E.; Schmidt, C. James; Baker, Betsy – American Libraries, 2000
These articles address the core values of librarianship, focusing on democracy and public libraries; equity of access to information, including building collections, circulation policies, interlibrary loan, and intellectual property and licensing; intellectual freedom, including rating systems for various media; and library service in the light of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change, Democracy, Intellectual Freedom
Responsible Citizenship in the Electronic Community.
Webster, Sally; Connolly, Frank W. – EDUCOM Review, 1993
Identifies fundamental educational values that have been incorporated into the Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for Electronic Learners, including equality of access; active, responsible citizenship; control over personal information; freedom of speech; respect for work of others; and responsibility to conserve and protect resources. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Citizenship, Community Responsibility, Computer Assisted Instruction