Product Description: This book is the autobiography of an established academic, who also has a passion for climbing mountains and for enjoying the natural world, Robert Hauptman. Now a retired professor and editor of the Journal of Information Ethics, he reflects on the adventures he has had over the years...read more

Product Description: Leaders in the emerging field of information ethics discuss five topics: freedom of information and the pursuit of knowledge; information, technology and education; information, rights and social justice; ethics and the Internet; and professional ethics...read more

This valuable book, written specifically for library and information science professionals, presents 125 case studies that combine theories of ethics and librarianship with practical, real-life scenarios. After an introduction to ethics in library and information science, chapters are devoted to ethical issues in five categories: intellectual freedom, privacy, intellectual property, professional ethics, and intercultural information ethics. Each chapter has a theoretical introduction to the issue under consideration followed by 25 case studies, each of which includes its own set of discussion questions. Perfectly suited to classroom use, these case studies help bridge the complicated gap between students, academics, and practitioners in the field by promoting critical thinking and responsible action.

Product Description: This work examines and critiques the history, use, and abuse of various literary systems of documentation. Throughout history, such systems have been employed in different ways and through various applications in order to attribute, comment, translate, reference, or otherwise remark tangentially on a primary text...read more

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Discusses new resources to information on the Holocaust and what information these sources provide (view table of contents)

Product Description: This handbook provides helpful guidance for the information services practitioner and manager. It contains a wealth of concrete information necessary for managing technology and its applications and for providing technological leadership...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This informative volume is filled with valuable insights on the reference librarian's role as a connecting link between information seekers and the resources that provide answers to their questions. The Reference Librarian and Implications of Mediation helps librarians become successful mediators by teaching them the best approaches to providing resolutions or guidance to the appropriate resources...read more

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Product Description: The Pathological Vision is a study of aberrancy in the works of Jean Genet, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, and Tennessee Williams. Concomitantly, it examines the Weltanschauung of each of these authors within the axio-ethical sphere: Genet apotheosizes evil; Céline observes it; and Williams transcends it...read more