READINGS

IRLS 520
Ethics for Information Professionals
Fall 2003
Don Fallis

There is no required text for this course.  However, the following book on information ethics is highly recommended:

Spinello, Richard A. 1995. Ethical Aspects of Information Technology. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

1. The readings for this course are listed below according to topic.
2. Some readings are on the web.
3. Other readings are available online from the UA Library.  These readings are either in JSTOR or Expanded Academic ASAP.
4. Still other readings (viz., those which do not have links) are available through electronic reserves.

• Ortega y Gasset, José. 1961. "The Mission of the Librarian." Antioch Review 2:133-54.
• Wengert, Robert. 2001. "Some Ethical Aspects of Being an Information Professional." Library Trends 49:486-509.
• American Library Association. 1995. "Code of Ethics."
• American Society for Information Science and Technology. 1992. "ASIST Professional Guidelines."
• American Library Association. 1996. "Library Bill of Rights."
• Society of American Archivists. 1992. "A Code of Ethics for Archivists."

• Spinello, Richard A. 1995. "Frameworks for Ethical Analysis." Pp. 14-44 in Ethical Aspects of Information Technology. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
• Woodward, Diana. 1990. "A Framework for Deciding Issues in Ethics." Library Trends 39:8-17.
• Woodward, Diana. 1990. "Paternalistic Censorship and Privacy Protection." Library Trends 39:5-7.

Doyle, Tony. 2001. "A Utilitarian Case for Intellectual Freedom in Libraries." Library Quarterly 71:44-71.

Mill, John S. 1859. "Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion." On Liberty.

Wolkoff, Kathleen Nietzke. 1996. "The Problem of Holocaust Denial Literature in Libraries." Library Trends 45:87-96.

Nesta, Fred and Henry Blanke. 1991. "Warning: Propaganda!" Library Journal (May 15):41-43.

Baldwin, Gordon B. 1996. "The Library Bill of Rights--A Critique." Library Trends 45:7-27.

• Sheerin, William E. 1991. "Absolutism on Access and Confidentiality: Principled or Irresponsible?" American Libraries (May):440-444.

• Thomson, Judith Jarvis. 1975. "The Right to Privacy." Philosophy and Public Affairs 4:295-314.
• Garoogian, Rhoda. 1991. "Librarian/Patron Confidentiality: An Ethical Challenge." Library Trends 40:216-33.

• Harper, Georgia K. 2001. "Copyright Crash Course."
• McCain, Roger A. 1988. "Information As Property and As a Public Good." Library Quarterly 58:265-82.
• Hettinger, Edwin C. 1989. "Justifying Intellectual Property." Philosophy and Public Affairs 18:31-52.

• Fallis, Don. forthcoming. "Epistemic Value Theory and Information Ethics." Minds and Machines.
• Vaidhyanathan, Siva. 2002. "Copyright As Cudgel." The Chronicle of Higher Education 48:B7.