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The Library Code of Ethics was created by the American Library Association (ALA). The document is a guideline for librarians and other library associates on how to uphold the values that libraries symbolize. [1] It currently includes nine core principles that "are expressed in broad statements to guide ethical decision making". [2]
The Library Bill of Rights is the American Library Association's statement expressing the rights of library users to intellectual freedom and the expectations the association places on libraries to support those rights. The Association's Council has adopted a number of interpretations of the document applying it to various library policies.
On February 24, 1933, with the passage of House Concurrent Resolution No. 47, the Architect of the Capitol was authorized and directed to relocate within the Capitol any of the statues already received and placed in Statuary Hall, upon the approval of the Joint Committee on the Library, and to provide for the reception and location of statues ...
The Australian Library Journal states proponents for censorship in libraries, the practice of librarians deciphering which books/ resources to keep in their libraries, argue the act of censorship is an ethical way to provide information to the public that is considered morally sound, allowing positive ethics instead of negative ethics to be ...
LA County Library won the 2018 Marketer of the Year Award, [17] the 2019 Librarian of the Year Award for Skye Patrick, [18] and the 2019 Library of the Year Award. All three awards were from Library Journal, and this was the first time a single organization held all three awards at the same time. [19]
Professional ethics encompass the personal and corporate standards of behavior expected of professionals. [ 1 ] The word professionalism originally applied to vows of a religious order.
The scheme recognises library and information professionals who: have studied the body of library professional knowledge to a graduate level or higher; can show that they understand and can apply that body of knowledge, and professional ethics, to a satisfactory standard; adhere to the code of professional conduct
Michael Gorman (born 6 March 1941) is a British-born librarian, library scholar and writer.During his tenure as president of the American Library Association (ALA), he was vocal in his opinions on a range of subjects, notably technology and education.