Information Policies and Strategies

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-85604-677-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 234 mm

All librarians and libraries have information policies, and so do most people. The big issues, like censorship or intellectual property ownership and use, crowd our minds but the process of decision making is the same at every level and in every context, whether we are concerned with government secrets, advertising standards, or our children's reading and viewing habits. This book examines the issues from varying standpoints, including the human rights approach, the commercial approach, and the states-interest approach. These are all placed within the context of arguments about the public sphere. The working librarian has to be in a position to justify every stock purchase and information access decision, and in the strategies they follow to legitimate the library. The form and construction of arguments and the discussion of issues in this book will give librarians the context and arguments they need to identify and apply appropriate information policies and strategies. Key areas addressed in the book include: the information policy problem; policy sectors; information regimes; and, policies and strategies: models and cases. This book is essential reading for library students, researchers and policy makers as well as for all LIS practitioners wishing to widen their awareness of the important issues surrounding information policy

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cornelius, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Systematiken, Katalogisierung, Klassifikation, Bibliographisches Arbeiten
• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften, Archivwesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction How governments control information policies Other bodies that generate and control information Information policy as about any means by which the generation, distribution, and use of information is regulated What non-governmental agencies do within the realm of information policy Information policy must provide for different sorts of needs Information policy, public policy and other disciplines Conclusion PART 1: CONTEXTS FOR INFORMATION POLICY Understanding the international contexts Globalization and technology 2. Globalization and information societies Information societies and information policy The information society: alternative views 3. Information policy and the public sphere The idea of a public sphere The structure of the public sphere The character of the public sphere Epilogue to Chapter 3 4. Information rights and information policy The rights of government The interests of business Common good Ann Wells Branscomb's information rights Internationally recognized rights PART 2: INFORMATION POLICY SECTORS 5. Censorship, freedom of speech and freedom of expression Powers of intervention Other forms of censorship The history of censoring Making arguments for free speech 6. Arguments for protecting speech Cohen's analysis of freedom of speech Implications of Cohen's strategy Structural strengths 7. Privacy and data protection The need for legislation Confidentiality Problems of power General questions Putting principles into effect 8. Freedom of information Confronting governments Building commitment Constructing the case Questions of model building Competing principles and pressures 9. Intellectual property The market reward system Recognized types of intellectual property Policy analysis questions Rules and practices Copies and originals Policy responses PART 3: CONCLUSION 10. Final considerations Information policies in non-democratic societies Non-state information policy Obligations Policy formation Outcomes: desires, intentions and objectives Do we really need information policies? References and reading list

Über Autor(innen)

Ian Cornelius