Information Policies and Strategies

This introduction to information policy for librarians examines issues such as censorship, privacy, and intellectual freedom in the library context, looking at issues from the human rights, commercial, and states-interest approaches. The book's discussions will give librarians gives the arguments they need to identify, apply, and justify information policies. An introduction explains how governments and other bodies (including NGOs) control information policies. A section on the macro level examines globalization and information societies, information policy and the public sphere, and information rights and information policy. Chapters on information policy sectors address censorship and freedom of speech and expression, arguments for protecting speech, privacy and data protection, and intellectual property. A conclusion touches on information policies in non-democratic societies and non-state information policy. The book includes a list of mainly print sources, plus a few web sites. Readership includes library students, researchers, and policy makers. The book is distributed in the US by Neal-Schuman. Cornelius teaches in University College of Dublin's School of Information and Literary Studies. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)