Information Ethics in the Electronic Age ― Current Issues in Africa and the World

Mendina, a librarian at the University of Memphis, and Britz (information science, University of Pretoria, South Africa) present essays on the management of information technology, specifically the Internet, considering the most ethical ways of generating, using, and controlling information. Essays pertain to the role of the Internet and telecommunications in securing Africa's place in the 21st century, information organizations and the handling of information, and privacy and information issues after 9/11. Material was originally presented at the 2002 University of Memphis Symposium on Ethics of Electronic Information in the 21st Century. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Tom Mendina is a librarian at the University of Memphis, and the chairman of EEI21–MEMPHIS. Johannes J. Britz is a professor of information science at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and an adjunct instructor in the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.