Over the last few decades, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of papers and journal articles dealing with various ethical issues in librarianship, but only a few books. Information workers find themselves rendering new services and providing new kinds of information without much recourse to universally accepted ethical standards.
This work is an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the subject. It promotes the view that as information managers, librarians must join with other professionals to renew a commitment to and interest in ethics. The book deals with such topics as ethics in general, the control of ideas, building collections, acquisitions and cataloging, access services, the reference function, special libraries, research and publication, and intellectual property and copyright. A chapter discusses why ethics matters.

Robert Hauptman is professor emeritus of St. Cloud State University and editor of the Journal of Information Ethics.

Robert Hauptman
Foreword by Peter Hernon
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 161
Bibliographic Info: bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2002
pISBN: 978-0-7864-1306-5
eISBN: 978-0-7864-8080-7
Imprint: McFarland

Acknowledgments vi
Foreword: Is This Heaven? by Clare Milliner 1
Preface 5
Introduction 9
Part I. My Story 13
1. The Early Years 14
2. The Artist’s Choice 26
3. College, Career and Crash 30
4. Life Interruptus: My Hero’s Journey 43
Part II. Talking ­Old-Time Community 65
Instrument Builders 69
5. Bart Reiter 70
6. Patrick “Doc” Huff 77
7. Pete Ross 84
8. Zachary Hoyt 90
9. Bill Rickard 98
10. William Seeders Mosheim 103
Performers and Teachers 109
11. Rayna Gellert 110
12. David Holt 119
13. James “Sparky” Rucker 129
14. Clare Milliner 140
15. Mac Benford 147
16. Sheila Kay Adams 154
17. Paul Brown 163
18. John McCutcheon 172
Historians and Authors 181
19. Dwight Diller 182
20. Bill Malone 188
21. Dom Flemons 198
22. Tim Brooks 209
Part III. In the Company of Music 227
23. Clifftop 228
24. Why Play ­Old-Time Music? 250
25. How Music Works Magic: A Conversation with Josh Turknett 259
Epilogue: An Invitation to Join the Fun 273
Bibliography 275
Index 277

“thought-provoking…useful in library-school classes…valuable to library managers…extensive bibliography”—Booklist; “highly recommended”—C&RL News; “explains why ethics matter”—American Libraries; “timely and comprehensive…recommended”—Catholic Library World; “a very valuable contribution to the information ethics dialogue”—Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom; “extensive bibliography”—Reference & User Services Quarterly; “recommended”—Feliciter; “a must-read”—Against the Grain; “informative…very good overview of the topic”—Counterpoise.