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The library profession has been concerned with
Ethical
issues since its beginning.
Ethical
issues raised in the early years dealt primarily with
Librarians
' responsibility to the employer or patron. The focus later shifted to questions of professionalidentity, organizational environment,
and
social responsibilities. Rapid technological change
and
the advent of the Information Age are forcing the library profession to rethink its mission
and
responsibilities. While it is true that
Librarians
have beenconcerned with
Ethical
Values
, is it the case that professionals in different settings or types of libraries or
Librarians
in different parts of the world rank these
Values
differently? Not surprisingly, we find that
Librarians
in different types of information roles (e.g. public libraries compared to academic libraries) emphasize one value over another. On the other h
and
, there is less difference in value ordering among
Librarians
in different parts of the world, although we see some evidence that the economic development of a region may have an effect.
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