Legal issues for library and information managers

Author(s)

• Nasri, William Z.

Bibliographic Information

Legal issues for library and information managers

William Z. Nasri, editor

Haworth Press, c1987

Note

"Has also been published as Journal of library administration, v.7, no.4, winter 1986"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Here is a useful and readable volume about important and controversial legal issues of concern to all library managers and information professionals. Learn the implications of the complex, relevant laws on collective bargaining, privacy of circulation files, employee record keeping, personnel management, censorship, copyright, and much more.

Table of Contents

Contents Introduction A Citadel Under Siege: A Strategy Against the Censor The Freedom of Information Act: An Overview for Librarians Privacy of Circulation Files Privacy Regulations and Employee Record Keeping The Genesis and Present Status of Affirmative Action in Employment: Economic, Legal, and Political Realities Employment Discrimination and Related Litigation in Libraries Collective Bargaining and the Library Manager Copyright: A Lasting Question for Managers Proprietary Rights in Data Bases and Software Contract Issues in Computer System Acquisitions The Background of Proposed Legislation to Study Public Lending Right in the United States: Issues in Policy, Law, and Administration Professional Liability

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Details

• NCID: BA28593933
• ISBN:
  • 0866565914
• LCCN: 87000004
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 145 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : KF4315
  • DC19 : 344.73/092
  • DC19 : 347.30492
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Library legislation -- United States
  • LCSH : Librarians -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States