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The Impact of Professional Ethics on Library and Information Studies
Zin Ngu War
Ethical behavior in libraries goes beyond service to users. Academic librarian may need to
adhere to the ethical guidelines and values of their professions. The purpose of the paper is to
investigate the level of professionalism in librarianship and to ascertain the current status,
trends and opportunities within the profession among academic librarians. The method of the
study is descriptive survey design which was adapted in qualitative research methods. Libraries
depend on ethical principles more than any other profession because library services are
essentially human-oriented. Librarians must follow the intellectual freedom principle, libraries
are humanistic institutions, and librarians must have a moral responsibility to the patrons,
adhering to the value of human life. It will be useful to describe current conditions and identify
key issues of library and information ethics, ethical principles in different professions.
2019
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12678/0000000429
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