... that similar legislation exists in a large number of countries” (p. 9), providing a short but informative list of some places with similar legal rules dealing with information governance and assurance and its various dimensions. This second chapter gives a detailed examination of the Freedom of Information Act...

...David McMenemy Richard A.   Chapman and Michael   Hunt . Freedom of Information: Local Government and Accountability . Farnham : Ashgate Publishing   2010 . £50.00 (hardback) 174 pp. 978 0754679772 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 --> Democracy...

...Penny Robertson Information disclosure Freedom of information Information strategy Intellectual property Privacy Human rights (law) If, like me, you picked this book thinking it would give you the answers to all your questions regarding how to create an information strategy or policy...

... Freedom of information Privacy Knowing and interpreting the law are now centre‐ground in information work. Reasons are pretty obvious to find – a growing reliance on legalistic solutions, increasing emphasis on intellectual property rights and in consequence ways of protecting information...

... and descriptions of key archival standards. Chapter 7 looks at “Access to records” and looks at the legislative framework under which access to records is provided for including the most important two laws in this area: the Freedom of Information and Data Protection Acts. The eighth and ninth chapters discuss...

..., £12.99 US$19.99 hardback, paperback “Cambridge Essential Histories” series series editor Donald Critchlow © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 --> Censorship USA Politics Freedom of information The period in the USA after World War II and from the 1940s to the 1960s...

... 2008 --> Knowledge processes Freedom of information Intellectual property Open access Knowledge management Digital rights management This book comprises twelve essays by a number of distinguished US academics and librarians that explore the concept of knowledge as a commons...

..., it would not have been the library that took the blame. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 --> Freedom of information Censorship Public libraries We all know about the Inquisition, that ultimate machine of control and censorship. Yet intellectual freedom can be threatened in less...

...Stephen M. Mutula Purpose To argue that developing countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region should embrace the concept of freedom of information to enable better human rights and economic development. Design/methodology/approach The paper reviews the current...

...David Gerard Toni   Samek . Intellectual Freedom and Social Responsibility in American Librarianship, 1967‐1974 . Jefferson, NC : McFarland   2000 . 179 pp. , ISBN: 0 7864 0916 9   £33.25 UK distribution by Shelwing Ltd, Folkestone Intelligence Freedom...

... librarians with their skills can play a vital role in providing such access and thus aid the development of an informed society, if this hard‐won system of government is to be maintained. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Democracy Freedom of information Librarians Africa To say simply that now...

...J.D. Hendry Peter   Brophy , J.   Craven , S.   Fisher . Extremism and the Internet . Manchester Metropolitan University : CERLIM   1999 . 95 pp , ISBN: 0 9535 3430 8   £15.00 British Library Research and Innovation Report 145 Internet Freedom of information...

... Public libraries Freedom of information The remarkable burgeoning of the Internet, and the protection that the first amendment to the US Constitution seems to offer freedom to those who are, in the view of the author of the Foreword of this book (Bob Usherwood) now permitted to release, “a torrent...