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Volume 97, Issue 5
1 September 1996
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New Library World
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Research Article| September 01 1996

Living by the code: some issues surrounding a code of conduct for the LIS profession Available to Purchase

Mike Freeman
Mike Freeman
Visiting Fellow at Aston Business School, Aston University, UK. He is a national councillor of the Library Association and a member of its Disciplinary Committee
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6909
Print ISSN: 0307-4803
© MCB UP Limited
1996
New Library World (1996) 97 (5): 17–21.
https://doi.org/10.1108/03074809610122872

Examines the requirements for a code of professional conduct. Outlines the content and operation of the Library Association’s current code of professional conduct. Identifies some problems incurred in operating a code of professional conduct, together with some of the benefits of operating within the framework of such a code. Includes some thoughts on the future of a code of professional conduct for librarians.

Keywords:
Codes of practice, Ethics, Librarians, Professionalism
© MCB UP Limited
1996
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