Gorman, Michael

Our enduring values revisited librarianship in an ever-changing world Michael Gorman. - Chicago ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association ©2015. - xiv, 240 pages 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : values and the human record -- The history and philosophy of library values -- The value of libraries -- The library as place -- Stewardship -- Service -- Intellectual freedom -- Rationalism -- Literacy and learning -- Equity of access to recorded knowledge and information -- Privacy -- Democracy -- The greater good -- Keeping faith.

9780838913000 (print : alk. paper)

2014040989


Libraries--Aims and objectives--United States.
Librarians--Effect of technological innovations on--United States.
Librarians--Professional ethics--United States.
Library science--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Z716.4 / .G673 2015

027.073