Assessing the need for a code of ethics for librarians in Zambia - Softcover

Mwafulilwa, Celine Maluma

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3659643629 ISBN 13: 9783659643620

Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2014

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The book has confirmed that Librarians in Zambia are in need of a code of ethics and that there were professional values such as patron service and equal access to information among others that librarians adhere to in the absence of a code of ethics. The absence of a code of ethics affected the performance of librarians while on duty. Furthermore, the book found out that the Zambia Library Association has the capacity to develop the code of ethics but no capacity to enforce it due to the absence of library legislation which is also the major barrier to the Associations establishment of the code of ethics for its profession. Finally, it is necessary for the Library Association to develop a code of ethics for its professionals first and later lobby for library legislation.

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Celine obtained her Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Zambia in 2010. As a professional librarian she joined the University of Zambia library where she held various headship positions. She is the Medical Librarian at the University of Zambia's School of Medicine library since May, 2012.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3659643629
• ISBN 13: 9783659643620
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160
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