| Date |
Topics |
Readings
due |
Assignments |
| 9/8
F2F* |
Introduction: Ethics and Issues |
Tavani, chapters 1 - 2 (Okay, so you don't have to read it before class! But ASAP; it'll help you get your bearings) |
|
| 9/15 |
Professionalism and Professional Codes of
Ethics
|
Tavani, chapters 3 - 4; ALA passim (esp. I.3, 41-53; Library Bill of Rights, 59-71, and Code of Ethics, 407-408 |
News
analysis |
| 9/20
|
Last day to ADD; billing for
DROPPED courses not adjustable after add period |
9/22
|
Libraries in Society; UN International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights |
Tavani, chapter 11; ALA I.2, 33-40;
UN International
Covenant |
|
| 9/29 |
Intellectual Property
|
Tavani, chapter 8 |
Suggested Wiki topics: Plagiarism;
Digital Millennium Copyright Act; Fair Use Doctrine; Patents; Trade Secrets;
Milton's Areopagitica |
| 10/6 |
Collections: Selection, Neutrality, Bias |
Asheim (1953); ALA II, Library Bill of Rights (esp. 2.6, Diversity in Collection Development, 118-127; 2.8, Evaluating Library Collections, 136-139) |
Suggested Wiki topics: Scopes Trial; Evolution vs. Intelligent Design;
the Black Athena
debate; Holocaust Denial; Rodney Driver and Palestinian Rights |
| 10/13 |
First Amendment: Freedom of Speech and National Security |
ALA I.1, 3-32; III.6, 255-259; IV.1, 301-304 |
Suggested Wiki topics: Alien & Sedition Acts; Palmer Raids;
USA PATRIOT Act
and
ALA response; |
10/20
F2F |
First Amendment, Censorship, Obscenity, and Filtering: CIPA |
Tavani, chapter 9; ALA II, Library Bill of Rights (esp. 2.2, Access to Electronic Information, Services, and Networks, 80-96);
RIACLU (2003);
RIACLU (2005) |
Suggested Wiki topics: CIPA; Miller v. California; "Stamp Out Smut" campaign launched by President Eisenhower's postmaster general, Arthur E. Summerville (Aaron 2001);
H. R. 2295;
Banned Books Week; |
| 10/27 |
Reference Services
|
Relevant article of your choice |
Suggested Wiki topics: Hauptman Case; Dowd Case |
| 11/1 |
Last day to DROP |
| 11/3 |
Privacy and Confidentiality
|
Tavani, chapters 5 - 6; ALA III.3 - III.4, 232-244. |
Suggested Wiki topics: FBI Library Awareness Program; surveillance; RFIDs;
confidentiality and minors |
| 11/10 |
Patrons and the Digital Divide |
Tavani, chapter 10; ALA III.11, 287-297 |
Suggested Wiki topics: AUPs for the Internet; topics
related to human information behavior, such as information overload;
economic implications of computer access |
| 11/17 |
Equal
Protection |
ALA III.9, 271-277 |
Suggested Wiki topics: Kreimer v Bureau of Police; ADA |
| 12/1 |
Research Ethics |
Belmont
Report; Office
of Research Integrity; URI IRB policies on human
subject research |
URI
Tutorial Quiz**; Portfolio |
| 12/8
F2F |
Ethics, Laws, and Professional Responsibilities |
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