[Sigifp-l] Request to Review ASIS&T Professional Guidelines

[Knox, Emily Joyce Magdelyn]

Hi, everyone,

Thank you for your comments so far.  Please take a look at the section on Responsibility to Society (below or on the Google Doc https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-bkEGeBs1w9GVzPOq4C99__Y8nl5iTUIsrux2Wy4RAU/edit).  I have attempted to resolve the comments and would like feedback.  If you have extensive edits, email them to me at knox at illinois.edu.

Thank you,

Emily



Responsibility to Society

To improve the information systems with which they work or which they represent, to the best of their means and abilities by

  *   increasing information literacy

  *   providing the most reliable and accurate information and acknowledging the credibility of the sources as known or unknown

  *   resisting all forms of censorship, inappropriate selection and acquisitions policies, and biases in information selection, provision, and dissemination

  *   making known any biases, errors, and inaccuracies found to exist and striving to correct those which can be remedied

  *   considering the ethical implications of information gathering, storage, sharing, and use.

To promote open and equal access to information, within the scope permitted by their organizations or work, and to resist procedures that promote unlawful discriminatory practices in access to and provision of information, by

  *   seeking to extend public awareness and appreciation of information availability and provision as well as the role of information professionals in providing such information

  *   educating the public on how information systems operate

  *   freely reporting, publishing, or disseminating information, subject to legal and proprietary restraints of producers, vendors, and employers, and the best interests of their employers or clients.

Information professionals shall engage in principled conduct whether on their own behalf or at the request of employers, colleagues, clients, agencies, or the profession.


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From: Knox, Emily Joyce Magdelyn
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 11:31 AM
To: Sigifp-l at asis.org
Subject: Request to Review ASIS&T Professional Guidelines

Dear SIG IEP members,

The ASIS&T board is reviewing the current professional guidelines and has asked us to be a part of the process.
Please enter your comments here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-bkEGeBs1w9GVzPOq4C99__Y8nl5iTUIsrux2Wy4RAU/edit

Please complete your responses/suggestions for edits by Friday, December 4.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

Emily

Emily J.M. Knox, PhD, MSLIS
Assistant Professor
School of Information Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
501 E. Daniel Street, MC-493
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: (217) 300-0212
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