Foundations of Information Policy

ISBN-13: 9781783304516 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 232 str.

Paul T. Jaeger;Natalie Greene Taylor

Opis

This important new text provides a much-needed introduction to the myriad information policy issues that impact information professionals, information institutions, and the users and communities served by those institutions.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments
Table of Acronyms
Foreword by Alan S. Inouye

1. Searching for Information (Policy)
2. What Is Information Policy?
3. Sources of Information Policy
4. Why Study Information Policy?
5. The Development of Information Policy
6. Types of Laws, Policies, and Regulations Impacting Information: Access, Infrastructure, and Management
7. Types of Laws, Policies, and Regulations Impacting Information: Access, Rights, and Responsibilities
8. Information Policy, Information Professions, and Information Institutions
9. The Broader Context of Information Policy
10. Advocacy and Activism in the Information Professions
11. The Future of Information Policy

Afterword: Adventures in Information Policy Wonderland, by Nancy Kranich
References
About the Authors
Index