Assignment 9 Information Ethics Bibliography & Critical Analysis

This is a bibliography on Information Ethics compiled by using Google Scholar.

Title: Accredited library school education in ethics 
Author(s): Rogers SL
Source: JOURNAL OF EDUCATION FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE   Volume: 35   Issue: 1   Pages: 51-55   Published: WIN 1994 
Times Cited: 8

Title: Ethics and the reference librarian

 Author(s): Bunge CA
Source: THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN   Volume: 31   Issue: 66   Pages: 25-43   Published:  SEPT 1999 
Times Cited: 12

Title: Ethics for librarians: a narrow view 
Author(s): Guya M
Source: JOURNAL OF LIBRARIANSHIP AND INFORMATION SCIENCE Volume: 28   Issue: 1   Pages: 33-38   Published: 1996 
Times Cited: 5

Title: Ethics in health science librarianship
Author(s): Hurych JM, Glenn AC
Source: BULL MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION   Volume: 75   Issue: 4   Pages: 342-348   Published: OCT 1997 
Times Cited: 5 

Title: Ethics in librarianship:  a management model 
Author(s): Du Mont RR
Source: LIBRARY TRENDS   Volume: 40   Issue: 2   Pages: 201-215   Published: FALL 1991 
Times Cited: 9 

Title:  Ethics in library and information science.  What are we teaching?  
Author(s): Buchanan E
Source: JOURNAL OF INFORMATION ETHICS   Volume: 13   Issue: 1   Pages: 51-60   Published: SPRING 2004 
Times Cited: 10

Title: Ethics in reference service: codes, case studies, or values? 
Author(s): Koster GE
Source: REFERENCE SERVICES REVIEW   Volume: 20   Issue: 1   Pages: 71-80   Published: 1992 
Times Cited: 9

Title: The ethics of academic collection development in a politically contentious era 
Author(s): Highby W
Source: LIBRARY COLLECTIONS, ACQUISITIONS AND TECHNICAL SERVICES   Volume: 4   Pages: 465-472  Published: 2004 
Times Cited: 5

Title: Ethics within the serials family 
Author(s): Flowers JL
Source: LIBRARY COLLECTIONS, ACQUISITIONS AND TECHNICAL SERVICES   Volume: 26   Issue: 4   Pages: 446-456   Published: WIN 2002 
Times Cited: 5 

Title: In search of an ethic of medical librarianship
Author(s): Crawford H
Source: BULL MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION   Volume: 66   Issue: 3   Pages: 331-337   Published: JULY 1978 
Times Cited: 7 

Title:  Information ethics for twenty-first century library professionals
Author(s):  Fallis D
Source: LIBRARY HI TECH   Volume: 25   Issue: 1   Pages: 23-36   Published: 2007 
Times Cited: 11

Title: Information ethics: the duty, privilege, and challenge of educating information professionals 
Author(s): Carbo T, Amagno S
Source: LIBRARY TRENDS   Volume: 49   Issue: 3   Pages: 510-518  Published: WIN 2001 
Times Cited: 20

Title: Professional ethics in librarianship 
Author(s): Hoffman K
Source: TEXAS LIBRARY JOURNAL   Pages: 11-16   Published: FALL 2005 
Times Cited:  6

Title: Professional values and ethics as defined by “The LIS Discipline”
Author(s): Koehler W
Source: JOURNAL OF EDUCATION FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE Volume: 44   Issue: 2   Pages: 99-119   Published: SPRING 2003 
Times Cited: 14 

Title: Reforming ALA’s Code of Ethics  
Author(s): Stichler R
Source: AMERICAN LIBRARIES   Volume: 23   Issue: 1   Pages: 40-44   Published: JAN 1992 
Times Cited: 11

Title: A search for core values: toward a model code of ethics for information professionals
Author(s): Koehler W, Pemberton JM
Source: JOURNAL OF INFORMATION ETHICS   Volume: 9   Issue: 1   Pages: 26-54   Published: SPRINT 2000 
Times Cited: 38 

Title: Some ethical aspects of being an information professional 
Author(s): Wenger RG
Source: LIBRARY TRENDS   Volume: 49   Issue: 3   Pages: 486-509   Published: WIN 2001 
Times Cited: 26

Title: Toward a code of ethics for cataloging
Author(s): Bair S
Source:  TECHNICAL SERVICES QUARTERLY   Volume: 23   Issue: 1   Pages: 13-26   Published:  SEP 2005 
Times Cited: 10

Title: Toward a practical and normative ethics for librarianship 
Author(s): Budd JM
Source: THE LIBRARY QUARTERLY   Volume: 76   Issue: 3   Pages: 251-269   Published: 2006 
Times Cited: 6

Title: User privacy in the digital library environment: a matter of concern for information

Author(s): Struges P, Teng V, Iliffe U
Source: LIBRARY MANAGEMENT   Volume: 22   Issue: 8/9  Published: DEC 2001 
Times Cited:   8

Title: Values for librarians in the information age
Author(s): Dole W, Hurych, JM
Source: JOURNAL OF INFORMATION ETHICS   Volume: 10   Issue: 1  Pages: 38-50   Published: FALL 2001 
Times Cited: 25 

Title: Values for librarians in the information age: an expanded examination  Author(s): Dole W, Hurych J, Koehler W
Source: LIBRARY MANAGEMENT   Volume: 21   Issue: 6   Pages: 285-297   Published: 2000 
Times Cited: 23 

Critical Analysis:  KentLINK

I use Kent Link frequently.  I have used the Library, Literature, and Information Science (LLIS) Full Text Database before to complete assignments.  I had never encountered Social Sciences Citation Index.  To begin, I watched the tutorial, and I thought I had a handle on how to complete the assignment.

I had no problem finding relevant articles in the LLIS database.  However, I had a difficult time finding the corresponding article in the Citation Index.  I worked fruitlessly and tried a variety of search techniques.  When I was able to find the article within the citation index, none of my hits had any citations.  I was increasingly frustrated.  I was convinced I could spend the best years of my life to complete a two-page bibliography.

After a break to check my sanity, I went back to the Social Sciences Citation Index and searched by topic.  I had thousands of results, so I refined by subject to library and information sciences.  I had a list of several pages that contained useful results.  Next, I refined by technology.  Finally, I refined by education.  By the end of the search, many results were overlapping, but I managed to find more than two pages for a bibliography.  The majority of the articles I found had not been cited by other people.  The majority that had been cited by other people were cited by less than five other sources.  It was a hunt to find an applicable source with over five citations.

I admit that I did not complete the assignment exactly according to instruction, but I completed the assignment with quality results.  I checked to make sure all the articles I chose were in fact available in the LLIS database.   I also became more familiar with the databases.  I must remark that I enjoy the ability to save records, make citation records, and then email or download them.  This is a useful tool.  Furthermore, the articles are available through the databases, which increase the ease of use.   

Critical Analysis:  Google Scholar

I have used Google Scholar before to complete research, but I usually avoid it because very often the article is not available in full-text without a paid subscription to a site.  I am not usually interested in the academic papers or patents that also comprise results lists.   I prefer to work within a database where I know I will have access to the source. 

I used a search of info* and ethic* and lib*, and this yielded over 60,000 hits.  I could tell by the first page that the list was populated with medical papers, which is not what I needed.  I refined the search further by adding and ALA.  This narrowed my search to 20,000, and the first few pages contained all the hits that had been cited by other sources.  I perused the paged quickly and found the pages for my bibliography.  I had nearly enough when the results stopped having citations.  I went back and refined the search again by taking off the and  ALA and I added and school*.  This strategy enabled me to get the final results I needed to create the bibliography. 

The results in Google had far more citations listed that the Social Sciences Index.  I suspect this is because Google draws from many across the web and not just other databases.  Google was quicker, but many of the articles are not available to read unless one has a subscription.  However, when I graduate from Kent, I will not have access to those databases anymore, so I will use InfOhio, the public library, or Google Scholar, which are not nearly as well-equipped as a college library. 

Conclusion

The exercises in this class have forced me to try and explore options I have previously ignored.  I have also learned about resources I had no idea were available.  I appreciate having the tools for my own benefit and to teach others.