Information Policies and Strategies

All librarians and libraries have information policies, and so do most people. The big issues, like censorship, intellectual property, freedom of information, privacy and data protection, crowd our minds, but the process of decision making is the same at every level and in every context, whether we are concerned with government secrets, advertising standards or our children’s reading and viewing habits. This book examines the issues from varying standpoints, including the human rights approach,