Journal of Information Ethics, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Spring 2008)

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Robert Hauptman is professor emeritus of St. Cloud State University and editor of the Journal of Information Ethics.

Edited by Robert Hauptman
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 110
Bibliographic Info:
Copyright Date: 2008
ISSN 1061-9321
Imprint: McFarland

Editorial: The Institutional Review Board
Robert Hauptman      3

Forum      4

COLUMNS
PsychInfo
Ovulation, Female Sexuality, and the Unconscious: An Evolutionary Psychology View
Russell Eisenman      5
Academics
The Ethics of Self-Citation: Good Reasons and Bad to Cite Oneself
Joseph S. Fulda      8

SPECIAL SECTION: CATALOGING ETHICS
Pat Lawton, guest editor
Professional Values and Ethics in Knowledge Organization and Cataloging
Clare Beghtol      12
Ethical, Unethical, or Benign: Technical Services Decisions and Access to Information
Donna Skekel      20
Tensions in Cataloging: Observations on Standards and Implementation
Clément Arsenault, Élaine Ménard, and John E. Leide      28

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES
Dangerous Questions at the Reference Desk: A Virtue Ethics Approach
Mark Lenker      43
Citation Ethics: Practical Ethics on How and When to Cite Sources in Articles
Joseph S. Fulda       54
Johann David Köhler’s Anweisung für reisende Gelerte, Bibliothecken, Mu˝nz-Cabinette, Antiquitäten-Zimmer, Bilder-Sale, Naturalien- und Kunst-Kammern u.d.m mit Nutzen zubesehe: Inferred Ethical Concern in Eighteenth Century Library Practice and Lessons for the Twenty-First Century
Wallace Koehler and Vera Blair      68

Reviews      79
Web Briefs      101
Article Alerts      104

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