Information Ethics Presentation

[Barbara Rockenbach <barbara.rockenbach@YALE.EDU>]

Next Monday, Dec. 13th from 10 to 11:30 am, Dr. Martha Montague Smith,
assistant professor at the Palmer School of Library and Information
Science, will speak on information ethics in the lecture hall at Sterling
Memorial Library. Information ethics deals with ethical questions in any
information-oriented field or discipline, including computer science,
library & information science, mass media, and the Internet. Dr. Smith's
talk will address issues of access, security, ownership, privacy, and
community. 

For a fuller description of information ethics have a look at the
International Center for Information Ethics at,
http://v.hbi-stuttgart.de/~capurro/icie-comein.html

Dr. Smith's talk is co-sponsored by the Training, Learning, & Communication
sub-committee of the library's Web Advisory Group and by SCOPA. The talk is
free and open to the public. 

For more information call 432-7074 or email Barbara Rockenbach at
barbara.rockenbach@yale.edu

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Barbara Rockenbach
Instructional Services Librarian
Arts Library, Yale University
P.O. Box 208242
New Haven, CT 06520-8242
(203) 432-7074