Library Hi Tech: Volume 25 Issue 1

The new mission of a new i‐school

Michael Seadle

To discuss the mission statement for the Institute of Library and Information Sciences at Humboldt University in Berlin.

Intellectual property rights

Richard A. Spinello

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of intellectual property justifications and the basics of intellectual property law.

Information ethics for twenty‐first century library professionals

Don Fallis

To provide an introduction to concepts and resources that will be useful to library professionals learning about information ethics.

Regulating cyberspace: concepts and controversies

Herman T. Tavani

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of some issues and controversies surrounding arguments for regulating cyberspace.

From computer ethics to the ethics of global ICT society

Krystyna Górniak‐Kocikowska

The purpose of this paper is to address the place of computer/ICT ethics in the global ICT society driven by knowledge economy.

Privacy

Randy Kemp, Adam D. Moore

The purpose of this paper is to provide a survey piece on the concept of privacy and the justification of privacy rights.

Foundational issues in information ethics

Kenneth Einar Himma

Information ethics, as is well known, has emerged as an independent area of ethical and philosophical inquiry. There are a number of academic journals that are devoted entirely to…

RFID security concerns

Scott Muir

Increasing numbers of libraries are implementing RFID solutions supplementing or replacing their existing barcode systems. While RFIDs offer many time saving benefits and…

Intelligent agent concepts in the modern library

Valeda F. Dent

Intelligent agents – software components designed to perform complex tasks for the user (with or without the presence of the user) – are used in a variety of settings, from…

Library applications of business usability testing strategies

Leslie Porter

The purpose of this paper is to investigate usability testing methods currently in use outside of library science, primarily in the business world, and to find important…

Webmasters, web policies, and academic libraries: a survey

Arthur Hendricks

The purpose of this paper is to gauge how university libraries are currently handling web policies as well as to see if the role of the library webmaster has evolved.

Courseware and library services: bridging the gap for distance students

Jane Scales, Danel Wolf, Corey Johnson, Lara Cummings

The purpose of this paper is to model a practical solution to the lack of library modules within commercial courseware.

Electronic books in the USA – their numbers and development and a comparison to Germany

Peter Just

While there are frequently quoted articles about the revenue in e‐books over the last two years there is no regular statistical information about the amount of e‐books being…

Introduction

Kenneth Einar Himma