Professional Liability Issues for the Library and Information Professionals

By: Paul D. Healey

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Paperback | 1 August 2008

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In this clearly written and easy-to-understand guide, Healey explains the threat of potential liabilities, and most importantly, recommends how to avoid them. This vital guide clarifies how liability issues differ not only between institutions - public libraries, academic libraries, museums - but also between varying information related jobs like reference librarianship and cataloguing. The book's introduction covers basic issues - enforcement mechanisms, defenses to claims and more - and follows with specific theories - negligence, malpractice, defamation and material torts, and more. Also covered are potential sources of claims, and suggestions for actions to take should you be faced with one. Audits, checklists, and sample policies are included for those wishing to further enhance their knowledge concerning a top legal issue among today's information professionals.

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Non-Fiction Business & Management Business Ethics & Social Responsibility Law Laws of Specific Jurisdictions Constitutional & Administrative Law Library & Info Sciences Library Jurisprudence & General Issues Law as it Applies to Other Professions Library & Information Services

Introduction : liability as an issue in the information professions	p. 3
Understanding liability	p. 27
Torts, contracts, and other legal issues	p. 45
Information professionals and liability	p. 73
Potential sources of liability claims for information professionals	p. 105
Specific professional liability issues for librarians	p. 129
Liability issues for law and medical librarians	p. 147
Specific professional liability issues for information brokers	p. 173
Specific professional liability issues for archivists and curators	p. 185
Proactive approaches to liability issues	p. 201
Training suggestions	p. 209
Policy suggestions	p. 211
Liability audits	p. 215
Glossary	p. 221
Index : cases	p. 225
Index : subject	p. 226
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