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By Robert Hauptman. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2002. 151p. $35 (ISBN 0-7864-1306-9). www.mcfarlandpub.com.
Intended to be an "updated and comprehensive overview of the ethics of librarianship" (2), this book complements the author's earlier book, Ethical Challenges in Librarianship (Oryx, 1988). Ethics and Librarianship updates some of the earlier book's topics but includes new ones, and considers the ethical issues raised concerning electronic information. The book emphasizes ethics of librarianship, not general information ethics as in Mark Alfino and Linda Pierce's Information Ethics for Librarians (McFarland, 1997). Hauptman thoughtfully incorporates the large …