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Legal and Ethical Principles Flashcards

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  1. Under the USA PATRIOT Act, what are librarians generally required to do if served with a Section 215 order?

    Answer: Comply with the order and keep it confidential (gag order)

    Section 215 orders come with a gag order prohibiting librarians from disclosing the request to the patron or public.

  2. Which ALA policy document addresses the ethical responsibility of librarians to resist censorship?

    Answer: The Library Bill of Rights

    The Library Bill of Rights is the foundational ALA policy document affirming intellectual freedom and opposing censorship.

  3. A library board wants to remove a book from shelves solely because community members find its content offensive. What ethical principle does this most directly conflict with?

    Answer: Intellectual freedom

    Removing materials based solely on community offense without professional review violates the principle of intellectual freedom.

  4. Which federal law requires public libraries receiving E-rate funds to install internet filtering software?

    Answer: CIPA

    The Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) mandates internet filtering for libraries that accept E-rate or LSTA discounts.

  5. When a librarian discovers a colleague has been sharing patron circulation records with a local law enforcement officer without a court order, what should the librarian do first?

    Answer: Report the conduct to library administration or legal counsel

    The proper first step is to escalate to administration or legal counsel so the institution can respond through appropriate channels.

  6. A library's collection development policy is best described as which type of document?

    Answer: A professional guideline governing selection and deselection decisions

    Collection development policies are professionally created internal guidelines that provide defensible criteria for selection and deselection.

  7. Under Georgia law, which entity has primary legal authority over a public library's policies and operations?

    Answer: The local library board of trustees

    The local library board of trustees holds primary legal authority for policy-making and governance of a public library under Georgia law.