圖書館採訪工作的倫理

Acquisition Ethics

王梅玲(Mei-Linq Wang)

《臺北市立圖書館館訊》 14卷1期 (1996/09) Pp. 27-39

摘要

採訪工作是館藏資源建立的重要工程。倫理係個人與專業的行為準則，是行事之好壞、對錯的標準與判斷。圖書館採訪工作由於其作業程序複雜，經費使用涉及到金錢利益。並與許多個人、機關團體關係密切而複雜，致使採訪工作的倫理問題特別重要。本文旨在探討資訊時代中圖書館採訪工作所遭遇的倫理問題，以及應有的工作倫理。首先，闡述圖書館採訪工作的本質，以及專業倫理的意義與內涵，其次，說明美國圖書館學會制定的採訪工作倫理守則，可為我國之參考，復次，再從資訊資源之選擇、採購工作、與交換及贈送工作三方而，分析目前經常遭遇的倫理問題，以及探研其正當的工作倫理。

關鍵字

採訪工作 ； 倫理 ； 倫理守則 ； 專業倫理

並列摘要

Acquisitions librarianship is a means of building library collections, and the basis of all library services. Ethics is the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group. Acquisitions procedures are burdensome, ordering is a sensitive job, related to money, and the relationships among acquisitions librarians, publishers, vendors, and other departments are very complicated. There fore, ethical issues of acquisitions are regarded as important and deserve exploring. The article mainly discusses ethical issues and right behaviors of acquisitions. At first, it describes the nature of acquisitions librarianship and the definition and content of professional ethics. Secondly, the Code of Ethics and Statement on Principles and Standards of Acquisitions Practice of American Library Association are introduced with details. Thirdly, some main ethical issues on selection of information resource, ordering, and gifts and exchange are investigated, and the right behaviors are also defined. Finally, some suggestions of acquisitions ethics are made for libraries in Taiwan.

並列關鍵字

Acquisitions ； Ethics ； Code of Ethics ； Professional Ethics