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Professional liability issues for librarians and information professionals / Paul D. Healey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Healey, Paul D.
- Series:
- Legal advisor for librarians, educators & information professionals ; no. 2.
- The legal advisor for librarians, educators & information professionals ; no. 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Librarians--Malpractice--United States.
- Librarians.
- Library legislation--United States.
- Library legislation.
- Librarians--Malpractice.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 236 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., [2008]
- Contents:
- Introduction: liability as an issue in the information professions
- Understanding liability
- Torts, contracts, and other legal issues
- Information professionals and liability
- Potential sources of liability claims for information professionals
- Specific professional liability issues for librarians
- Liability issues for law and medical librarians
- Specific professional liability issues for information brokers
- Specific professional liability issues for archivists and curators
- Proactive approaches to liability issues
- Training suggestions
- Policy suggestions
- Liability audits.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781555706098
- 1555706096
- OCLC:
- 166367763
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