Chapter 32 Learning Objectives

After completing this chapter, readers should have a better understanding of:

• the nature and historical origins of information policy;

• how to identify the sources of information policy;

• stakeholders impacted by information policy;

• the reasons that lead to the creation of information policies;

• the ways in which information policies shape the work of information organizations; and

• the contemporary issues and challenges in information policy.

Chapter 32 Instructor PowerPoint

Downloadable PowerPoint presentation and PowerPoint notes for course instruction. These files are only accessible to instructors who have adopted Information Services Today: An Introduction (3rd ed) for their course. To request access, please click on the images below or email Sandy Hirsh.

Chapter 32 Discussion Questions

The following questions are included in the textbook.

1. What are some policy issues in which different types of informational professionals might have differing perspectives or goals?

2. What are specific ways in which information professionals have influenced information policies?

3. What are spaces in which policy has yet to catch up to technological innovation?

Related Chapters

The following chapters are referenced in Chapter 32 and may assist in expanding your classroom instruction and discussions.

• Chapter 7: Social Justice

• Chapter 31: Advocacy

• Chapter 34: Copyright and Creative Commons

• Chapter 35: Information Licensing

• Chapter 37: Information Privacy and Cybersecurity

• Chapter 38: Intellectual Freedom