GLC Legal and Ethical Principles 2

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

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

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Immediately notify the patron whose records were requested

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Refuse compliance and notify the ALA

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Destroy the requested records before producing them

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

The Library Bill of Rights

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The Freedom to Read Statement

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The Code of Ethics of the ALA

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The Children's Internet Protection Act

Question 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?

Accepted Answer

Intellectual freedom

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Patron privacy

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Copyright compliance

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Collection development policy

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

CIPA

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COPPA

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FERPA

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DMCA

Question 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?

Accepted Answer

Report the conduct to library administration or legal counsel

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Ignore it since law enforcement requests are always valid

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Notify the patrons whose records were shared

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Post the incident on social media to alert the public

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A professional guideline governing selection and deselection decisions

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A legally binding contract with publishers

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A federal regulatory requirement

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An ALA accreditation standard

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

The local library board of trustees

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The Georgia Public Library Service

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The American Library Association

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The county commission alone