Library and Information Science Students' Ethics Training and Attitudes about Intellectual Property Rights: An Exploratory Study

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  • February 28, 2019
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  • Carter, Erin
    • Affiliation: School of Information and Library Science
Abstract
  • The purpose of this research is to gain a greater understanding of the factors that influence library and information science (LIS) students' views on intellectual property rights, specifically illegal reuse of content on the web. The study utilizes interviews and surveys to explore attitudes toward illegal downloading of digital content in general, extent of ethics education in LIS classes, disciplinary differences between information and library science, and these variables' influence on attitudes towards illegal reuse of copyrighted content analyzed for correlation. The end result of this study is an exploration of the attitudes about intellectual property rights in the next generation of librarians to determine future areas of improvement (e.g., required ethics trainings for future librarians and information science workers; specific ways LIS programs can emphasize intellectual property concerns).
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  • Klinefelter, Anne
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  • Master of Science in Information Science
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  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • 75
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