16-22 августа 2014, Lyon, France
Theme:
Ethical dilemmas in the information society: how codes of ethics help to find ethically based solutions
FAIFE Satellite Meeting 2014 in collaboration with Globethics.net.
14-15 August 2014
Librarians, archivists and other information workers all over the world are quite aware of their profession's ethical implications. Archivists have already published their international code in 1996 (the ICA Code of Deontology). On the library side, despite the fact that in more than 60 countries library associations have developed and approved a national code of ethics for librarians, there was no international code until August 2012, when the Governing Board of IFLA approved the new IFLA Code of Ethics for Librarians and Other Information Workers. Globethics.net Foundation based in Geneva took part in its elaboration.
Although the international Code has now been launched and accepted as an official policy of IFLA, the FAIFE Committee considers that the work should continue, because a code of ethics must be a living document and because ways have to be found to implement ethics and ethical reflection more deeply in the day-to-day work in libraries and archives. This is the intention behind the Conference on "Ethical Dilemmas in the Information Society: How Codes of Ethics Help to Find Ethically Based Solutions" being organised from 14-15 August 2014 in Geneva/Switzerland, to discuss ethical dilemmas and to use the Code as an incentive to bring ethical issues more prominently in professional and public debates.
The Conference will be held in a beautiful castle, near the Lake of Geneva, Switzerland. This convenient and welcoming venue will give participants ideal conditions to meet, to concentrate and to enter into a living and rich debate.
The programme will offer three keynote speeches by invited speakers and three workshops. For the workshops, we are looking for nine (9) contributors, who are willing to share their experience and their views on the following issues:
4 January 2014 | Abstract submission deadline (500 words) |
16 January 2014 | Decision of the selection committee |
1 June 2014 | Deadline for full papers (about 3'000 words) |
Prof. Dr Christoph Stueckelberger, Globethics.net Executive Director and Founder;
Prof. Dr Hermann Roesch, FAIFE Committee Vice-Chair; and
Amélie Vallotton Preisig, FAIFE Committee Member and Globethics.net Senior Associate.
Please send your abstract by e-mail to:
Amélie Vallotton Preisig
E-mail: [email protected]
Your paper may be selected either to be presented at a workshop or to be published in the Globethics.net Global Digital Library on Ethics.
All proposals must be in before 4 января 2014.
All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation can be issued to authors.
The French National Committee and IFLA have worked hard to secure funds for Conference Participation Grants. Up-to-date information will be available on our Conference Participation Grants webpage.
Last update: 17 February 2014