User privacy in the digital library environment: A matter of concern for information professionals

Library Management

Volumn 22, Issue , 2001, Pages 364-370

  Sturges, Paul ^a   Teng, Vincent ^a   Iliffe, Ursula ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confidentiality; Data protection; Ethics; Libraries; Library users; Privacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986156529     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01435120110406309     Document Type: Article

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