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Availability

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Area of Study / Keywords

expressive freedom; information ethics; librarianship; human rights; artificial intelligence and ethics

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About

Dr. Toni Samek is a Professor at the School of Library and Information Studies, Faculty of Education, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Alberta. Her books include: Intellectual Freedom and Social Responsibility in American Librarianship 1967 to 1974; Librarianship and Human Rights: A twenty-first century guide; She Was a Booklegger: Remembering Celeste West; Information Ethics, Globalization and Citizenship: Essays on Ideas to Praxis; and, Minds Alive: Libraries and Archives Now. Toni's scholarship appears in translation in such countries as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Japan, Spain, Sweden and Turkey. Toni co-founded and served as first convenor for the Association for Library and Information Science's Information Ethics Special Interest Group, twice convened the Canadian Library Association's Advisory Committee on Intellectual Freedom, served two terms on the Canadian Association of University Teachers' Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee, and served on the Canadian Federation of Library Associations' Intellectual Freedom Committee and its Indigenous Matters Committee. She is on advisory boards for the Centre for Free Expression and the International Centre for Information Ethics. Toni received the debut Library Journal Teaching Award in 2007, a Faculty of Education Graduate Teaching Award in 2008, and a 3M National Teaching Fellowship from the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in 2012. Toni is recipient of the 2013 University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Library and Information Studies Distinguished Alumna Award, the 2017 Library Association of Alberta’s President’s Award, and 2018 honourary membership into the Golden Key International Honour Society University of Alberta Chapter in recognition of her academic and career achievements, as well as ability to build strong connections between the School of Library and Information Studies, the University of Alberta and students. In 2022, Toni was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal for service to the Alberta library community.

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Research

Toni's sustained research and scholarship are in information ethics, intercultural information ethics and global information ethics.

Researchgate Profile

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Teaching

Teaching Awards:

• 3M National Teaching Fellow, Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2012
• Graduate Teaching Award, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, 2008
• Library Journal Teaching Award, 2007

LIS 592 - Intellectual Freedom and Social Responsibility in Librarianship

An examination of the central concepts of intellectual freedom and social responsibility and the range of related issues impacting librarians, library institutions, and library associations. Sections may be offered at an increased rate of fee assessment; refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations sections of the Calendar. Prerequisite: LIS 501 or consent of instructor.

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