Minor suggestion

Minor suggestion

Hey Rob,

I was going to say what Evan suggested, but he beat me to it! I think the way he suggested to structure your Wiki would be a lot clearer for those reading it, as the breakdown would be slightly less compact. My second suggestion would be to include external links to all of the codes of ethics that exist, in a subsection of the Codes of Ethics section, this way you could briefly introduce the organization responsible for the codes, but you don't need to spend too much time summing up the codes themselves.

TarynDay (talk)23:12, 20 March 2013

I think I will try both just to see how they each look. Thanks!

RobertMcLelland (talk)07:22, 31 March 2013
 

Hi, Rob.

I agree it would be a great idea to include links to codes of ethics!

Also, this might be too much to get into, but I am personally pretty interested in how our codes of ethics as librarians and archivists function differently than the codes of ethics for other professions, such as doctors or engineers. I am thinking about differences both in how they unite and instill a sense of duty in us as professionals and also in how they contribute to the perception of our profession by the public. It goes back to that lack of awareness among the public about what we do, but I don't image a lot of people know that we have codes of ethics / would be surprised to hear that we do. Maybe I am wrong about that, but it would be interesting to hear your or an archival scholars' thoughts about how effective these codes have been for public relations and for increasing professional pride.

Interesting topic and great work so far!

ChelseaShriver (talk)04:39, 8 April 2013