Library, information and knowledge professionals are often
at the front line of managing and monitoring their organisation's legal
compliance and have roles and responsibilities in both complying with the law
and taking advantage of its provisions. To do their jobs effectively, they need
not only to understand the law, but also to develop the skills, confidence and
organisational policy frameworks to apply the law's principles to their context
of use. They need the knowledge and skills to help them decide what is
acceptable and to develop appropriate risk aware approaches when things are not
clear-cut.



Information Law:
Compliance for librarians, information professionals and knowledge managers
provides an overview of important information law issues along with tools and
guidance to help readers establish a framework so that their organisation can
both comply with its legal responsibilities and support a suitably risk aware
environment which optimises access and use. Based on the authors' many years in
professional practice and on their proven 'Compliance Methodology', it will
help readers understand the legal issues that are central to the information
they hold or that they wish to access.