Research Log Entry 1
1.) How can the author, publisher , faculty members, library and student accommodate?
Everyone can accommodate by learning to distibute the books fairly and equally so that everyone can benefit in one way or another, it could involve a great deal of sharaing and sacrafice.
2.) How can a fair arrangement be achieved?
The author/ publisher can ethier sell or loan out their books to libraries and have students rent out the books for a small certain amount of money rather then buy at a high ridiculous price. The students would then pay and profits would go to the author/ publisher and maybe 5-10% can go to faculty members for accomodating the books in the first place.
3.) What are the challenges in creating a fair arrangement for everyone?
It could be a challenge for mostly everyone but mainly affecting the author, publishers and students. The biggest challenge is the money factor, since everyone is looking to save money and make money.
Research Log Entry 2
1.) How can a balance be achieved between protecting privacy and meeting the needs of national security?
Just knowing boundaries should be a must, but overall I feel like privacy protection currently is at a pretty stable state.
2.) How did you react to the list of challenged books (Suprised)? Do you think some books should be banned or should all books be freely avalilable? Why?
When I saw the list and read through it I was a bit disturbed to see what types of books had been banned. All the books seemed to have touched upon subjects that could very well be considered controversial. It seems to me that because these books were expressing their feelings about deep and sensitive issues that some may not be able to handle, they were deprived of being able to be free like any other book.
I believe that all books should be freely avalible because it is a basic act of freedom of speech, although the books may be upsetting to some and very controversial no one is forced to read these book, it is by mere choice and I believe everyone has the right to decide for themselves.
3.) How have your overall ideas about information ethics changed or not changed after completling this unit?
My overall idea on information ethics has grown rather than change because before this assignment I wasn't aware of the issue and it was never a big concern for me, but after doing the assignment I've learned alot about copyright and challenged books along with many other new things. I feel as if all books should be freely avalible and its good to keep the security of copyright at a high security level because its peoples work and it could very well affect their lives.
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When it comes to sharing and sacrifice in publishing, it's an ideal that's hard to reach. Sometimes, it works; other times, the process ends up being more about greed.
ReplyDeleteThe author writes a book and tries to convince a publisher to publish it. If a publisher agrees, a contract is drawn up, but after that, the publisher controls what happens to the book--how many are published, what price is set, etc. "Loaning" books to libraries or faculty or users is not done. They are sold. No matter how ridiculous the price seems to you, the profit margin is very low. Faculty are not involved in the process, other than to make a choice about what textbook is used in the classroom. That affects how many are likely to be sold, but they have no other part in the process. You're right, however, about the fact that it's all about money.
Privacy: I don't think it's as stable as you think. First, privacy laws have weakened over the last several years in this country, meaning that authorities have more rights to invade people's privacy. Also, technology has made it possible to invade people's privacy in ways that weren't possible before.
As for banned books and censorship, I agree with you about that, although you might keep in mind that, sometimes, banned books get more publicity because they are banned and that can result in their getting more sales--not what the protesters have in mind!