An Independent Information Professional
is an entrepreneur who has demonstrated continuing expertise in
the art of finding and organizing information. Each provides information
services on a contractual basis to more than one client and serves
as an objective intermediary between the client and the information
world.
An Information Professional bears the following responsibilities:
- Uphold the profession's reputation for honesty,
competence, and confidentiality.
- Give clients the most current and accurate information
possible within the budget and time frames provided by the clients.
- Help clients understand the sources of information
used and the degree of reliability which can be expected from
those sources.
- Accept only those projects which are legal and
are not detrimental to our profession.
- Respect client confidentiality.
- Recognize intellectual property rights. Respect
licensing agreements and other contracts. Explain to clients
what their obligations might be with regard to intellectual
property rights and licensing agreements.
- Maintain a professional relationship with libraries
and comply with all their rules of access.
- Assume responsibility for employees' compliance
with this code.
Approved by the membership May
5, 1989, at the Third Annual Meeting, Lowell, MA. Amended by the
membership April 22, 1990, at the Fourth Annual Meeting, San Francisco,
CA. Amended by the membership April 18, 1997, at the Eleventh
Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. Amended by the membership April 24,
1999, at the Thirteenth Annual Meeting, Berkeley, CA. Amended
by the membership April 20, 2002, at the Sixteenth Annual Meeting,
Long Beach, CA.
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