Development of the internet and the increasing popularity of the world wide web have opened up a new realm of information access, storage, and delivery for librarians and information professionals. Libraries are striving to respond to the pervasive and persistent growth of global networking and manage the demand for access to this dynamic medium. Working in the trenches of the digital revolution, librarians and information professionals are beginning to offer Internet services to patrons; their work marks the beginning of the grassroots implementation of the "public" digital library. This book investigates the new meaning of ‘freedom of information’ in the virtual age. It outlines one subset of the range of critical issues that are part and parcel of the world of networked information and discuss its impacts on librarians and information professionals. It discusses questions of access, privacy, copyright and the protection of intellectual property and suggest that librarians and information professionals should discuss and develop reasonable acceptable use policies early in the implementation process that will allow them to act effectively in the front lines of the digital revolution.
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