User Right to Access Information
Policy Statement

University Libraries
2001

 

The University Libraries' primary mission is to support the ASU community. Therefore, due to resource allocation guidelines and licensing agreements, certain services (e.g., Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery, room scheduling) and electronic resources (e.g., electronic reserve, remote access to commercially distributed ejournals and databases) are restricted to direct affiliates (i.e., students, faculty and staff) of Arizona State University. Community borrowing privileges are extended, for an annual service fee, to Arizona taxpayers over a specified age. Other individuals are welcome to onsite access to the non-restricted resources, collections, services and facilities, within the scope of established policies, including the Libraries' Code of Conduct and other relevant university policies.

The University Libraries adheres to the American Library Association's Bill of Rights: (http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/statementspols/statementsif/librarybillrights.htm):

 

A person's right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, background, or views.

 

Furthermore, the staff of the University Libraries abides by the following principals of the American Library Association's Code of Ethics (http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/statementspols/codeofethics/codeethics.htm):

• We provide …. accurate, unbiased, and courteous responses to all requests.

• We uphold the principles of intellectual freedom and resist all efforts to censor library resources.

• We protect each library user's right to privacy and confidentiality with respect to information sought or received and resources consulted, borrowed, acquired or transmitted. (See "Confidentiality of User Records" policy 2001)

• We distinguish between our personal convictions and professional duties and do not allow our personal beliefs to interfere with fair representation of the aims of our institutions or the provision of access to its resources.