Summer 2007		Room		Time		Instructor: Howard Rosenbaum		Office: 005B@SLIS		Office Hours:
		L 036		1:00-4:00 T, Th		hrosenba@indiana.edu		Telephone: 812 855 3250		11:30-1:00 PM T, Th

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, you will:

• Be able to articulate reasoned and coherent positions on the issues and challenges raised by of intellectual freedom in a variety of organizational and social settings;
• Understand the historical background and development of the concept of intellectual freedom in the US and its impact on the information professions;
• Be able to explain the importance of the conflict between privacy and the ownership and control of information in professional and personal terms; and
• Be aware of the challenges to intellectual freedom that are emerging in society in general and in the networked electronic information environment;