Appendix

SAA

ALA

ASIS&T

Professional development

Recognize the importance of professional education and development by supporting lifelong learning for themselves and others.

We strive for excellence in the profession by maintaining and enhancing our own knowledge and skills, by encouraging the professional development of co-workers, and by fostering the aspirations of potential members of the profession.

Pursuing ongoing professional development and encouraging and assisting colleagues and others to do the same.

Integrity

N/A

Yes

Yes

Upholding confidentiality and privacy

N/A

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.

N/A

Provision of free and equal access to information

Expand access and usage opportunities for users, and potential users, of archival records.

(1) We provide the highest level of service to all library users through appropriate and usefully organized resources; equitable service policies; equitable access; and accurate, unbiased, and courteous responses to all requests. (2) 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 their information resources.

To promote open and equal access to information, within the scope permitted by their organizations or work, and to resist procedures that promote unlawful discriminatory practices in access to and provision of information, by seeking to extend public awareness and appreciation of information availability and provision as well as the role of information professionals in providing such information.

Avoidance of conflicts of interest and personal gain

N/A

(1) We do not advance private interests at the expense of library users, colleagues, or our employing institutions.

N/A

Responsibilities toward colleagues and mentorship

Create mentorship opportunities for library school students, new professionals, and any individual in the archives field who seeks to enrich their work experience.

We treat co-workers and other colleagues with respect, fairness, and good faith, and advocate conditions of employment that safeguard the rights and welfare of all employees of our institutions.

N/A

Contribution to scholarship

Actively contribute ideas and resources to our field’s body of theoretical and practical scholarship.

N/A

N/A

Collaboration

Cultivate collaborative opportunities not only with creators, users, and colleagues but also with any interested parties who wish to engage with archival records.

N/A

N/A

Transparency

Develop and follow professional standards that promote transparency and mitigate harm.

N/A

N/A

Diversity

Respect the diversity found in humanity and advocate for archival collections to reflect that rich complexity.

We affirm the inherent dignity and rights of every person. We work to recognize and dismantle systemic and individual biases; to confront inequity and oppression; to enhance diversity and inclusion; and to advance racial and social justice in our libraries, communities, profession, and associations through awareness, advocacy, education, collaboration, services, and allocation of resources and spaces.

To resist all forms of censorship, inappropriate selection and acquisitions policies, and biases in information selection, provision and dissemination.

Preservation

N/A

N/A

N/A

Serving community

Devise environmentally sustainable techniques for preserving collections and serving communities.

N/A

N/A

Actively sharing knowledge and expertise

Actively share their knowledge and expertise with creators, users, and colleagues.

N/A

N/A

Intellectual freedom

N/A

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

N/A

Intellectual property

N/A

We respect intellectual property rights and advocate balance between the interests of information users and rights holders.

N/A

Privacy and confidentiality

N/A

To uphold each user’s, provider’s, or employer’s right to privacy and confidentiality and to respect whatever proprietary rights belong to them, by limiting access to, providing proper security for, and ensuring proper disposal of data about clients, patrons or users.

N/A