Electronic and Print Information: Active Distribution and Passive Retention in Relation to a Murder--A Case Study

摘要

Within the context of a belief in individual freedom and the right to know, this article describes the McGill University Libraries' response to the court ban on access to information regarding details of a murder trial in Ontario, Canada. It reviews attempts to ascertain how Canadian research libraries dealt with this issue. It contrasts the policy of the Computing Centre, McGill University, and that of the McGill University Libraries, and looks at what constitutes publishing in an electronic environment. The article examines the values of librarians as they relate to questions of censorship and access to information, and concludes with a discussion of the right to know in the electronic age.