Annals of Japan Society of Library Science
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Volume 28, Issue 2
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  • The Right of Library Users' Privacy
    In Relation to the Police Investigations in Libraries
    Shigeo WATANABE
    1982 Volume 28 Issue 2 Pages 49-63
    Published: 1982
    Released on J-STAGE: October 07, 2022
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20651/ajsls.28.2_49
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    　The ‘Declaration of Freedom in Library' (published by the Japan Library Association in 1979) includes the ‘Observance of Secret of Library Users' as one of its items which libraries put in practice. This is a Sign that librarians have determined to protect the right of the library users' privacy.
    　The concept of the right of privacy is not always definite because it is not expressed in the Contsitution of Japan except when it applies to all spheres of the citizens' private lives.
    　In this article, I attempt to review two concepts of the right. One is the right of privacy (the right to control the circulation of information concerning the library users), and the other is the freedom to read (the right of free access to all books and newspapers in libraries).
    　In recent years, the police hase been making inquiries into library recorods investigating the book reading figures and the information about the readers on the grounds of criminal investigations, most often on the basis of the Criminal Procedure Code Article 197, Clause 2. Therefore, I try to make clear that, according to the Code, the libraries are not under the obligation to cooperate with the police investigators, if the violation of human rights is involved and the privacy of the library users is not defended.
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  • Historical Forms of the Social Utilization of Books in Edo Era
    Nagahide ONOZAWA
    1982 Volume 28 Issue 2 Pages 65-78
    Published: 1982
    Released on J-STAGE: October 07, 2022
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20651/ajsls.28.2_65
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    　The objectives of this essay are 1) to review the form of the social utlization of books (SUB)，which developed in Edo era (1603-1867), and 2) analize the relationship between the development of Shogunate Bungo (libraries) and that of citizen's movement for book reading at such institutions as Juku and Terakoya (private school) as well as in Sekimom Shingaku (Japanese religion) campaign. For these objectives, the auther created as a methodology the concept of social value system for SUB. As the conclusion, it was emphasized that 1) a compound eye should be introduced to analize the essence of SUB, and 2) a new thesis should be proposed to reconstruct library sociology or library science.
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    1982 Volume 28 Issue 2 Pages 79-87
    Published: 1982
    Released on J-STAGE: October 07, 2022
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20651/ajsls.28.2_79
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