IFLA/FAIFE
Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression

Chair:
Paul Sturges

PAUL STURGES

Professor of Library Studies
Department of Information Science, Loughborough University
B.A. (Leicester, 1966), M.A. (Loughborough, 1968), Ph.D. (Loughborough, 1986), FCLIP [2002].

Personal Details:
Date of birth: 4 August 1945 in Derby, UK.
Married with three daughters born 1975, 1977, 1980.

Competences and Expertise:

Teacher and researcher specialising in freedom of access to information, privacy and data protection, and related issues including intellectual property. Has delivered lectures, conference presentations and consultancy in about 40 different countries.

External Offices:

  • Member of CILIP Freedom of Information Panel 2003-
  • Member of CILIP International Panel 2003-
  • Chair of IFLA Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression Committee 2003-

Visiting posts:

  • 1984-1985 Visiting Senior Lecturer, Department of Library Studies, University of Botswana.
  • 1988 (Jan. to July) Visiting Scholar, African Studies Center, Boston University.
  • 1996 (Sept. to Dec.) Visiting Fellow, National University of Science and Technology, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
  • 2003 (Mar to Apr) Visiting Professor, University J.J.Strossmeyer, Osijek, Croatia.

Curriculum consultancy:

  • Padjadjaran University, Bandung Indonesia, for UK Overseas Development Administration, 1992 and 1993.
  • National University of Science and Technology, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, 1996. Invited participant at LIS curriculum development conferences in Sao Paolo, Brazil, and Berlin, during 1998, and Skopje, Macedonia in 1999.

Research:

  • Legal and Ethical Issues in Information Work.
  • Consultant to the Council of Europe 1997-2000 on Libraries and Freedom of Expression. Project Director for 'Privacy in the Digital Library' project funded by Re:source 2000-2001. Academic advisor to international project funded by UK Dept for International Development on ICT projects and anti-corruption measures 2004-

Selected recent Publications:

Books

Public internet access in libraries and information services. Facet Publishing, 2002. ISBN 1-85604-425-4. 220p.

International Encyclopedia of Information and Library Science, with J. Feather. 2nd ed. Routledge, 2003, 688p.

Articles

'Freedom of expression and public access to networks: the Council of Europe study and Draft Charter'. FID Review, 1, 1 (1999), pp.42-48.

'The library and freedom of information: agent or icon?' Alexandria 13, 1 (2001) pp.3-16.

'User privacy in the digital library environment: a matter of concern for information professionals', with Vincent Teng and Ursula Iliffe, Library Management 22, 8/9 [2001] pp.364-370.

'Doing the right thing: professional ethics for information workers in Britain', IN: Vaagan, R.W. ed. The ethics of librarianship: an international survey. IFLA Publication 101, Munich: K.G. Saur, 2002, ISBN 3-598-21831-1, pp302-322.

'User privacy in the digital library environment: an investigation of policies and preparedness'. Library Management 24, 1/2 (2003) pp.44-50.