The information ethics of Luciano Floridi's well-known Philosophy of Information (PI) project are explored as potential foundations for a deepening sense of stewardship in library and information studies(LIS) practice. The implications of PI's world view of ``information objects'' as having intrinsic value and resulting moral rights within the evolving ``infosphere'' are discussed in the context of current professional standards for collection management and preservation. Richard Fyffe's recent critical reconstruction of Floridi's concept of ``ontic trust'' as it might apply to librarianship as stewardship of the semantic environment is extended to better ground Floridi's conceptualization of the ``infosphere'' itself.
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