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Final Paper: Intellectual Freedom (Librarian’s Stance (Laura Childs “The…
Final Paper:
Intellectual Freedom
Makerspaces
Need for Makerspaces in the library.
Shannon Oltman
“Intellectual freedom, as a principle and a mind-set, creates space for many voices to be present.”
Shannon Barniskis
"One mission of public libraries is to provide access to ideas, generally through the media containing or expressing these ideas”
Conversations
Why is conversation important?
Chris Brown
“[...]could be an in-person dialogue, an open-forum discussion, an exhibit with a built-in program for discussions or response, or a virtual opportunity for different viewpoints to be expressed. There are many modalities of conversation as the methods we use to communicate have broadened in the digital era” (484-485).
Amelia N. Gibson and Sandra Hughes-Hassell
“A critical element of working toward equity involves engaging students in explicit discussions about power, social structures, and the role of information professionals in the creation of systems and services that shape others’ ability to access information about their lives and the world.”
Technology
Why is technology important for intellectual freedom?
Alan Rubel
“Three issues regarding library provision of electronic resources serve as a starting point. The first is library contracts with electronic resource vendors who offer customized services (e.g., the ability to create personal profiles, store articles, and record search histories)” (184).
Librarian’s Stance
Laura Childs
“The differences between librarians as neutral information portals and librarians as active political agents can be surprisingly blurred” (60)
Alan Rubel
“Thus, the commitment of libraries and the library profession to intellectual freedom entails a commitment to patron autonomy” (196).
Emily Knox
“What knowledge one thinks should be accessible is intimately tied to one’s assumptions of how that knowledge will affect the seeker”
Kyle Shockey
“the ALA has a vested interest in maintaining and transmitting a neutrality-focused conception of intellectual freedom to library practitioners as part of the profession’s ethics” (107).
Academic Libraries
Shannon Oltman
“Most academic library directors and deans do not offer training on intellectual freedom or spend much time explicitly thinking about it. The most important issues (related to intellectual freedom) for the respondents include copyright, plagiarism, privacy, and academic freedom” (754).
Barbara Stripling “ If school librarians want to establish a culture of intellectual freedom, they must exert strong leadership and sustained advocacy”