[Libs-Or] Library Neutrality

[Dre de Leon]

If they're taking your MLIS, they're taking everyone's.

Here's some really interesting research that came out on this topic last
year:
Neutrality in public libraries: How are we defining one of our core values?
<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0961000620935501>



On Thu, Jun 2, 2022 at 4:12 PM Matthew Baiocchi via Libs-Or <
libs-or at omls.oregon.gov> wrote:

> They're probably going to take away my MLIS for not knowing this.
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> I've been thinking a lot about library neutrality and what it means, and
> it occurred to me that I've never seen a really good definition of library
> neutrality. I can't find it "written down anywhere official" as a core
> tenet of our profession. I've looked all over ALA and OLA. I've looked at
> library professionals' presentations, statements, and blog posts. I checked
> Google Scholar and looked at articles I had access to. I haven't checked
> out books yet but that's because we don't have any in our library system.
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> Does library neutrality mean political neutrality? Ethical neutrality?
> Social neutrality? Is it a description of how we ensure intellectual
> freedom? Does it mean we don't let our own viewpoints cloud service to
> patrons? Some of these? All? None?
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> So, anyone have a good definition of library neutrality? Anyone know where
> this core tenet of our profession originates?
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> Thank you, as always, for listening. Happy Thursday, all!
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> Matthew Baiocchi
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> ook
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Dre de Leon

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Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries – Vancouver Community Library

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