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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Libs-Or] Library Neutrality</font>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Saw your message below on the Libs-Or list, which I sub to from a different acct. On my SJSU acct now and can't post to the list, so replying to you directly.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I don't think anyone is thinking about taking away your MLIS, lol. But you identified a semantic prob within LIS as it pertains to neutrality. I don't use the word in my lectures _at all_ and
in fact, argue against it as librarianship is anything but "neutral" IMHO. I offer modules in the various courses I teach that center on deconstructing neutrality and how
<i>objectivity</i> is perhaps a better concept in that it characterizes the action and engagement that are the foundation of librarianship. You may find historian Thomas Haskell critical to understanding, esp.his
<i>Objectivity Is Not Neutrality: Explanatory Schemes in History. </i></div>
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Subject: [Libs-Or] Library Neutrality<br>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>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?</p>
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<p>So, anyone have a good definition of library neutrality? Anyone know where this core tenet of our profession originates?</p>
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