[Libs-Or] Feb 2023 Tuesday Topic: Academic Freedom & Intellectual Freedom

[Max Macias]

Thank you for this beautiful document ACRL Oregon!

This is very nicely done.


Max

On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 8:44 AM OTTUM Tamara K * SLO via Libs-Or <
libs-or at omls.oregon.gov> wrote:

> *Welcome to Tuesday Topics, a monthly series covering topics with
> intellectual freedom implications for libraries of all types. Each message
> is prepared by a member of OLA's Intellectual Freedom Committee or a guest
> writer. Questions can be directed to the author of the topic or to the IFC
> Committee.*
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> *Academic Freedom and Intellectual Freedom*
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> February 2023
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> Today's news is filled with ongoing controversies and backlash over free
> speech
> <https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/06/09/aacu-and-pen-america-oppose-divisive-concepts-bans>,
> academic freedom
> <https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/academic-freedom-faculty-racism/>,
> and political agendas
> <https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2023/01/20/rejecting-ap-studies-restricting-libraries-heres-how-desantis-and-his-anti-woke-policies-are-impacting-florida-education/?sh=7dc20e7d7150>
> in higher education.
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> Academic librarians are charged with upholding both professional research
> and teaching standards of academic disciplines and the core professional
> values of librarianship, including access, diversity, Intellectual Freedom,
> and social responsibility.
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> Recognizing a need for academic librarians to be familiar with issues
> surrounding these values, ACRL-OR created the Academic & Intellectual
> Freedom Toolkit
> <https://acrloregon.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Academic-Intellectual-Freedom.pdf>
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> The toolkit provides general information and resources informing academic
> libraries of professional values and protection, and helps them support
> colleagues, prepare for challenges and challenge harmful power structures.
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> We invite you to take a look, use it, and spread the word!
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> "In a time where democratic freedoms are being challenged, the concepts of
> intellectual freedom and academic freedom require examination as key tenets
> of our democracy to be upheld, celebrated and honored." (Bev-Freda L.
> Jackson, “Intellectual Freedom, Academic Freedom, and Social Justice
> <https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/978-1-83909-882-620211013/full/html>
> ”)
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> *Tamara Ottum (she/her) *
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> State Library of Oregon
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> tamara.ottum at slo.oregon.gov | 971-375-3543
> www.oregon.gov/library/libraries
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