MLS Candidate, Indiana University – Bloomington Intellectual Freedom is Not Social Justice: ALA Accreditation, Symbolic Capital, and LIS Curricula Kyle Shockey MLS Candidate, Indiana University – Bloomington ktshocke@indiana.edu @kshockey04

- Dr. Emily J.M. Knox (personal correspondence with author)

ALA’s Intellectual Freedom Based in the 1st and 4th Amendments of the Bill of Rights Varies by institution, but shares common framework Centered around anti-censorship movements Candace D. Morgan (2010): “Intellectual freedom accords to all library users the right to seek and receive information without having the subject of one’s interest examined or scrutinized by others.” That sounds great, right? Morgan, C. D. (2010). Intellectual freedom: An enduring and all-embracing concept. In American Library Association Office of Intellectual Freedom, Intellectual freedom manual (8th ed.). Chicago: American Library Association.

Krug and Morgan (2010): “Can a library committed to intellectual freedom and to providing materials that represent all points of view also support one point of view?” Krug, J. F. and Morgan, C. D. (2010). ALA and intellectual freedom: A historical overview. In American Library Association Office of Intellectual Freedom, Intellectual freedom manual (8th ed.). Chicago: American Library Association.

Social Justice Based on the first of Nieto and Bode’s (2008) outcomes for social justice education, we should: Challenge, confront, and disrupt ‘misconceptions, untruths, and stereotypes that lead to structural inequality and discrimination based on race, social class, gender, and other social and human differences’ Gregory, L. and Higgins, S. (2013). Introduction. In Gregory L. and Higgins S. (eds) Information literacy and social justice: Radical professional praxis, 1-11. Sacramento, CA: Library Juice Press. Nieto, S. and Bode, P. (2008). Affirming diversity: The sociopolitical context of multicultural education (5th ed.) Boston, MA: Pearson.

Where is Social Justice in the ALA? Social Responsibilities Round Table – the advocacy camp Kagan, A. (2015). Progressive library organizations: A worldwide history. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. Samek, T. (2001). Intellectual freedom and social responsibility in American librarianship, 1967-1974. Jefferson City, NC: McFarland. 1982: Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange Roundtable (EMIERT) GLBT Roundtable ALA Spectrum Doctoral Cohort - SJ Collaboratorium https://socialjusticecollaboratorium.wordpress.com/

But not in the core curriculum of library school.

Institutionalization Symbolic Capital Codification & Institutionalization Bordieu, P. (1977). Outline of a theory of practice. New York: Cambridge University Press. Knox, E.J.M. (2014). Supporting intellectual freedom: Symbolic capital and practical philosophy in librarianship. Library Quarterly, 84(1), 8-21.

Codification 1939: ALA Code of Ethics 1939: Library Bill of Rights 1946: Statement of Principles of Intellectual Freedom and Tenure for Librarians 1953: Freedom to Read Statement 1999: ACRL – Intellectual Freedom Principles for Academic Librarians

Institutionalization 1940: Intellectual Freedom Committee [IFC] 1967: Office for Intellectual Freedom [OIF] 1973: Intellectual Freedom Roundtable [IFRT] 1975: Committee on Professional Ethics

Accreditation & Symbolic Capital Codification + Institutionalization  Library School ALA Office of Accreditation (OA) 1920/56: ALA Committee on Accreditation (COA) 2012: Accreditation Process, Polices, & Procedures (AP3), 3rd ed 2015: Revised Standards for Accreditation of Master’s Programs in Library and Information Science (“Standards”)

Student outcomes [ergo, the curriculum via II.1] address: I.2.1 The essential character of the field of library and information studies; I.2.2 The philosophy, principles, and ethics of the field; Committee on Accreditation of the American Library Association. (2015). Revised standards for accreditation of master’s programs in library and information studies [PDF document]. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/accreditedprograms/sites/ala.org.accreditedprograms/files/content/COA- approved_Revised_Standards_23Jan2015_final.pdf.

“Should the library, as a social institution, serve as an advocate for social justice?” (Samek 2001) Samek, T. (2001). Intellectual freedom and social responsibility in American librarianship, 1967- 1974. Jefferson City, NC: McFarland.

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