Avoiding Controversy: Academic Freedom and the Library Exhibit

Abstract

University libraries have a range of exhibit spaces used to promote their own collections that they also make available to different communities. The American Library Association Library Bill of Rights provides guidelines regarding exhibits and exhibit spaces to assist libraries in upholding free speech and rights. The author provides a review of library exhibit policies in the context of the Library Bill of Rights and examines whether these policies support the principles of intellectual freedom and freedom of expression. The policies reveal limits on academic freedom that question the concept of library neutrality.[This article is based on a paper presented as part of the “Connecting the Past to the Present: Promoting Cultural Understanding through Collections and Exhibitions” session at the ARLIS/NA + VRA joint conference held in Seattle, Washington, in March 2016.]

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