Resolution in
Support of Academic Freedom
WHEREAS, academic institutions provide a
forum for the robust(健壯) exchange of a diversity
of ideas; and
WHEREAS, libraries in academic institutions
guarantee(把握) that a wide array of ideas that
promote academic discourse are available; and
WHEREAS, academic institutions have in
place longstanding representative democratic structures for review and redress
of grievances(怨氣); and
WHEREAS, most academic institutions follow
the 1940 American Association of University Professors (AAUP) “ Statement of
Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure(保有)” and their libraries
follow the “ Freedom to Read Statement,” the “ Library Bill of Rights,” the “
Code of Professional Ethics for Librarians,” and the “ Core Values of Librarianship”
that are consonant(和諧的) with the 1940 AAUP
statement; and
WHEREAS, these statements are effective
safeguards of academic freedom and embrace the free expression rights and
responsibilities laid out in the First Amendment(修正案); and
WHEREAS, an “ Academic Bill of Rights”
(ABOR) by the Center for the Study of Popular Culture, a self-described
conservative nonprofit organization, is being introduced in legislatures(立法機關) and academic institutions; and
WHEREAS, this “Academic Bill of Rights” would
impose extra-academic standards on academic institutions, directly interfering
in course content, the classroom, the research process, and hiring and tenure
decisions; and
WHEREAS, this “Academic Bill of Rights”
applies principles other than relevant(應用) scholarly standards, as
interpreted and applied by the academic profession; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the American Library
Association reaffirms(重申) the principles of
academic freedom embodied in the American Association of University Professors’
“Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure” (1940); and be it
further
RESOLVED, that the American Library
Association opposes any legislation or codification(編碼) of documents like the
“Academic Bill of Rights” (ABOR) that undermine academic and intellectual
freedom, chill free speech, and/or otherwise interfere with the academic
community’s well-established norms and values of scholarship and educational
excellence.
pursuit of truth
the discovery of new knowledge
reasoned criticism
teaching students
transmission of knowledge and learning
pursuit of truth
the discovery of new knowledge
reasoned criticism
teaching students
transmission of knowledge and learning