13.06.03 上課筆記

美國圖書館學會認定如何去資源學術自由?

根據Resolution in Support of Academic Freedom 2006年所寫的文章
Resolution in Support of Academic Freedom

WHEREAS, academic institutions provide a forum論壇 for the robust健全的 exchange of a diversity of ideas; and

WHEREAS, libraries in academic institutions guarantee that a wide array排列 of ideas that promote academic discourse are available; and

WHEREAS, academic institutions have in place longstanding representative democratic structures for review and redress糾正 of grievances申訴; and

WHEREAS, most academic institutions follow the 1940 American Association of University Professors (AAUP) “ Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure” and their libraries follow the “ Freedom to Read Statement,” the “ Library Bill of Rights,” the “ Code of Professional Ethics倫理 for Librarians,” and the “ Core 核心的 Values of Librarianship” that are consonant with the 1940 AAUP statement; and

WHEREAS, these statements are effective safeguards維護 of academic freedom and embrace the free expression rights and responsibilities laid out in the First Amendment; and

WHEREAS, an “ Academic Bill of Rights” (ABOR) by the Center for the Study of Popular Culture, a self-described自我描述 conservative保守的 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干擾 in course content內容, the classroom, the research process, and hiring and tenure任期 decisions; and

WHEREAS, this “Academic Bill of Rights” applies principles other than relevant相關的 scholarly standards, as interpreted解釋 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體現 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反對 any legislation 立法 or codification法典編篡 of documents like the “Academic Bill of Rights” (ABOR) that undermine破壞 academic and intellectual知識分子 freedom, chill寒意 free speech, and/or otherwise interfere with the academic community’s well-established有效的 norms規範 and values of scholarship and educational excellence.

The Misssion of the University
1.pursuit of truth 發現真理
2.discovery of new knowledge 發現新知識
3.study and reasoned criticism
4.teaching and general development of students 教導 發展 ->creative individuals and productive citizens of a pluralistic democracy
5.transmission of knowledge and learning 知識轉移

freedom to teach freedom to learn