Political Ethics: Keeping Your Library Neutral

Aubree Burkholder

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Hart, A. (2016, October). Political Ethics: Keeping Your Library Neutral. Retrieved from http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2016/10/political-ethics-keeping-your-library-neutral/

Summary:

Librarians like everyone else have opinions about politics and it can be very tempting to express those opinions in the workplace, but this is never a good idea.  Even if a librarian does not outright verbally express their opinions about politics, these opinions may still come through in various ways such as bias book displays. This article explains the librarians’ responsibilities to public and ethical codes that need to be followed in order to best serve the community.

Evaluation:

I very much enjoyed this article because I feel that the political frenzy that is gripping this country at the moment makes it exceptionally difficult for librarians to refrain from expressing their opinions to the public. I feel that this article gives necessary tools to librarians to help them overcome this.