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Thursday, March 7, 2024

MLIS Degrees Are Woke; New ALA Accreditation Rules Require DEI 'Infusion' Into All Subjects

MLIS degrees now require an "infusion" of diversity, equity, and inclusion [DEI] into every subject.  Every subject.  MLIS degrees are now principally DEI degrees.

MLIS (or MLS, the older name) is the acronym for Master in Library and Information Studies (or Sciences, it depends on who you ask).  Such degrees are required for many jobs such as library director and in various laws that requires MLIS degrees.  

The American Library Association [ALA] provides accreditation to library schools that grant MLIS degrees.  It even has its accreditation double trademarked:
  • "AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION" Serial No. 76382091: Goods and services: IC 042: Accreditation and standard setting for master's programs in library and information studies; association services, namely, promoting the interests of librarians.
  • "ALA ACCREDITED COMMITTEE ON ACCREDITATION" Serial No. 77102993.  Interestingly, the graphic top right is a registered trademark but not for accreditation!  Instead it's for "Educational services in the field of library and information studies."
So ALA is "standard setting for master's programs in library and information studies."  And  how have those standards changed?

How ALA Has Made DEI/EDI Required for MLIS Degrees:

Here's how ALA words it, highlighting mine:

The American Library Association Committee on Accreditation (CoA) of the American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce that the 2023 ALA Standards for Accreditation of Master’s Programs in Library and Information Studies have been passed by the Council of the American Library Association.

This is the culmination of a three-year process of revising the 2015 standards, seeking feedback from the library and information studies and professional community, educators, students, and the public through surveys, conference presentations, and individual responses. In 2023, the Committee also worked with the ALA/Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Working Group to further refine the proposed revisions.

The Committee has responded to input from the Library and Information community to eliminate redundancies, improve clarity, and infuse concepts of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion throughout the standards. The collaborative process that supported this work will ensure that these revised standards support a responsive, 21st century library and information education rooted in the fundamental principles of the profession as espoused by the American Library Association.

The endorsement of the Council of the American Library Association means that schools and programs may begin using the 2023 standards immediately. As in the past, the Committee on Accreditation will work with schools and programs to ensure both success and compliance as they navigate various institutional, state, and regional governing bodies.


So American Library Association has "infused" DEI into all training "throughout the standards" for a librarian's MLIS degree.  

And it will "ensure compliance" by "governing bodies"!  My goodness.  They really think they are special.

"Freedom to Read Act" Legislation Pushed by ALA Will Force MLIS Requirement:

Using "Freedom to Read Act" legislation, ALA is pushing dozens of states to force the requirement for MLIS degrees.  This is truly scary now that we know the MLIS degree has become the woke DEI/MLIS degree.  

Here is language from NJ S2421: "4(a)(7): 'acknowledge that a school library media specialist is professionally trained.'"  This essentially requires librarians to be "professionally trained."  "Professionally trained" means obtaining the DEI/MLIS degree from an ALA accredited school.  ALA accreditation means diversity, equity, and inclusion get pushed in every subject.  This is yet another reason the "Freedom to Read Act" will harm states nationwide.

Read more here:

Legislatures are Moving to Eliminate Requirements for MLIS Degrees:

Already legislators are moving to remove MLIS degrees from requirements for librarian jobs, highlighting mine:

R.S. 25:222(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

§222. ....  There is created a State Board of Library Examiners.... (2) The board may require, as a condition for certification or permit to practice the profession of librarian, that applicants possess a graduate degree; however, the board may not require applicants to possess a graduate degree in any particular field or fields of study. 


Recent Events Show DEI is Dying:

Recent events show people are becoming aware of the harm done by DEI and the fake standards that it sets, such as where Florida Governor Ron DeSantis calls DEI "Discrimination, Exclusion, and Indoctrination":











Even Librarians Know the MLIS or MLS Degree is Worthless:

Even some librarians can't stand the MLIS degree: "The debate boils down to this: the skills that an individual uses on the librarian job are not ones that are taught in the pursuit of an MLS and, in fact, the skills that are used are best learned on the job.  Therefore, there’s no sense in requiring librarians to have an MLS."  "I had to admit: Any of this, particularly paired with a passion for customer service, could be learned on the job or with professional development opportunities (which ought to be covered by the workplace)."

Hargreaves, Abby. “How I Got Over My MLS.” Book Riot (blog), September 14, 2020. https://bookriot.com/how-i-got-over-my-mls/.


Conclusion—Do Not Hire MLIS Degree Recipients and Remove Legal Requirements for MLIS Degrees:

DEI/MLIS degrees, now requiring a dying ideology of conformity because of American Library Association's grip over library school accreditation, should no longer be required.  Anyone having a recently minted MLIS will have been schooled predominantly in unAmerican ideology as applied to all library school subjects.  Truly breathtaking.  Do not hire such people with MLIS/DEI degrees, and change any laws to remove any requirement for such degrees.

End Note:

Note that I will be speaking on this topic and others tomorrow in Baton Rouge, Louisiana:



NOTE ADDED 5 MAY 2024:

In a job posted 5 April 2024, ALA is advertising for "DIRECTOR, OFFICE FOR ACCREDITATION (OA)."  Job responsibilities include:
  • Ensures consistency and thereby equitability for all programs.
  • Ensures activities align with ALA core values including equity, diversity and inclusion.
  • Develops recruitment and training to ensure a diverse pipeline of volunteers.
  • Liaises with the Association of Library and Information Science Educators (ALISE) and supports a strong collaboration between LIS Faculty and ALA.
  • ALA currently requires that employees be fully vaccinated as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  Proof of vaccination will be required on or before start date.
  • All offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory completion of a background check and proof of your eligibility to work in the United States.
"Required Education and Experience" for the OA Director doesn't include having an MLS/MLIS degree!
  • Master’s degree required. Master’s in library and information science preferred.



This was new to me.  I knew of the Washington DC office (that's not listed) but not these others:
  • Our main headquarters in Chicago is located on the Magnificent Mile, Michigan Ave, with other satellite offices in Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. 
Here are archived links to the ALA's job recruiting effort for the Director of the Office for Accreditation:

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Sunday, May 28, 2023

School Board Hears About School Books and American Library Association's Invidious Control

Below is the transcript of the extemporaneous speech I gave to the school board in Roxbury, NJ, on 23 May 2023.  It highlights American Library Association's [ALA] invidious control of local school policy—and the board/citizens/media are not even aware.  All school boards need to hear it.

I explain how ALA added the word "age" to its Library Bill of Rights based on input from a 1960s radical, thereby overriding local interests like in Roxbury, NJ, with Chicago, IL, interests.  The school board could, if it freed itself from the mind virus, remove educationally unsuitable and pervasively vulgar books immediately per Board of Education v. Pico, without any reconsideration committee, and without leaving the books on the shelves while the process drags on.

To top it off, I used a card handed out to me and others at that very meeting by ALA double-awarded school librarian Martha Hickson, pictured top right and below, as an exhibit during my speech.  I showed how the card evidences ALA interests are promoted, not local interests, without people even being aware "Free People Read Freely" is a registered trademark of ALA.  

ALA awarded Martha Hickson $3,000 for keeping school kids reading "Fun Home" then another $10,000 for keeping school kids reading "Gender Queer" and "Lawn Boy."  Martha Hickson getting $13,000 for helping to sexualize school loads of kids throughout New Jersey is akin to the author of a bill promoting child sex changes winning the "Children's Health Hero" award.  And here she is in Roxbury supporting school librarian Roxana Caivano in promoting to children the same educationally unsuitable books.  See my previous stories on Roxana and her defamation lawsuit against parents here and here then here.

She's basically paid by ALA to go to school board meetings to hand out cards to propagandize people with ALA's trademark "Promoting public awareness about rights under the First Amendment, and censorship with regard to books and reading materials; initiatives to support the rights under the First Amendment and to oppose censorship...."  Then school boards like in Roxbury think it's "censorship" to keep school kids from reading educationally unsuitable and pervasively vulgar material in schools.  

And media displays it prominently, pictured at right on NJ Spotlight News, but doesn't reveal its source and doesn't realize its more evidence of ALA control over school libraries that an ALA double-awarded librarian walks into Roxbury and hands out ALA trademarked material without anyone realizing the significance.  Not even the R in a circle ® was used to indicate it was a registered trademark.  It was super subtle but proves Chicago, IL, influence can walk right into a New Jersey board of education meeting and completely take over with no one noticing.

It's invidious—no one on the board nor the public nor the media even realized it—even when it walked in their doors and was handed out at that very meeting.  Right over their heads.  Then the Roxbury board voted to let the kids keep reading this material in school, despite law, despite community standards, despite common sense.  Those ALA awards and propaganda cards are really working well.  

ALA controls the books by giving them awards or adding them to lists, the selection policies, the reconsideration policies, the need to leave the books on the shelves during reconsideration, the "Library Bill of Rights" age discrimination claim that guides the school board, even the ALA propaganda handed out right at that very meeting—but somehow it's the moms and especially those Moms for Liberty who are the problem.  Oh yes, I filed an OPRA/FOIA request on the school to determine the extent of the intrusion of ALA control and never received a response.

Now here's the speech:

Speech to Roxbury Board of Education


Hello, I’m Dan Kleinman. I’m from Chatham, SafeLibraries.  I came here tonight to talk to you.  As a school board, you should know that this is a very important decision for you to make, but sometimes the decision that you make is somebody else’s decision and you don’t even realize it.  

One such case would be, for example, if you allow any book in school on the theory that it’s diverse and inclusive, when in fact, for example, they, the leader of the American Library Association says that they know, that librarians know books are sexually inappropriate for children but they are to be "reframed," that’s her word, as diversity and inclusion.  

So when you’re complaining about outside influence of groups like Moms for Liberty, the real outside influence comes from organizations like the American Library Association. [laughter from librarians, clapping from parents]

Here tonight I got a card that was handed to me by the very nice Martha Hickson.  She’s a school librarian who helps guide librarians around the state of New Jersey. [clapping from librarians]. And she was very nice.  I also met Tony Caivano, he was very nice too.  

And this card says, "Free People Read Freely."  Right?  Sounds great.  But what you don’t know is this is a registered trademark of the American Library Association.  This people are actually here promoting the interests of the American Library Association from Chicago, Illinois.  They’re not here promoting your interests or your students or your community.  It’s Chicago, Illinois that this is promoting.  This is their registered trademark.  

It was the American Library Association who added the word "age" into the Library Bill of Rights.  That word, "age," is why they’re here today, why we have these books, because it’s "age" discrimination to keep children from seeing anything, according to the American Library Association.

Well that got into the Library Bill of Rights fifty years ago from, um, uh, a 1960s radical named Edgar, uh, Friedenberg, I believe, and the American Library Association liked that idea and inserted it into the Library Bill of Rights.  Before that is was communities like yourselves and school boards and parents who made decisions about what goes on in, in schools and books.  They made the decisions.  You made the decisions.  

But for fifty years it’s the librarians who inserted that word from those 1960s radicals, "age," into the Library Bill of Rights.  They’re the ones who have now set up the, the whole "Freedom to Read."  Well, children don’t have a freedom to read inappropriate material in schools.  There’s no First Amendment right to this stuff.  Board of Education v. Pico 1982 US Supreme Court makes that clear.  

You have every right to remove materials from schools immediately and without that review committee that you talked about.  The case means … [clapping from parents] 

[times up]. Thank you. 

SafeLibraries Tweet About ALA Influence Out In the Open


So while at the meeting I tweeted about this out and open yet subtle ALA influence that no one noticed:


Roxana and Tony Caivano Spike the Ball; Media Shrugs


By the way, watch Roxana Caivano and her husband/attorney spiking the football in one of the most disgusting displays I have ever seen by a school librarian, especially in the context of inappropriate materials in her school library over which she is suing some of those parents—if this is a litigation tactic, it's a really bad one that may even run afoul of attorney ethics rules (RPC 1.3, 3.3(a), 4.2, 4.4(a), 8.4(c), 8.4(d)?)


And again media sides with the school librarian—it leaves out this atrocious behavior that itself is newsworthy:


Stay tuned.  I'll be writing more on Martha Hickson.  She was very nice and nice to me, by the way. Still, stay tuned.

Lastly, speaking of Moms for Liberty getting blamed for how school boards let ALA control how they operate to harm school children, watch this retired teacher expose a woke school board:



NOTE ADDED 30 MAY 2023:

See also:

Kleinman, Dan. “School Librarians: Martha Hickson Putting the Lie in Librarian.” SafeLibraries® (blog), May 30, 2023. https://safelibraries.blogspot.com/2023/05/school-librarians-martha-hickson.html.
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