Showing posts with label Equity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Equity. Show all posts

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, March 13, 2022

School Librarians Admit Past Racism, Endorse State-Sponsored Reverse Racism

School librarians are all in on state-sponsored racism.  Read this posted a few days ago from the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), a division within American Library Association (ALA):

ALA Resolution 52 from AASL:

Because we so often run out of time to discuss the other resolutions, I wanted to share my 3 minute explanation of resolution 52 which we should be discussing and voting on today.

Why did AASL bring this resolution? This resolution is not solely an apology for inaction and for harm to others regarding past actions that were brought to our attention by author Wayne Wiegand. While looking at the actions, inactions and the silence of the past, we looked at ALA and AASL today to see how well we are working together on current EDI initiatives. We discovered that AASL has taken some beginning steps that others in ALA are unaware:

AASL has created documents and initiatives to support equity, diversity and inclusion and we listed these in the resolution in case you haven't seen them.

AASL has sponsored Spectrum Scholars program since its inception – our current president Kathy Carroll is a Spectrum Scholar.

Equity, diversity & inclusion are core values of our profession; EDI is at the forefront of AASL policies, our strategic, and our operational plans; and within every area of school librarian practice.

We acknowledge and we apologize for past actions and inactions that have harmed members of the profession and for the part AASL and ALA has played in historical racism and segregation in the library profession.

We commit to promoting diversity at the beginning of their careers, in leadership opportunities and in the greater work of AASL and ALA through an EDI lens in a sustainable manner.

We see the need for better communication throughout ALA so all are aware of EDI initiatives. One of the problems historically has not been that nothing was done, but that nothing was written or communicated to others within our profession about our work and opportunities.

AASL stands ready to lead loudly while creating opportunities and resources for collaboration with ALA divisions, ALA chapters, AASL chapters, ALA Roundtables and Ethnic Caucuses to create a stronger voice for our profession.

At a time when school and youth librarians are being targeted in our society for our intellectual freedom and social justice efforts; at a time when our BIPOC students are losing equitable access to school librarians and their libraries; at a time when we need to be standing together, taking action and communicating to others, this is when ALA needs to join with us to acknowledge the past, commit to doing better, and sharing our message of power and hope to promote Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Efforts in ALA while addressing historical effects of racism.

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Diane R. Chen
School Librarian @ Stratford STEM Magnet School
AASL Division Councilor
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2021-2022 ALA CD#52 
2022 ALA Virtual January Council Meeting

Resolution to Promote Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Efforts in AASL
While Addressing Historical Effects of Racism

Whereas the American Library Association (ALA) Council adopted resolution CD#41-7618 “Resolution to Honor African Americans Who Fought Library Segregation” stating that the American Library Association participated both passively and actively, in the disenfranchisement of African American librarians, depriving them of the resources of a professional association;

Whereas between 1954 with the Brown v. Board of Education decision through 1968, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) took no action to publicly support Brown or to oppose segregated public school libraries;

Whereas Koch wrote in 1975 “from their late-nineteenth and early twentieth-century origins, southern state library and education associations to which school librarians belonged had been segregated. AASL not only said nothing and took no public position against these racist practices, it continued to accept delegates from segregated school library associations as AASL representatives until the mid-1960s. In 1951, AASL quietly decided that in its state-member Assembly, segregated black and white state library associations could each appoint one representative, but those representatives would each get only half a vote” ;

Whereas AASL acknowledges the racist experiences suffered by Black school librarians including Ernestine Denham Talbert, Jurl Portee Watkins, Carrie Coleman Robinson, and many others who did not have the voice of the association advocating on their behalf;

Whereas the inactions of AASL also caused harm to Black and Indigenous People Of Color (BIPOC) members of the school library profession;

Whereas AASL acknowledges harm done to fellow BIPOC colleagues and offers a sincere apology as an important and necessary first step in the process of reconciliation;

Whereas AASL must communicate how the association has worked to create documents and
initiatives to support equity, diversity and inclusion such as “Developing Inclusive Learners and  Citizens Activity Guide”, “Defending Intellectual Freedom: LGBTQ+ Material in School Libraries" Toolkit, Mary Keeling’s 2019-2020 Presidential Initiative, Office Hours, and Increasing Representation Mentoring Program (IRMP), and the Knowledge Quest March/April 2021 issue Black School Librarianship: Navigating Race and Creating Change;

Whereas, AASL has and continues to be a sponsor of the Spectrum Scholars program since its inception;

Whereas AASL affirms the importance of equity, diversity & inclusion as core values of our profession;

Whereas equity, diversity and inclusion are at the forefront of AASL policies, our strategic, and our operational plans;

Whereas equity, diversity and inclusion are within every area of school librarian practice including collection development, professional development, recruiting, mentoring, and instruction through our National School Library Standards and opens opportunities for future members to see themselves as an integral part of AASL; and

Whereas the inclusion of all perspectives enriches and builds understanding which in turn impacts our school library profession, our learners, and our community; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, that the American Library Association (ALA), on behalf of its members
  1. Acknowledges the American Association of School Librarians’ past actions and inactions that have harmed members of the profession;
  2. Apologizes to Black school librarians for wrongs committed against them and for AASL’s inactions on behalf of segregated school libraries and school library state associations;
  3. Apologizes to all Black and Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) school librarians for AASL’s part in historical racism and segregation in the school librarian profession;
  4. Commits to promoting diversity in school librarianship in undergraduate and graduate programs and at school recruitment fairs;
  5. Commits to ensuring a diverse and inclusive membership by recruiting, welcoming and encouraging BIPOC school librarians to consider leadership opportunities within ALA and AASL;
  6. Commits to applying and prioritizing an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) lens in all aspects of the greater work of AASL and ALA;
  7. Commits to sustaining a more diverse and inclusive leadership within ALA and AASL in terms of ethnicity, gender, and ability representation;
  8. Communicates all EDI initiatives throughout AASL, ALA and the profession;
  9. Creates opportunities and resources for collaboration with ALA divisions, ALA chapters, AASL chapters, ALA Roundtables and Ethnic Caucuses to create a stronger voice for our profession.
Mover: Diane R. Chen, AASL Division Councilor 
Seconder: Erika Long, Chapter Councilor
Kathy Carroll, Councilor-at-Large
Kathy Lester, Councilor-at-Large
Brenda Pruitt-Annisette, MLS, Ed.D., Chair, Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee 
Dorcas Hand, Councilor-at-Large
Joyce Kasman Valenza, PhD, Councilor-at-Large
Dr. Daniella Smith, Councilor-at-Large
Sara Dallas, Councilor at Large
Amy Lappin, Councilor-at-Large
Sara Kelly Johns, Councilor-at-Large

Version 11/07/2021

References:

American Association of School Librarians. 2019. “Developing Inclusive Learners and Citizens Activity Guide.”
 
American Association of School Librarians. 2021, March/April. ”Black School Librarianship: Navigating Race and Creating Change.” Knowledge Quest vol. 49, no. 4.

Koch, Charles William. 1975. “A History of the Association of American School Librarians, 1950- 1971.” PhD diss. Southern Illinois University.

Wiegand, Wayne A. 2021. “Race and School Librarianship in the Jim Crow South, 1954-1970: The Untold Story of Carrie Coleman Robinson as a Case Study.” Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy, vol. 91, no. 3, pp. 254-269. 2021 by the University of Chicago.

Wiegand, Wayne A., and Shirley A. Wiegand. 2018. The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South: Civil Rights and Local Activism. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.

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To me, the above "Resolution" tells me the so-called "National School Library Standards" are racist and anything a school librarian says in furtherance of such "Standards" will be racist.  To me, the above shows me school librarians are all in on state-sponsored racism also known as Critical Race Theory.  What does it tell you?

As an aside, these same racist school librarians are calling it "freadom" for school kids to have school access to graphic child p r n—so why should we believe these racist groomers?  At least some people are no longer blindly accepting school librarian grooming, like Larry Sanger of Wikipedia and Knowledge Standards Foundation fame:


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Wednesday, September 1, 2021

FOIA on School Librarians Regarding Antifa Indoctrination

1 September 2021


Natomas Unified School District

Inderkum High School

2500 New Market Dr. 

Sacramento, CA 95835


Dear Principals and Library Technician:


This is a public records request.


Under the California Public Records Act § 6250 et seq., I am requesting an opportunity to obtain copies of public records that pertain to the school’s library, the school’s librarians and media specialists and library volunteers, their connections with the state’s library association and the American Library Association, and anything related to the indoctrination of school children as specified below.


If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please inform me if the cost will exceed $150.  However, I would also like to request a waiver of all fees in that the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest and will contribute significantly to the public’s understanding of how public school librarians and media specialists, influenced by library associations that bring in trainers to train school librarians and media specialists on how to indoctrinate children nationwide, then carry out that indoctrination.  


I am Dan Kleinman of SafeLibraries® Brand Library Educational Services who has for over two decades exposed how policies promulgated by the American Library Association harm children, local communities, and even librarians themselves.  My cybersafety work has been cited in over a dozen United States utility patents.  I publish my findings and make them available at no cost, and my findings are discussed in library schools worldwide.  More information about me here: https://tinyurl.com/AboutDan  


I am a representative of the news media and my request is related to news gathering purposes.  This information is not being sought for commercial purposes.  I again request a waiver of all fees in that the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest and more, as stated above.


Requests from others might pertain to school teachers like Gabriel Gipe and school administration, whereas mine pertain to school libraries and school librarians.  Gabriel Gipe was filmed by reporters for Project Veritas, via James O’Keefe, III, bragging about turning school children into revolutionaries in 180 days.  See https://www.projectveritas.com/news/breaking-pro-antifa-high-school-teacher-in-california-admits-communist/  It is this video that prompted me to determine what kind of involvement he had with school librarians and whether that involvement may have furthered his child abuse.


Gipe was filmed having in his classroom a flag of domestic terrorists called “Antifa,” a portrait of the Communist mass murderer Mao Zedong, and antisemitic support for foreign terrorists called “Palestinians.”  He has an INGSOC tattoo of significance from George Orwell’s book, “1984.”  He along with his wife has been charged for riot and more by the California Highway Patrol due to their participation in domestic terror.  This open records request is to determine if and to what extent school librarians have adopted or contributed to what he is reported to have presented to students to indoctrinate them or if they have done their own indoctrination sua sponte or as prompted by various library associations.


Here are the generalities of this request:


  1. This request is limited to documents created during 2019, 2020, and 2021.
  2. This request is limited to the Inderkum High School librarians, media specialists, and library volunteers such as those from the school’s joint partnership with Sacramento Public Library/North Natomas Branch, both those employed or volunteering in the past (2019-2021) and those currently employed or volunteering.
  3. Librarians comprise accredited librarians, library employees, media specialists, and library volunteers associated with school district libraries and the provision of library-related services. One does not need to have attended nor been graduated from an American Library Association accredited library school to be considered a librarian for the purposes of this public records request.  Library volunteers comprise those who work in public libraries and not in school libraries and who also volunteer for school libraries.  Hereafter, for brevity, all will be termed “librarians.”
  4. This request is not limited to the school’s assigned email addresses. “Librarians” have been trained to use personal email accounts and media sites to effect communications intended to be hidden from the public and from public disclosure laws.  As such, documents requested herein should also come from personal emails and accounts when they pertain to the documents being sought.  Of course redact any personal email addresses and telephones.
  5. This request is not limited to email addresses in the To and Cc addresses.  It also includes the Bcc addresses.  Bcc addresses are for the convenience of the sender and are not a means to evade open government laws.
  6. This request is limited to documents, but it is not limited to only electronic documents.  It includes written documents.  For example, it includes handwritten notes taken by “librarians” while in attendance at any trainings.  The American Library Association has advised its trainees not to respond to FOIA requests for notes on the claim that they contain material that is proprietary to the American Library Association and taken during trainings closed to the public.  But such declarations are not of concern to open government laws, so such documentation must still be produced, particularly in light of CPRA § 6253.3.
  7. Please do not redact any non-exempt information on the documents.  
  8. Please do not destroy the documents requested then claim they do not exist, no matter who advises “librarians” to destroy public records, particularly in light of CPRA § 6253.3.  The American Library Association has done this in the past to prevent disclosure of the crime of child pornography viewing in public libraries and of its own homophobia when an ALA trainer asked why any woman would let her small children around a gay man (the gay man and the woman were the whistleblowers, so homophobic ad hominem argument was part of the training).  California librarian Sarah Houghton, known as the Librarian in Black, provided training at a California Library Association conference in which she hinted that librarians should destroy public records to thwart police investigations.
  9. All documents should be clear of imperfections that result from poor copy quality.  For example, hand written notes should be completely readable and not appear too light or too dark to read.  Unreadable documents are non responsive documents.
  10. All documents should be produced as PDFs, except for photographs (that should be JPEG), audio files (that should be MP3), and video (that should be MP4 or MOV).  Handwritten documents can be scanned into PDFs.  If the document files are too large to transmit in one single email, I authorize you to transmit them to me either using a free file sharing service such as DropBox or to send multiple emails (as many as required to send all documents being provided).
  11. All documents are to be provided electronically.  Documents made available for personal inspection are intentionally not responsive to this public records request as I will not make a personal appearance to inspect such records, nor is that required by the law.


Here are the specifics of the request, given the generalities to be applied from above:


  1. Provide documents showing the attendance of all “librarians” at online and in person meetings of any kind, including trainings and conferences, sponsored by the California Library Association or any of its subdivisions.  Documents are to include financial receipts for payment of related expenses, attendance sheets from such events, lists of events attended, notes by hand or electronically recording during such events, recording of such events, links to recordings of such events, handouts from such events, links to handouts from such events, listings of books and other reading materials including online sources such as EBSCO received from such events, awards or certifications obtained at such events, and emails pertaining to such events.
  2. Provide documents as described in #1 above, only with respect to the American Library Association or any of its subdivisions, such of the Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF), Banned Books Week (BBW), etc.
  3. Provide documents as described in #1 above, only with respect to the school district itself or school superintendents or principals themselves.
  4. Provide transcripts of all “librarians” who spoke at any local public meetings including school board meetings and provide the full transcripts and meeting notes of such meetings.  Such documentation should include the identity and date of the meeting.
  5. Provide documents created by all “librarians” containing the following words and phrases: critical race theory, crt, social emotional learning, social and emotional learning, social learning, emotional learning, social and emotional competencies, sel, tsel, 1619 project, howard zinn, zinn education project, equity, gender, gender unicorn, masturbation, anal, top surgery, front hole, chestfeeding, chest feeding, gender pronouns, breast binder, breast binding, PrEP, pre-exposure prophylaxis, implicit bias, drag queen, drag queens, drag queen story hour, drag queen story time, dqsh, dqst, diversity, inclusion, social justice, white fragility, black lives matter, latinx, acting white, white supremacy, white supremacist, white privilege, kendi, ibram kendi, ibram x kendi, n hannah jones, hannah jones, nikole jones, nikole hannah-jones, ida bae wells, whiteness, bipoc, deangelo, diangelo, robin diangelo, antiracist, antiracists, antifa, antifascist, fascist, fascists, critlib, #critlib.  For example, referring again to Sarah Houghton, she tweeted on Twitter, “If you are a fascist and work in a library, find another job. If you are white supremacist and work in a library, find another job.”  Documents such as that with respect to your own “librarians” should be included in the response.
  6. Please provide documents regarding “librarians” meeting online or in person with Gabriel Gipe, including those describing what was discussed and what services were provided to him by the “librarians.”  Such meetings may have occurred in the library, in Gipe’s classroom, or elsewhere.  
  7. Please provide documents created by “librarians” that name Gabriel, Gipe, Gabriel Gipe, or any other name that refers to him.


CPRA requires a response time within ten business days.  If access to the records I am requesting will take longer than this amount of time, please contact me with information about when I might expect copies of the requested records.

 

If you deny any or all of this request, please assist me per CPRA § 6253.1(a)(1) and cite each specific exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law.


Thank you for considering my request.


Sincerely,


Dan Kleinman

SafeLibraries® Brand Library Educational Services

973-610-8296

SafeLibraries@pm.me

641 Shunpike Rd #123

Chatham, NJ 07928


PS: This FOIA request is published here: 


https://safelibraries.blogspot.com/2021/09/foia-on-school-librarians-antifa.html


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Sunday, August 29, 2021

FOIA on School Librarians Regarding Critical Race Theory

29 August 2021


Custodian of Records

South Kingstown Public Schools

307 Curtis Corner Rd

Wakefield, RI 02879


Dear Custodian of Records:


This is a public records request.


Under the Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act, §38-2-1 et seq., I am requesting an opportunity to obtain copies of public records that pertain to the school’s library, the school’s librarians and media specialists and library volunteers, their connections with the state’s library association and the American Library Association, and anything related to a particularly heinous form of state-sponsored racism commonly called critical race theory, among other things.  Specifics on what I seek follow below.


If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please inform me if the cost will exceed $150.  However, I would also like to request a waiver of all fees in that the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest and will contribute significantly to the public’s understanding of how public school librarians and media specialists, influenced by library associations that bring in trainers to train school librarians and media specialists on how to teach critical race theory to children, contribute to the indoctrination of racism into the minds of school children nationwide.  


I am Dan Kleinman of SafeLibraries® Brand Library Education Services who has for over two decades exposed how policies promulgated by the American Library Association harm children, local communities, and even librarians themselves.  My cybersafety work has been cited in over a dozen United States utility patents.  I publish my findings and make them available at no cost, and my findings are discussed in library schools worldwide.  More information about me here: https://tinyurl.com/AboutDan  


I am a representative of the news media and my request is related to news gathering purposes.  This information is not being sought for commercial purposes.  I again request a waiver of all fees in that the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest and more, as stated above and in §38-2-4.


I am not related to nor am I working for Nicole Solas, though I support her open government efforts to obtain documentation from public schools as she sees fit.  Her requests pertain to school teachers and school administration whereas mine pertain to school libraries and school librarians.


Here are the generalities of this request:

  1. This request is limited to documents created during 2019, 2020, and 2021.
  2. This request is limited to the South Kingstown School District’s librarians, media specialists, and library volunteers, both those employed or volunteering in the past (2019-2021) and those currently employed or volunteering.
  3. Librarians comprise accredited librarians, library employees, media specialists, and library volunteers associated with school district libraries and the provision of library-related services. One does not need to have attended nor been graduated from an American Library Association accredited library school to be considered a librarian for the purposes of this public records request.  Library volunteers comprise those who work in public libraries and not in school libraries and who also volunteer for school libraries.  Hereafter, for brevity, all will be termed “librarians.”
  4. This request is not limited to the school’s assigned email addresses. “Librarians” have been trained to use personal email accounts and media sites to effect communications intended to be hidden from the public and from public disclosure laws.  As such, documents requested herein should also come from the personal emails and accounts when they pertain to the documents being sought.  Of course redact any personal email addresses and telephones.
  5. This request is not limited to email addresses in the To and Cc addresses.  It also includes the Bcc addresses.  Bcc addresses are for the convenience of the Sender and are not a means to evade open government laws.
  6. This request is limited to documents, but it is not limited to only electronic documents.  It includes written documents.  For example, it includes handwritten notes taken by “librarians” while in attendance at any trainings.  The American Library Association has advised its trainees not to respond to FOIA requests for notes on the claim that they contain material that is proprietary to the American Library Association and taken during trainings closed to the public.  But such declarations are not of concern to open government laws, so such documentation must still be produced.
  7. Please do not redact any non-exempt information on the documents.  
  8. Please do not destroy the documents requested then claim they do not exist, no matter who advises “librarians” to destroy public records.  The American Library Association has done this in the past to prevent disclosure of the crime of child pornography viewing in public libraries.
  9. All documents should be clear of imperfections that result from poor copy quality.  For example, hand written notes should be completely readable and not appear too light or too dark to read.  Unreadable documents are non responsive documents.
  10. All documents should be produced as PDFs, except for photographs (that should be JPEG), audio files (that should be MP3), and video (that should be MP4 or MOV).  Handwritten documents can be scanned into PDFs.  If the document files are too large to transmit in one single email, I authorize you to transmit them to me either using a free file sharing service such as DropBox or to send multiple emails (as many as required to send all documents being provided).
  11. All documents are to be provided electronically.  Documents made available for personal inspection are intentionally not responsive to this public records request as I will not make a personal appearance to inspect such records, nor is that required by the law.

Here are the specifics of the request, given the generalities to be applied from above:

  1. Provide documents showing the attendance of all “librarians” at online and in person meetings of any kind, including trainings and conferences, sponsored by the Rhode Island Library Association or any of its subdivisions.  Documents are to include financial receipts for payment of related expenses, attendance sheets from such events, lists of events attended, notes by hand or electronically recording during such events, recording of such events, links to recordings of such events, handouts from such events, links to handouts from such events, listings of books and other reading materials including online sources such as EBSCO received from such events, awards or certifications obtained at such events, and emails pertaining to such events.
  2. Provide documents as described in #1 above, only with respect to the American Library Association or any of its subdivisions, such of the Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF), Banned Books Week (BBW), etc.
  3. Provide documents as described in #1 above, only with respect to the school district itself or school superintendents or principals themselves.
  4. Provide transcripts of all “librarians” who spoke at any local public meetings including school board meetings and provide the full transcripts and meeting notes of such meetings.  Such documentation should include the identity and date of the meeting.
  5. Provide documents created by all “librarians” containing the following words and phrases: critical race theory, crt, social emotional learning, social and emotional learning, social learning, emotional learning, social and emotional competencies, sel, tsel, 1619 project, howard zinn, zinn education project, equity, gender, gender unicorn, masturbation, anal, top surgery, front hole, chestfeeding, chest feeding, gender pronouns, breast binder, breast binding, PrEP, pre-exposure prophylaxis, implicit bias, drag queen, drag queens, drag queen story hour, drag queen story time, dqsh, dqst, diversity, inclusion, social justice, white fragility, black lives matter, latinx, acting white, white supremacy, white privilege, kendi, ibram kendi, ibram x kendi, n hannah jones, hannah jones, nikole jones, nikole hannah-jones, ida bae wells, whiteness, bipoc, deangelo, diangelo, robin diangelo, antiracist, antiracists, critlib, #critlib, T.A.S.K. or TASK (Towards an Antiracist South Kingstown).
  6. Provide documents showing that the people who responded to this public records request have within the past twelve months been provided orientation and training regarding Access to Public Records Act, §38-2, as required in §38-2-3.16.

The Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act requires a response time within ten business days.  If access to the records I am requesting will take longer than this amount of time, please contact me with information about when I might expect copies of the requested records.

 

If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law.


Thank you for considering my request.


Sincerely,


Dan Kleinman of SafeLibraries® Brand Library Education Services


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Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Librarians Hate White People; Make Social Justice Racism Top Goal Nationwide, Remove Literacy

Librarians hate white people and use that racism to encourage other librarians to spread that hate into communities nationwide, and naturally Library Journal promotes this racism:


If you look at any United States library’s collection, especially those in higher education institutions, most of the collections (books, journals, archival papers, other media, etc.) are written by white dudes writing about white ideas, white things, or ideas, people, and things they stole from POC and then claimed as white property with all of the “rights to use and enjoyment of” that Harris describes in her article. When most of our collections filled with this so-called “knowledge,” it continues to validate only white voices and perspectives and erases the voices of people of color. Collections are representations of what librarians (or faculty) deem to be authoritative knowledge and as we know, this field and educational institutions, historically, and currently, have been sites of whiteness.
Library collections continue to promote and proliferate whiteness with their very existence and the fact that they are physically taking up space in our libraries. They are paid for using money that was usually ill-gotten and at the cost of black and brown lives via the prison industrial complex, the spoils of war, etc. Libraries filled with mostly white collections indicates that we don’t care about what POC think, we don’t care to hear from POC themselves, we don’t consider POC to be scholars, we don’t think POC are as valuable, knowledgeable, or as important as white people. To return to the Harris quote from above, library collections and spaces have historically kept out Black, Indigenous, People of Color as they were meant to do and continue to do. One only has to look at the most recent incident at the library of my alma mater, Barnard College, where several security guards tried to kick out a Black Columbia student for being Black.
  • Source: "Whiteness As Collections," by Sofia Leung, "Libraries. Social Justice. Critical Race Theory," 15 April 2019, emphasis added, hyperlink in original.
Graphic of original tweet, since deleted.

The hate is so great that it has expressly become the American Library Association's [ALA] top goal, even to the point where literacy is expressly set aside by ALA's Public Library Association [PLA]:
At the September 2017 Board meeting, members reviewed the strategic plan and discussed critical issues facing public libraries today and the changing library landscape. Through these discussions, a need to update PLA’s vision to reflect the evolution of  collective thinking by the association’s board, leaders and members and the state of the library field emerged along with three recommended changes to the strategic plan goals: 1) add Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion as a goal; 2) separate Leadership & Transformation into two individual goals; and 3) remove Literate Nation as a goal.
Look below at the goal statement and its objectives from the "PLA Strategic Plan 2018–2022":
  1. force "social justice" or "EDISJ" into all aspects of the library association, 
  2. force the useful librarians to "advocate and apply EDISJ principles in their libraries and communities"—whether or not the communities want to be indoctrinated, and 
  3. force out librarians who do not go along by applying ideological tests "that demonstrate progress in key EDISJ areas."

Source: "PLA Strategic Plan 2018–2022"

For example, inherently unsafe Drag Queen Story Hour, where libraries invite unvetted drag queens to read to children in libraries, is all about "social justice" masquerading as advancing literacy.  But literacy was explicitly removed as an ALA goal, as shown above.  Well, if children aren't of concern to ALA anymore, at least ALA will defend illegal aliens in the US Supreme Court—but do we citizens just sit back and let them do as they wish to and in our communities?

Here's another racist tweet, this one right from ALA itself about "Whiteness in Children's Literature":


It's been boiling for years, but now it's so out in the open that @Twitter @verified blue checkmark accounts are noticing and mocking ALA, including Wall Street Journal's Book Critic and author of "The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction" (Harper), Meghan Cox Gurdon:















Mocking this is not the right attitude.  What needs to happen is the racist, anti-White, anti-American "social justice" warriors need to be removed from America's libraries and replaced with librarians, real librarians, really serving their communities, not indoctrinating them with racism and hate conveniently called "social justice" or "equity" or "diversity."  Ditto for the social justice warriors serving on board of trustees.  I encourage people to run or apply for those board positions and replace the haters who answer only to ALA, not their own communities.

And stop funding libraries until the ALA influence has been exorcised:

Removing ghost of Judith Krug and her ACLU/ALA/porn legacy.
Photo Credit:  Kevin DuJan; Used with permission.

Here's PLA training the troops for insertion into our communities:


Lastly, racist librarian Sofia Y Leung has "protected" or "locked" her Twitter account:

Racist librarian Sofia Y. Leung "protected"
her Twitter account.




NOTE ADDED 22 APRIL 2019:

Library Journal has deleted its tweet that was the subject of this story:


The tweet had about 400 likes and retweets when it was deleted, I can't be sure of the exact number.  I liked and retweeted it when I was the first or second person to do so.  It also had about 10,000 comments, almost all comments mocking the tweet and librarians for their blatant racist hate.  That's likely why it was deleted, although it had to be one of the most "popular" @LibraryJournal tweets ever.  My guess is the tweet was removed since it gave the impression Library Journal supported the tweet, as opposed to merely tweeting what some racist MIT university librarian wrote.  While I have seen regular racist hate at the American Library Association on which it thrives, I have never observed it at Library Journal, so I'm giving LJ the benefit of the doubt.


NOTE ADDED 9 MAY 2019:

Added graphic of original tweet since original tweet has been deleted.


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