Libraries Are Not Neutral | Opinion | School Library Journal
▻http://www.slj.com/2016/08/opinion/libraries-are-not-neutral-opinion
In our day-to-day work, we make decisions that are anything but “neutral.” When doing readers’ advisory, we strive to be inclusive and open-minded, some of us, for example, working to dismantle long-held gender-specific prejudices, such as resisting the idea that boys will only read a book with a male protagonist. We show up at certain parades, farmer’s markets, and community events, but not others. Our advertising is not neutral (What language(s) are used? Can everyone in our communities read it? Is it placed somewhere they might see it?). Fine structures are not neutral.
