Respecting Privacy of Thought in DEI Training

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Main Author: Kristin Antelman
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Published: 2025
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contents Respecting Privacy of Thought in DEI Training Kristin Antelman Diversity Equity and Inclusion Training Privacy Library Personnel Library Administration Academic Libraries Cultural Awareness Intellectual Freedom Beliefs In the same way that libraries defend the privacy rights of library users so should they respect library workers' privacy of thought. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training, as it has been approached in recent years, impinges on privacy of thought and cognitive liberty. It is possible to see the profession's shift away from a privacy-defending approach to DEI training to a privacy-threatening approach through the concept of cultural competence, which is the subject of two American Library Association guidelines a decade apart. Because workplace trainings are an expression of an organization's philosophy of control, it is management's responsibility to foster privacy by design in the library. The right to freely choose the beliefs that comprise a library worker's worldview, and disclose them only as they choose, is freedom of thought. The right not to have one's beliefs interfered with without their consent is cognitive liberty. Each is a privacy right and must be defended in the library.
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spellingShingle Respecting Privacy of Thought in DEI Training
Kristin Antelman
Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Training
Privacy
Library Personnel
Library Administration
Academic Libraries
Cultural Awareness
Intellectual Freedom
Beliefs
Respecting Privacy of Thought in DEI Training Kristin Antelman Diversity Equity and Inclusion Training Privacy Library Personnel Library Administration Academic Libraries Cultural Awareness Intellectual Freedom Beliefs In the same way that libraries defend the privacy rights of library users so should they respect library workers' privacy of thought. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training, as it has been approached in recent years, impinges on privacy of thought and cognitive liberty. It is possible to see the profession's shift away from a privacy-defending approach to DEI training to a privacy-threatening approach through the concept of cultural competence, which is the subject of two American Library Association guidelines a decade apart. Because workplace trainings are an expression of an organization's philosophy of control, it is management's responsibility to foster privacy by design in the library. The right to freely choose the beliefs that comprise a library worker's worldview, and disclose them only as they choose, is freedom of thought. The right not to have one's beliefs interfered with without their consent is cognitive liberty. Each is a privacy right and must be defended in the library.
title Respecting Privacy of Thought in DEI Training
topic Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Training
Privacy
Library Personnel
Library Administration
Academic Libraries
Cultural Awareness
Intellectual Freedom
Beliefs
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1471490