莎拉Hartman-Caverly, 参考和指导馆员 at Berks 图恩湖库, 宾州州立银行, received the inaugural HxA Community Excellence Award from the 非正统的学院 (HxA), a nonprofit organization composed of higher education faculty, staff and students committed to advancing the principles of open inquiry, viewpoint diversity and constructive disagreement.
WYOMISSING,爸爸. ——莎拉·哈特曼-卡弗利, 参考和指导馆员 at Berks 图恩湖库, 宾州州立银行, was recognized June 6 for her work co-leading a peer community that explores heterodoxy — ideas and thinking that deviates from standard beliefs — in the context and practice of academic librarianship.
Hartman-Caverly的社区, 非正统图书馆(HxLibraries), received the inaugural HxA Community Excellence Award from the 非正统的学院 (HxA), a nonprofit organization composed of higher education faculty, staff and students committed to advancing the principles of open inquiry, viewpoint diversity and constructive disagreement.
HxLibraries was launched in 2020 to provide a forum for addressing the culture war challenges facing libraries. Hartman-Caverly co-moderates the community with Craig Gibson, professor of libraries at The Ohio State University. HxLibraries hosts regular virtual symposia examining a range of issues facing librarianship, intellectual freedom and information culture that promote sharing perspectives across lines of difference. 最近, Hartman-Caverly organized and served as editor for the spring 2024 HxLibraries Symposium, “Curiosity, Controversy and Intellectual Courage,” for which written proceedings and session recordings are freely available online. 该组织还发起了 栈中的异端 on Substack to share issues of viewpoint diversity in the library sciences with a broader audience.
“Libraries are on the front lines of the culture wars, 职业道德, 机构中立, viewpoint diversity and intellectual freedom are increasingly embattled,哈特曼-卡弗利说. “Our ability to effectively navigate this terrain while upholding core values of freedom of expression touches every discipline, 教育水平与公民生活. HxLibraries provides a forum for addressing these challenges so that libraries can continue our work of ensuring access to information and diverse viewpoints as a bulwark of an enlightened society. On behalf of the HxLibraries membership, I’m honored to accept HxA’s inaugural Community Excellence Award along with Craig Gibson.”
The HxA Community Excellence Award was presented as part of HxA的2024年公开调查奖. The annual awards honor individuals and organizations who are leading the way in championing HxA’s values. Other award winners include a University of Virginia instructor in politics, a University of 宾西法尼亚 behavioral scientist, a Carnegie Mellon University assistant teaching professor of philosophy and a Northwestern University professor of psychology, 谁是公认的领导者, 特殊的奖学金, 教导卓越与勇气, 分别. In 2023, Eric Silver, professor of sociology and criminology at Penn State, received HxA的开放性探究教学奖.
The Open Inquiry award winners are selected from open nominations submitted by HxA members and supporters.
“It is an honor to recognize this esteemed group of members that are truly putting our principles into action on their campuses,约翰·托马西说, HxA总裁. “And it was a special delight to celebrate them with hundreds of members and supporters at our conference in Chicago this year.”
