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It might just be me, but the books that were made open access seems to have a distinct slant at first glance. I wonder if the list is intentionally curated with
by peanutcrisis 3y ago
It might just be me, but the books that were made open access seems to have a distinct slant at first glance. I wonder if the list is intentionally curated with some ideological goal in mind, the way the American Library Association does with their "queering of the catalog" [0].
[0] https://newdiscourses.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/drabinski2013.pdf https://newdiscourses.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/drabins...
- aaomidi 3y agoRight wing politics generally has a lot less affinity for reading. Also they’re not the ones getting their books banned in half the country, so accessibility isn’t a problem.
- inhumantsar 3y agoI counted maybe five or six books which might have a "distinct slant" based on nothing but the title, and nearly all of those were of the "viewing this topic from this perspective" variety. The vast majority of those titles seem distinctly technical and/or non-political. Claiming that this was "intentionally curated with some ideological goal in mind" is a stretch. Baader-Meinhoff maybe?
- inhumantsar 3y agoAlso it seems like these titles came from the libraries they made partnerships with and the authors who agreed to OA. Not sure any individual or committee curated the list.
- peanutcrisis 3y agoThe Baader-Meinhof effect is possible. I did also recently learn about the ALA's president's philosophy towards library management, so I could be drawing parallels between that and what the MIT is doing when there's none. I will probably give the listing a more rigorous look again.
- inhumantsar 3y agoI really appreciate this thoughtful and open minded response.