미국도서관협회, 가장 명예로운 상의 이름에서 멜빌 듀이의 이름을 없애기로

미국도서관협회, 가장 명예로운 상의 이름에서 멜빌 듀이의 이름을 없애기로

 

ALA 2019: ALA Votes to Strip Melvil Dewey’s Name From Its Top Honor

By Andrew Albanese | Jun 24, 2019

 

Citing a history of racism, anti-Semitism, and sexual harassment, the council of the American Library Association on June 23 voted to strip Melvil Dewey’s name from the association’s top professional honor, the Melvil Dewey Medal. The ALA Council approved the measure after a resolution was successfully advanced at the ALA membership meeting, during the 2019 ALA Annual Conference in Washington DC. The resolution states:

 

2019년 6월 23일 미국도서관협회는 인종차별, 반유대주의, 성희롱의 역사를 인용하여 협회의 최고 전문 영예인 ‘멜빌 듀이 상’에서 멜빌 듀이의 이름을 없애는 것에 대해 투표했습니다. ALA 협의회는 2019년 워싱턴 DC에서 열린 ALA연례회의에서의 결의안을 승인했습니다. 그 결의안은 다음과 같습니다.

 

Whereas the American Library Association awards the Melvil Dewey Medal to recognize librarians for achievement for recent creative leadership of high order;

Whereas Melvil Dewey did not permit Jewish people, African Americans, or other minorities admittance to the resort owned by Dewey and his wife;

Whereas he was censured by the New York State Board of Regents for his refusal to admit Jews to his resort, whereupon he resigned as New York State Librarian;

Whereas Dewey made numerous inappropriate physical advances toward women he worked with and wielded professional power over;

Whereas during the 1906 ALA conference there was a movement to censure Dewey after four women came forward to accuse him of sexual impropriety, and he was ostracized from the organization for decades;

Whereas the behavior demonstrated for decades by Dewey does not represent the stated fundamental values of ALA in equity, diversity, and inclusion;

Now therefore be it resolved, that the American Library Association (ALA), on behalf of its members, rename the Melvil Dewey Medal to remove Melvil Dewey's association with the award.

 

Best known by the public for creating the Dewey Decimal Classification System, Dewey was one of the founders of the American Library Association in 1876, and has long been revered as the “father of the modern library,” despite being ostracized from the ALA in 1906 because of his offensive personal behavior.

 

In an article last June in American Libraries, Anne Ford questioned why the ALA and the library profession still associates its highest honor with a man whose legacy does not align with the profession’s core values. This week, some 88 years after his death, Dewey’s #TimesUp moment appears to have finally come.

 

The move comes a year after the ALA Council made headlines at the 2018 ALA Annual Council for voting to rename the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, a prestigious honor that recognizes an author or illustrator whose books have made “a significant and lasting contribution to children's literature." The award is now called the Children’s Literature Legacy Award.

 

But while both moves reflect the ALA’s desire to better align the organization's honors with its core values, the moves differ in at least one crucial way. The Wilder decision came months after an ALA task force delivered a detailed report on the scholarly debate surrounding Wilder’s work, with ALA officials acknowledging that “Wilder’s legacy is complex.” Dewey’s legacy is not so complex—despite his professional achievements, his personal behavior was recognized to be abhorrent during his lifetime.

 

The council vote to strip Dewey's name from the ALA award was reportedly approved "overwhelmingly" and with no debate.

 

At press time, it was unclear what the next steps will be in terms of renaming the Melvil Dewey Medal, and ALA officials had yet to comment.

 

UPDATE: American Library Association officials told PW on June 25 that the resolution to rename the Dewey Award, which was approved by Council, will "now be referred to the ALA Award Committee for next steps, including discussion with the award’s sponsor. When there is a new name to announce, we will share that news with you at that time.“

 

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/80557-ala-votes-to-strip-melvil-dewey-s-name-from-its-top-honor.html

참고 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/27/melvil-deweys-name-stripped-from-top-librarian-award 2018년 6월 27일 보도

미국 사서들은 반유대주의, 인종 차별 및 성희롱의 역사를 인용하여, 현대 사서의 아버지로 널리 알려진 멜빌 듀이(Melvil Dewey)의 이름을 최우수상의 이름에서 제거하기로 했습니다.

참고 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jun/26/american-librarians-laura-ingalls-wilder-award  2018년 6월 26일 보도 

미국도서관협회(ALA)는 인종 차별의 문제로 로라 잉걸스 와일더의 이름을 아동 문학상에서 빼기로 결정.