Libraries

The purpose of Oregon State University Libraries and Press is to cultivate superior scholarship and creativity, empower discovery, and preserve and disseminate knowledge for Oregon State University and residents of the state of Oregon. Learner success, scholarly excellence, and community engagement require free and unrestricted access to information and to a wide spectrum of viewpoints and theories. OSU Libraries and Press will strive to guarantee open access of information to the best of our ability so all students, faculty, staff and our community can be granted privacy of inquiry, confidentiality and no fear of censure or examination.

OSU Libraries and Press endorses the policy statements on intellectual freedom, privacy of inquiry, and confidentiality of library records promoted by the American Library Association and set forth in the following documents:

• Library Bill of Rights
• Intellectual Freedom Principles for Academic Libraries: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights
• Privacy: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights
• Freedom to Read Statement
• Core Values of Librarianship for ALA
• Oregon State University Freedom of Expression values statement

OSU professional and academic faculty are also governed by the OSU Faculty Handbook, and they should refer to the sections titled “Statement on Academic Freedom” and “Statement of Faculty Responsibilities" on the Academic Freedom and Faculty Appointments page.

Challenges to materials available in our collection, or to any OSU Libraries and Press policy, shall be made to the Dean of Libraries or her designee. Requests from law enforcement and requests for information made via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) shall be immediately directed to the Dean of Libraries and the OSU Office of General Counsel.