The Georgia Institute of Technology holds the safeguarding of freedom and expression as a core value.
The Georgia Tech Library makes a wide variety of materials available. The Library acquires, produces, and provides materials to interest, inform, and enlighten the communities the Library serves. The Library does not exclude any materials because of the origin, background, or views of those contributing to their creation. It does not remove materials from its collection based on allegations of false, misleading, pejorative, defamatory, offensive, or harmful content.
Authors, creators, or collectors may misstate facts, reach incorrect conclusions, or make claims that harm individuals or research inquiry. The Library cannot and does not verify or validate the contents of what it acquires; rather, the Library makes content available for review, rebuttal, substantiation, support, and further inquiry by its users.
Maintaining a diverse collection of materials in the Library is essential to the Institute’s mission as an academic institution. Each item, regardless of its perspective, holds potential value for study and research. The Georgia Tech Library, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University System of Georgia uphold the fundamental principles of freedom of inquiry and expression. The Library serves as a place where everyone can explore a wide range of ideas that affirm and challenge their existing beliefs and knowledge, fostering critical thinking and intellectual growth. Academic freedom protects the claims and counterclaims that form the heart of this debate and inquiry; the Library has no role in mediating these debates.
The Georgia Tech Library practice is that materials acquired by the Library stand as published.
Users should direct inquiries about this statement to the Library Content Management Group Chair, Jay Forrest.
Adapted from Northwestern University and West Virginia University