abstract:

Applying a content warning to metadata and archival descriptions is a practice that libraries increasingly embrace, even though the American Library Association considers content labeling to be censorship under the Library Bill of Rights. The language used in a content warning, such as offensive or harmful, carries important implications for the responsibility the library assumes and the actions it might take. Before deciding to apply a content warning, libraries should consider a range of questions posed by such warnings and be prepared to respond to the inherent conflict they create with librarianship’s commitment to intellectual freedom and anti-censorship.

摘要：

尽管美国图书馆协会认为内容标签属于《图书馆权利法案》规定的审查制度，但图书馆越来越多地采用对元数据和档案描述进行内容警告的做法。内容警告中使用的语言（例如攻击性或有害）对于图书馆承担的责任及其可能采取的行动具有重要影响。在决定应用内容警告之前，图书馆应考虑此类警告提出的一系列问题，并准备好应对它们与图书馆员对知识自由和反审查制度的承诺所产生的固有冲突。