This is the link to that blog post: http://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2016/06/intellectual-freedom-frauds.html
And other blog posts related to that same issue
There's much more which you can read at
http://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2015/06/professional-victim-professor-part-2.htmlhttp://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2015/07/professional-victim-professor-part-3.html
The following is more about Rich Gazan, but is so related to Asato's situation
The following was more about the internship supervisor Tisha Aragaki
But you know what else?
I found more evidence that Dr Noriko Asato is an Intellectual Freedom Fraud!
I found an article written by Dr. Noriko Asato titled "Librarians' Free Speech: The Challenge of Librarians' Own Intellectual Freedom to the American Library Association, 1946-2007". that was published in the Summer 2014 edition of Library Trends!
Now, to get online access to that article, you either need a paid subscription to that journal or be a student or a faculty at a university that has access to databases with links to that article.
But I found the article in the print version of Library Trends at UH-Manoa's library!
So now, I'm going to compare what Noriko Asato writes in that article to what Noriko Asato tells me when I was a student intern!
It's sort of like comparing what Bill Cosby preaches to the public to how Bill Cosby treats women he invited to his room!
But enough about Bill Cosby, let's just focus on Noriko Asato for now!
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(note: that articles goes from p. 75 to p. 102 of that journal, with citations on p.103-105]
On page 75 of that article
However, librarians' own intellectual freedom has been largely overlooked. Because of this, safeguarding librarians' own free speech rights has received very little attention even within the profession. This article examines over a half-century of cases involving librarians' attempts to defend their own intellectual freedom.
and also this
The intellectual freedom of information professionals such as librarians has not been considered a fundamental part of this paradigm. In other words, the profession celebrates the free speech of librarians only in the case when they use it to promote access to materials. Other forms of expressions fall upon deaf ears.
Those 2 paragraphs supposedly shows that Noriko Asato has sincere concerns about protecting the intellectual freedoms of librarian, even though in Real Life, NORIKO ASATO tells interns that they should withdraw complaints against internship supervisors!
Noriko Asato is THE VERY ONE who "celebrates the free speech of librarians only in the case when they use it to promote access to materials" and that ........................."Other forms of expressions fall upon deaf ears." ................... wait, wait.......................................................Other forms of expressions should be silenced because it makes Noriko Asato feel "very afraid" and "threatened".
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On page 76, Noriko Asato writes about the McCarthy era and how it affected librarians, the American Library Association (ALA) reaction to McCarthy, and then mentioned this
This paper examines the cases of several librarians who either were fired, lost their positions, or endured social stigma because they pursued their own intellectual freedom rights.
But when I pursued my own Intellectual Freedom in expressing complaints about my internship supervisor at the Hawaii State Library, Noriko Asato wanted me to sign a document that I would withdraw my complaint!
(note: I refused, and Noriko Asato got over-ruled by the higher-ups in the university. Noriko Asato to this very day has NOT apologized)
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page 77 mentions this
The third category specifies librarians' intellectual freedom in the workplace. This includes "freedom of speech at work", "whistle-blowing". "racial discrimination" and exercising an individual's religious and political beliefs"
Notice that put the words "whistle-blowing" in larger fonts, underlined and in bold type!
By me writing the letter to the HSL's (Hawaii State Library) branch manager about the internship supervisor (Tisha Aragaki) that was a form of "whistle-blowing"
I blew the whistle on Tisha Aragaki! Noriko Asato (as well as LIS chair Rich Gazan, and her husband Andrew Wertheimer) didn't like my "whistle-blowing"
So Noriko Asato persecutes whistle-blowers! Noriko Asato wants whistle-blowers to remain silent.
Gazan said that "gives ammunition to lawyers to use against me".
That's Rich Gazan's way of telling me to stop snitching!
Andrew Wertheimer calls that "fighting for justice" (as if it's a bad thing) and "burning bridges"
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p. 78-81 focused on a specific cases about librarians standing up for the right to keep a controversial magazine in the library's collection. I will skip-over that part because my situation didn't involve the right to keep controversial material in a library.
p.82 is mostly about the ALA's response to those cases, but also mentioned this
The delegate explained how an increasing number of librarians sacrificed their careers in order to adhere to their professional belief in intellectual freedom.
But Noriko Asato tells me that but not withdrawing complaints that I'm "harming" my "potential to be hired........." and Andrew Wertheimer tells me by that fighting for justice I am burning bridges.
Nevermind that both of them were lucky to be born after World War 2, and that luck is TOTALLY BECAUSE people "fight for justice" and "burned bridges" so that those of Japanese and Jewish ancestry can have professional success without worrying about being placed in prison camps!
In other words, Noriko Asato and Andrew Wertheimer are EXTREME INGRATES who are ungrateful for those who sacrificed their careers (and lives) so that Noriko Asato and Andrew Wertheimer would never have to suffer through what those a few decades older had to suffer through!
Those who benefited from such sacrifices SHOULD BE THE VERY ONES encouraging those who risk their careers to stand up to bullies in supervisory positions!
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p. 83 mentioned
a two-day meeting on intellectual freedom called "More than Lip Service: Backstopping the Library Bill of Rights"
But as you can see throughout this article, Noriko Asato and Andrew Wertheimer show NOTHING BUT Lip Service when it comes to librarians' intellectual freedom!
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p.84-86 focused on another case of a librarian whose contract was not renewed because he refused to delete a controversial magazine from the library's collection. I will skip-over that part because my situation didn't involve the right to keep controversial material in a library.
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p. 86- p.89 focused on a case where a librarian was fired for protesting his daughter's school (a public school) for requiring attendance of religious education sponsored by a local church. Pages 89-97 focused on a homosexual librarian who was fired for his attempt to get a marriage license back when same-sex marriage was still illegal. Page 97-99 focused on a library catalouger who objected to some of the politically incorrect subject headings given to library materials, and was therefore fired. I will skip over those parts since my situation didn't involve "church and state" nor "sexual orientation" issues.
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From p.99, a quote from the library catalouger who wanted a change in the ALA's "Library Bill of Rights"
Libraries should permit and encourage a full and free expression of views by staff on professional and policy matters.
Real life Noriko Asato DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT INTERNS should have "full and free expressions of view by staff on professional and policy matters"
Real life Noriko Asato DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT interns should have a chance to appeal and discuss the actions of the supervisors!
Real life Noriko Asato TRULY BELIEVES interns should quietly & meekly accept anything bad that happens to them!
The concerns Noriko Asato wrote in that article is 100% PURELY INSINCERE! It's as if Bill Cosby expressed concerns about sexual assault's effect on victims!
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page 100
Further, in Q9, the ALA encourages members "to create a workplace that tolerates employee expression." It asks, "If librarians are denied the ability to speak on work related matters, what does this say about our own commitment to free speech?"
Noriko Asato has ABSOLUTELY ZERO "commitment to free speech"!
Noriko Asato wanted to deny my "ability to speak on work related matters" when it come to the internship at the Hawaii State Library!
But Noriko Asato PRETENDS to be for the "intellectual freedom for librarians" but her actions are totally the opposite!
Hey Noriko Asato, you wrote articles about "intellectual freedom" to gain academic prestige?
But YOU ARE KNOWN AS AN INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM FRAUD!
I have exposed you as an AN INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM FRAUD!
Nobody will ever again believe that you have sincere concerns about Intellectual Freedom EVER AGAIN!
This is the internet era! This is the smartphone era! This is the YouTube era! This is the social media era!
This is the era of people using the internet to stand up for themselves.
Noriko Asato, not only are you exposed to the light but but my exposing you as a fraud is IRREVERSIBLE!
Once people know that Noriko Asato is an INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM FRAUD, there is no going back!
This the point of no return!
Noriko Asato, if you thought I wasn't going to find out about your article, then you have severely enormous levels of stupidity!
Noriko Asato, I will continue to find more evidence that you LIE to the public about your concerns about "intellectual freedom"
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PS: I finally made YouTube speeches about the professors mentioned in this (and related) blog posts
"Don't Dare Silence Me (LIS edition)"
(note: one of my former classmates was so happy that I made that speech and FELT GUILTY FOR STAYING SILENT about those professors and their corrupt ways for YEARS!)
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"Professional Victim Professor"
That one targeted Noriko Asato for special scrutinty!
