Practicing Intellectual Freedom in Libraries

Chapter two focuses on what Oltmann identifies as the three predominant theories of freedom of speech-the marketplace of ideas, democracy, and individual rights-and describes them as bolsters for intellectual freedom. Chapter eight, entitled "Addressing the #MeToo Movement in Literature," is misleading, as it actually addresses the professional response to "fallen heroes"-authors and popular personalities who have had their personal lives unearthed to disclose some unsavory behaviors. [...]the challenge of intellectual freedom itself requires a robust investigation as a foundational authority in the field of librarianship and other information services that seek to ensure the broad communal right to know.