[OLA-IF-News] Research about intellectual freedom in academic libraries

[Ross Betzer]

The open access journal *College and Research Libraries* published an
interesting article in their most recent issue:

Oltmann, S. (2017). Intellectual Freedom in Academic Libraries: Surveying
Deans about Its Significance
<http://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/16733>. *College & Research
Libraries, 78*(6), 741.

The author's survey is far from comprehensive, but the results are a little
disturbing. In many cases there was minimal training related to
intellectual freedom and some respondents had a loose interpretation of ALA
principles.

I'd be curious to hear the thoughts of academic librarians in Oregon
regarding this study and its findings.

-Ross

Ross Betzer

Chair - Oregon Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee
<http://www.olaweb.org/if-home>

Local Resource/Catalog Librarian - Multnomah County Library

ifc.chair at olaweb.org

503.988.5728 (Sun, Mon, Wed) / 503.988.5466 (Tue, Thu)
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