Helen R. Adams

There is no question that the author of this book is a guru in the field of intellectual freedom as it applies to school libraries. Perhaps the two most important chapters of this book (part of the School Library Media Topics series) are the last two, for they cover the topics of advocacy and the future of this topic. Confidentiality of the student is examined, but with digital access some of this becomes even more imperative. Clearly there is lots of thought provoking considerations in this book and they are handled well with the various examples and exercises given. However, electronic IF is an important part of intellectual freedom and will become even more important as time goes on. This book will benefit from examining this issue more, and also adding it to the concerns most often violated by a casual information user. As law and issues change a history of IF and where it is going is very much needed. While there has been much updating of terms in this volume from the original use of the information in various columns in professional journals, the topic of legal electronic information needs and uses need to be emphasized much more.… (meer)