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Author: Shannon Oltmann

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Shannon Oltmann

Shannon M. Oltmann is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator in the School of Information Science at the University of Kentucky. She obtained her Ph.D. from Indiana University. Her research interests include intellectual freedom, information precarity, and qualitative research methods. She wrote the book Practicing Intellectual Freedom in Libraries and edited The Fight Against Book Bans: Perspectives from the Field. Oltmann’s work has been funded by the American Library Association and the Institute of Museum & Library Services. She studies the implementation of and resistance to censorship in libraries and other spaces. Another stream of work investigates information precarity, a lack of information and resources brought about by systemic marginalization. Oltmann has won several awards, including the Kentucky Intellectual Freedom Award, University Research Professor, the Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Public Research, and the McJulien Scholar Award.
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Transforming Ourselves, Transforming Inequity: Reimagining Partnerships for Information Justice

by Fatima Espinoza Vasquez, Shannon Oltmann March 4, 2025 0

Thinking of communities as “information poor” misrepresents the reality of systemic exclusion. Instead, marginalized communities have been intentionally and... Read more.