(Mitch) Freedman is an American librarian best known for his advocacy for socially responsible cataloging and library technologies, as well as for championing the cause of intellectual freedom.

[5] The early part of Freedman's career was primarily as a technical services manager, where he worked on the application of information technology to bibliographical control.

[5] Freedman was one of the early activists in the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table.

[14] Based on the recommendations of that and other ALA committees a separate advocacy organization, the ALA/Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA), was founded in 2002.

When awarded ALA's Joseph W. Lippincott Award in 2014, recognizing his distinguished service to the profession of librarianship, Freedman was highly praised: Mitch is an outspoken and visionary leader and a tireless advocate for better salaries and pay equity for all library workers, and for the humanistic application of technology in libraries.

[1]Since 2000 Freedman has been the publisher and editor-in-chief of The U*N*A*B*A*S*H*E*D Librarian, described as the "How I Run My Library Good" letter; he continued the newsletter after the 1999 death of founder Marvin H.