Heterodoxy in the Stacks

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Outsourcing Curiosity
In a 2022 Substack post Ann Tomoko Rosen poses some thought-provoking questions about the current status of curiosity: As satisfying as it can b…
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S. Anderson
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ventured in the slipstream
When homicidal fugitive Danelo Cavalcante terrorized my rural Pennsylvania community, I turned to true crime YouTubers for real-time information.
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Sarah Hartman-Caverly
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School Board Meeting Disrupted by Moms, Demons
By Heather O. Docks
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Against “Radical Empathy” as a Core Professional Principle: An Open Letter to the ALA Working Group on Intellectual Freedom and Social…
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Library Neutrality and Pluralism: A Manifesto
 • Michael Dudley
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New “Librarian Story Hour” Stirs Controversy
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"You can't have social justice without intellectual freedom": Spring 2023 Symposium with Dr. Emily Knox
 • Sarah Hartman-Caverly
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New Puritans in the World of Libraries
 • Amy Girard
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Libraries and the Contested Terrain of Neutrality
Why the Question “Are Libraries Neutral?” Makes No Sense
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Rick Anderson
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Running Political Interference
The case against Drag Queen Story Time in libraries
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These Books Are(n't) Harmful
But they do question climate change science and activism
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Library Bureaucracy as “Scold’s Bridle”: Epistemic Injustice, Linguistic Muting, and the Silencing of Women
Recent cancellations of public library events featuring women speakers highlight a crisis in professional and institutional ethics.
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Michael Dudley
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Amy Girard
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The Current Landscape
Open Dialogue and Where to Find It
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S. Anderson
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Ministry of Truth to Open Library School
by Heather O. Docks
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The Battle of the Heterodox
A 2022 Tablet piece asked if our institutions are reparable or if they are completely broken: Which is why this is the debate that has, over the…
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S. Anderson
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Heterodoxy in the Stacks
Heterodoxy in the Stacks
Intellectual freedom, library neutrality, and libraries in democracy
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