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Heterodoxy in the Stacks explores developments in the library and information science field in which there are diverging perspectives. Our team of regular contributors are members of the Heterodox Libraries Community. Content is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives 4.0 unless otherwise noted. 

To promote viewpoint diversity, Heterodoxy in the Stacks invites constructive dissent and disagreement in the form of guest posts. While articles published on Heterodoxy in the Stacks are not peer-reviewed, all posts and comments must model the HxA Way. Content is attributed to the individual contributor(s).

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Articles are published in HTML format on this Substack and sent to subscribers via email. Contributors may choose whatever citation style they prefer to cite references.  Or, contributors may provide links to relevant material in the body of the article.  The goal is to be able to locate the information source, not stick to a specific citation style. 

Heterodoxy in the Stacks is completely free to read, subscribe, and contribute to. Posts are published as soon as they are ready, at the authors’ discretion.

To submit an article for Heterodoxy in the Stacks, submit the Heterodoxy in the Stacks Guest Submission form in the format of a Microsoft Word document, PDF,  or a Google Doc. Unless otherwise requested, posts will include the author’s name and the commenting feature will be on. We understand that sharing diverse viewpoints can be risky, both professionally and personally, so anonymous and pseudonymous posts are allowed.

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