Heterodoxy in the Stacks
HxL Substack, Kathleen McCook, S. Anderson, Sarah Hartman-Caverly, Michael Dudley, Robert Jensen, Craig Gibson, Caroline Nappo, Jonathan Lawler, Robert, Jim Gibson, Matthew Jockers, Mark Lenker, Kyle BrenemanIntellectual freedom, library neutrality, and libraries in democracy
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Members of the Heterodox Libraries Community.
Writes Substack, "Ebla to E-Books: The Preservation and Annihilation of Memory. " Teaches "History of Books & Libraries" - School of Information, University of South Florida. (my views do not reflect those of USF )
Information ethicist, intellectual freedom scholar, librarian. BA Anthropology, MS Library and Information Science, MS Information Systems.
Canadian academic librarian at the University of Winnipeg; Master's degrees in Library and Information Studies and in City Planning.
Emeritus Professor in the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Texas at Austin and a founding board member of the Third Coast Activist Resource Center.
Professional library lover.
Jonathan Lawler an archivist and author passionate about political liberty, viewpoint diversity, and classical liberalism. Soli Deo gloria.
Reflecting on culture, politics, and uninformed activism from Portland. \ud83d\ude2c
Sesquicentennial Professor of Law, University of Richmond. Bloviates about intellectual property, consumer contracts, sports, and the occasional bird sighting.
Senior Research Manager at Apple | Former Professor and Dean | Startup Founder | Author
Mark Lenker is a Teaching and Learning Librarian and Associate Professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas Libraries and author of the essay collection The Human Relationship with Information (Routledge, 2026).
I'm an academic librarian in Baltimore with another degree in cybersecurity. Deeply interested in the humanities, and still haven't decided what to focus on for a doctorate. Inept at distilling my individuality into a few sentences!
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