Simmons College’s continuing education program is offering a course in Libraries and the Alternative Press in August, taught by yours truly. This course is a good professional development activity for … Read more Libraries and the Alternative Press – an online course
Big news in publishing: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Files for Bankruptcy. This doesn’t mean they are going out of business, but it does mean their business and ownership may radically … Read more Houghton Mifflin Harcourt files for bankruptcy protection
Call for Papers TITLE: Informed Agitation: Library and Information Skills in Social Justice Movements and Beyond (An Edited Collection) EDITOR: Melissa Morrone is a librarian at Brooklyn Public Library and … Read more Call for Papers: Informed Agitation: Library and Information Skills in Social Justice Movements and Beyond
Allie and the Monster Who Said Blah Blah Blah Author: Rory Litwin Illustrator: Ginny Maki Price: $18.00 ISBN: 978-1-936117-58-1 8.5″ by 8.5″ Published: May 2012 Printed on acid-free paper. For … Read more Allie and the Monster Who Said Blah Blah Blah
Robin Pogrebin has an article in the New York Times from Wednesday, titled, Former Employees Feel Silenced on Library Project. They don’t just “feel” silenced though. First two paragraphs: The … Read more Former NYPL employees silenced by non-disparagement agreement
Shannon Mattern, a faculty member of the New School’s School of Media Studies, has a new and wonderfully wide-ranging article about “little libraries” that gets into a number of issues … Read more Librarianship and “Tactical Urbanism”
At ALA in Anaheim, Wayne Bivens-Tatum will be signing copies of Libraries and the Enlightenment, from 10am to 11am on Saturday the 23rd at the Litwin Books/Library Juice Press booth … Read more Bivens-Tatum Book Signing – Discounts in Advance