Interview with Grace Agnew
I have just done an interview with Grace Agnew, who will be teaching a class for Library Juice Academy in December called, “The Mechanics of Metadata.” It’s a technical skills … Read more Interview with Grace Agnew
Category: Library of Congress
ACLU sues Library of Congress in workplace speech case
Colonel Morris Davis was fired from his job at the Congressional Research Service for opinion pieces he wrote about the military commissions system (he is the former chief prosecutor for … Read more ACLU sues Library of Congress in workplace speech case
Davin Heckman’s Foreword to Library of Walls
Library of Walls Foreword by Davin Heckman My first experience of what would become Samuel Gerald Collins’ Library of Walls came several years back, when I was an editor for … Read more Davin Heckman’s Foreword to Library of Walls
New from Litwin Books: Library of Walls
Library of Walls: The Library of Congress and the Contradictions of Information Society Author: Samuel Gerald Collins Price: $32.00 Published: April 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9802004-2-3 Printed on acid-free paper “The experience … Read more New from Litwin Books: Library of Walls
Thomas Mann’s Foreword to Responsible Librarianship
Thomas Mann’s Foreword to David Bade’s Responsible Librarianship: Library Policies for Unreliable Systems: There is a kind of “code word” situation that has developed in the library profession in recent … Read more Thomas Mann’s Foreword to Responsible Librarianship
LC Working Group final report, Thomas Mann’s response
Just for the record at this point; perhaps commentary later… Final Report of the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control ‚ÄúOn the Record‚Äù but Off the Track: A … Read more LC Working Group final report, Thomas Mann’s response
Thomas Mann’s new one
New essay by Thomas Mann, “The Peloponnesian War and the Future of Reference, Cataloging, and Scholarship in Research Libraries” (June 13, 2007). PDF, 41 pp. ABSTRACT: The paper is an … Read more Thomas Mann’s new one
Urgent message from LoC Professional Guild
Dear Friend of the Library of Congress, We are sending you this message because the Library of Congress Professional Guild, AFSCME Local 2910, needs your help. For over thirty years … Read more Urgent message from LoC Professional Guild
More on What’s Going On at the Library of Congress
Thomas Mann at the Library of Congress has written an update to his critical summary of changes there: More on What’s Going On at the Library of Congress, published through … Read more More on What’s Going On at the Library of Congress
Are you proud of our “National Book Festival?”
There’s a brief article in Counterpunch about the National Book Festival, which features our very non-warlike First Lady. It is intended as a happier source of news than the complete … Read more Are you proud of our “National Book Festival?”
Interview with Barbara Tillett
Many Library Juice readers who are familiar with Sanford Berman’s work on LC subject heading reform have read or heard the name Barbara Tillett. Barbara Tillett has for many years … Read more Interview with Barbara Tillett
ALA Congressional testimony against LC proposed changes
The Committee on House Administration is taking up some of the controversial questions related to proposed changes in cataloging practice at the Library of Congress, and ALA has submitted testimony … Read more ALA Congressional testimony against LC proposed changes
What’s going on at the Library of Congress? (Thomas Mann)
The Library of Congress Professional Guild (AFSCME 2910) recently published a paper by LC librarian Thomas Mann entitled, “What’s going on at the Library of Congress?” (PDF) The paper addresses … Read more What’s going on at the Library of Congress? (Thomas Mann)
LC to Cease Creating Series Authority Records
This major announcement from LC just began circulating yesterday. It may have serious implications for access to works by series.?Ǭ† Some Library Juice readers are more up on cataloging issues … Read more LC to Cease Creating Series Authority Records
LC’s Thomas Mann on LC-commissioned report recommending elimination of LCSH
The Library of Congress Professional Guild writes… In “The Changing Nature of the Catalog and Its Integration with Other Discovery Tools,” Karen Calhoun recommends the elimination of Library of Congress … Read more LC’s Thomas Mann on LC-commissioned report recommending elimination of LCSH
Good News from LC
A friend writes… Colleagues- This just in from the Library of Congress. It’s about time. CATALOGING POLICY AND SUPPORT OFFICE SUMMARY OF DECISIONS, EDITORIAL MEETING NUMBER 13 Vietnam War, 1961-1975 … Read more Good News from LC