Speaking at Drexel
I should have posted something about this earlier, sorry. I will be speaking at Drexel in Philadelphia tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday, 8/11/09), at the iSchool, 5pm, Rush Building, Room 014. They … Read more Speaking at Drexel
Category: People In Focus
SRRT Councilor’s report
ALA Council Report to SRRT, Chicago, July 2009 Before reporting on the business of the meetings, let me first honor the life of E.J. Josey, who died just before Annual … Read more SRRT Councilor’s report
List of authors in Speaking of Information: the Library Juice Quotation Book
The following is the list of authors in the Author Index to Speaking of Information: The Library Juice Quotation Book. (Note that some authors listed, like me, are there because … Read more List of authors in Speaking of Information: the Library Juice Quotation Book
Library Juice Press and Litwin Books @ALA
Events for your calendar this upcoming ALA Annual in Chicago: Litwin Books and Library Juice Press will be sharing a booth with the Alternative Press Center in the Exhibits Hall. … Read more Library Juice Press and Litwin Books @ALA
The Return of The Baffler
The Baffler is coming back! The Baffler was my favorite magazine during the years it was being published. Thomas Frank has announced he is bringing it back, and is involving … Read more The Return of The Baffler
Alternative Media Reception at Annual Conference
Alternative Media Reception at Annual Conference On Monday, July 13, from 7-10 pm, the Alternative Media Reception (ALA Annual, Chicago) will join forces with the SRRT 40th Anniversary Celebration in … Read more Alternative Media Reception at Annual Conference
Review of David Bade’s Responsible Librarianship in Interactions journal
The current issue of InterActions, the UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies, has a review of David Bade’s Responsible Librarianship. The review, by Michael Wartenbe, provides a thorough and … Read more Review of David Bade’s Responsible Librarianship in Interactions journal
Lauren Pressley Book Signing – So You Want To Be a Librarian
Lauren Pressley will be signing her new book, So You Want To Be a Librarian, at the Library Juice Press booth in the exhibits at the ALA Conference in Chicago. … Read more Lauren Pressley Book Signing – So You Want To Be a Librarian
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
2009 Miriam Braverman Prize Winner Announced
Announcement that went to PLGnet-L this morning: The Progressive Librarians Guild is pleased to announce the winner of the 2009 Miriam Braverman Memorial Prize. Sarah Clark has been awarded the … Read more 2009 Miriam Braverman Prize Winner Announced
John Miedema author chat (Slow Reading)
John Miedema, author of Slow Reading, is doing an Author Chat on LibraryThing. His chat there will be going until May 22nd. Hope you’ll add your thoughts….
ASK video
A co-worker of mine shared this video with me, done by somebody she knows at the library at Indiana University. I think it is great, creates such a sunny feeling … Read more ASK video
Franklin Rosemont has passed on
The following obituary for Franklin Rosemont was written by Séamas Cain, a writer I know here in the Duluth, Minnesota area. Franklin Rosemont, surrealist poet, artist, historian, street speaker, & … Read more Franklin Rosemont has passed on
Judith Krug has passed on
Judith Krug, head of ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom since 1967, has died of stomach cancer at age 69. Library Journal has published an obituary rapidly; I am sure we … Read more Judith Krug has passed on
Goodman & Greenwald win Izzy indy media award
From the Izzy Award site: The first annual Izzy Award for “special achievement in independent media” was presented March 31, 2009, to blogger Glenn Greenwald and Democracy Now! host and … Read more Goodman & Greenwald win Izzy indy media award
Review of Shiraz Durrani’s Information and Liberation
The new issue of the SRRT Newsletter has a review of Shiraz Durrani’s book, Information and Liberation: Writings on the Politics of Information and Librarianship. Jenny Bossaller, an Assistant Professor … Read more Review of Shiraz Durrani’s Information and Liberation
Slow Reading
Author: John Miedema Price: $12.00 Published: March 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9802004-4-7 Printed on acid-free paper https://litwinbooks.com/slowreading.php In the face of ever-increasing demands for speed-reading of volumes of information fragments, some readers … Read more Slow Reading
Machines in the Archives
Richard J. Cox‘s new book is Personal Archives and a New Archival Calling: Readings, Reflections and Ruminations, just out from Litwin Books this January. I searched around and found a … Read more Machines in the Archives
Some other librarian-publishers
When I started Library Juice Press, I was aware of some librarian-publishers who came before me, whose presses are still around. There may be others. I like to think that … Read more Some other librarian-publishers
Barack Obama on libraries
You may have seen this already, but I have to share it: Bound to the Word: Guardians of truth and knowledge, librarians must be thanked for their role as champions … Read more Barack Obama on libraries