Series on Critical Race Studies and Multiculturalism in LIS Sujei Lugo, Series Editor Litwin Books and Library Juice Press seek book proposals and manuscripts for a new series, Critical Race … Read more Call for Submissions: Series on Critical Race Studies and Multiculturalism in LIS
I have just learned that Zoia Horn died on July 12th. She has been an inspiration to me from the time I was in library school in the late 90s. … Read more Zoia Horn has passed on
Tony Castelletto has been programming computers on one platform or another since the late 1980s, and received his MLIS in 2008 from Drexel. He has worked on unusual information projects … Read more Interview with Tony Castelletto
Award Announcement July 1, 2014 We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2014 Litwin Books Award for Ongoing Dissertation Research in the Philosophy of Information. We are granting … Read more Patrick Gavin Receives the 2014 Litwin Books Award for Ongoing Dissertation Research in the Philosophy of Information
Jennifer Sweeney teaches at the College of Computing and Informatics at Drexel University and in the Department of Information Studies at UCLA, and is a program evaluation consultant for libraries … Read more Interview with Jennifer Sweeney
Vincent Mosco is Professor Emeritus, Queen’s University, Canada. In his career he has focused on the political economy of information, communication, and the media. Back in the 80s he co-edited … Read more Interview with Vincent Mosco about his new book
Andrea Baer is the Undergraduate Education Librarian at Indiana University-Bloomington, as well as an Adjunct Lecturer for the University of Tennessee’s School of Information Sciences. She holds a Ph.D. in … Read more Interview with Andrea Baer
As a rule, this is not a personal blog. I have only taken the liberty to talk about my own life a few times over the years. I’ve decided to … Read more Why I dropped out of a PhD program
Barbara Fister has interviewed me about Library Juice Press and Litwin Books: Rory Litwin: Pressing Issues for Librarians…
Here is an excerpt from Svetlana Mintcheva’s chapter in The Library Juice Press Handbook of Intellectual Freedom, which is titled, “Art Censorship and Intellectual Freedom.” It’s just an excerpt, but … Read more Excerpt from Svetlana Mintcheva’s chapter on art censorship
Melissa Morrone has announced a new website for her book, Informed Agitation.
Ephemeral Material: Queering the Archive Author: Alana Kumbier Price: $35.00 Published: April 2014 ISBN: 978-1-936117-51-2 Number five in the Litwin Books Series on Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies, Emily … Read more New book: Ephemeral Material: Queering the Archive
Mimi O’Malley oversees development and delivery of professional development courses and workshops through The Learning House, focusing on higher education faculty and administrators. She has also presented workshops on online … Read more Interview with Mimi O’Malley
Robin Hastings is the Director of Technology Services for the North East Kansas Library System. She manages the library’s network, social media, and staff training initiatives there. She has taught … Read more Interview with Robin Hastings
Gretchen McCord is an attorney-consultant and educator in the areas of copyright law, privacy law, and legal issues related to social media. Her practice specializes in assisting libraries, educational institutions, … Read more Interview with Gretchen McCord
Jillian Wallis is a PhD student in the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies at UCLA. Her research addresses the data practices of researchers at the Center for Embedded … Read more Interview with Jillian Wallis
Scott La Counte is the head librarian for the Southern California Institute of Technology. He has given presentations on mobile application development at several different conferences, and is the author … Read more Interview with Scott La Counte
Life as Activism: June Jordan’s Writings for The Progressive Author: June Jordan Editor: Stacy Russo Foreword: Angela Davis Preface: Matthew Rothschild Price: $28.00 Published: February 2014 ISBN: 978-1-936117-90-1 This volume … Read more New book: Life as Activism: June Jordan’s Writings for The Progressive
For Immediate Release Mon, 02/03/2014 Contact: Chase Ollis Program Coordinator ACRL collis@ala.org CHICAGO – Maria T. Accardi, coordinator of library instruction at Indiana University Southeast, is the winner of the … Read more Accardi wins 2014 ACRL WGSS Significant Achievement Award
Debra Lucas-Alfieri has been the Head of Reference and Interlibrary Loan at D’Youville College in Buffalo, NY, since 2002. She has taught for Library Juice Academy a couple of times … Read more Interview with Debra Lucas-Alfieri