Litwin Books & Library Juice Press

Call for Papers   Crop and Bleed: An Information Studies Reader on New Boundaries in Critical Print and Visual Culture   Editors: Robert D. Montoya (UCLA; California Rare Book School), Sean E. Pessin (California State University, Northridge; CSUN Book Arts Lab)   As recent discussions of the global nature of the book have taken shape … Read more Call for Papers — Crop and Bleed

Colleagues:  You are invited to submit a proposal for possible inclusion in a necessary and exciting book focused on the best academic library practices, programs, and services that support Hispanic students. “Supporting Your Hispanic Students in Academic Libraries” (working title). Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) are federally designated colleges and universities with over 25% of their … Read more CFP: Supporting Your Hispanic Students in Academic Libraries

Book Project: Independent & Alternative Publishing in Latin America Versión en castellano a continuación. We are inviting chapter contributions from scholars, publishers, and writers to the upcoming Litwin Books collection tentatively titled “Independent & Alternative Publishing in Latin America.” The concept of bibliodiversity is frequently applied to Latin America, reflecting the breadth of publishing in … Read more CFP: Independent & Alternative Publishing in Latin America

Book Title Building Our Own: Critiques, Narratives, and Practices from BIPOC Community College Workers in LIS Book Description  Where and who are all the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) community college librarians? BIPOC community college librarians provide unequaled and increasingly necessary support to their institutions. The BIPOC community college librarian is often disembodied … Read more Call for Proposals – Building Our Own: Critiques, Narratives, and Practices from BIPOC Community College Workers in LIS 

Working Title: Ethics in Linked Data Editors: Kathleen Burlingame, Alexandra Provo, B. M. Watson and the Ethics in Linked Data Affinity Group Submission Deadline: March 31, 2021 Publisher: Litwin Books Book Description This edited collection brings together contributions that explore the consideration (or lack thereof) of ethics in linked data initiatives. Discussions about linked data … Read more Call for Chapter Proposals: Ethics in Linked Data

Book Title: Land in Libraries: Toward a Materialist Conception of Education Editors: Lydia Zvyagintseva and Mary Greenshields Publisher: Library Juice Press Estimated Publication Date: April 2022   “Bless us, these lands, said the rememberer. These lands aren’t our          lands. These lands aren’t your lands. We are this land.” -Joy Harjo, Poet … Read more Call for Chapter Proposals – Land in Libraries: Toward a Materialist Conception of Education

Call for chapter proposals Working title: Trans and Gender Diverse Voices in LIS Editors: Kalani Adolpho, Stephen G. Krueger, Krista McCracken Submission deadline: December 18, 2020 Publisher: Library Juice Press, Series on Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies   Overview Currently there are very few books that contain any content on trans and gender diverse* … Read more CFP for Trans and Gender Diverse Voices in LIS

This two volume set will be a sampling of conversations of theory and practice as it pertains to LGBTQIA librarianship and archival work and community engagement in a post-Stonewall era. It will situate readers in conversations that invitie our community to join us for the tea: a concept relating to kinship, internal community gossip, gabbing, … Read more CFP: Grabbing Tea: Queer Conversations in Librarianship