Established in 2015, this award is intended to recognize librarians, archivists or curators whose contributions to providing professional development opportunities for librarians have been especially noteworthy or influential. The effect … Read more ULS Outstanding Professional Development Award
by Emily Drabinski I spend a lot of time in critical librarian spaces. I am an active tweeter in the #critlib community. I’m organizing a colloquium on critical perspectives on … Read more What about the iceberg?
National Diversity in Libraries Conference August 10-13, 2016 v UCLA CALL FOR PROPOSALS Deadline: November 30, 2015 The National Diversity in Libraries Conference (NDLC ’16), co-sponsored by the UCLA Library … Read more CFP: National Diversity in Libraries Conference
CFP: Radical Teaching and Archives To create, maintain, and control an archive is to establish facts and exercise power. Archives consolidate objects as sources of knowledge, and in so doing, … Read more CFP: Radical Teaching and Archives
IEEE Potentials is seeking contributions to a special issue guest edited by Ramona Pringle, Katina Michael and MG Michael. The theme of the issue is: “Unintended Consequences: the Paradox of … Read more CFP: Unintended Consequences: the Paradox of Technological Potential (IEEE Potentials)
The Psychology of Librarianship Editors: Lynn Gullickson Spencer, Leanne VandeCreek, and H. Stephen Wright Price: $45.00 Published: November 2015 ISBN: 978-1-63400-016-1 406 pages Printed on acid-free paper Available for pre-order … Read more New book: The Psychology of Librarianship
Islands in the Cyberstream Seeking Havens of Reason in a Programmed Society Author: Joseph Weizenbaum with Gunna Wendt Translator: Benjamin Fasching-Gray Price: $28.00 ISBN: 978-1-63400-000-0 Published: October 2015 Printed on … Read more New Book by Joseph Weizenbaum
Lauren Hays is the Instructional and Research Librarian and the Co-Director of the Center for Games and Learning at MidAmerica Nazarene University. She holds an undergraduate degree in education, a … Read more Interview with Lauren Hays
Join a Tweet-up with ProjectARCC & SustainRT on sustainability in libraries and archives on October 19 at 1pm ET! On Monday, October 19, 2015 at 1pm ET, ProjectARCC (Archivists Responding … Read more Tweet-up on sustainability in libraries and archives
James Lowry Wins Third Annual Library Juice Paper Contest PRESS RELEASE October 1, 2015 Sacramento, CA Library Juice Press is happy to announce the winner of the Third Annual Library … Read more James Lowry Wins Third Annual Library Juice Paper Contest
It’s been a little under the radar, but this blog is maintaining a list of calls for papers, with links and deadlines. CFPs are deleted after the deadlines pass. It’s … Read more A few items
I’m interviewing Stephen Bales, the author of our most recently published book, The Dialectic of Academic Librarianship: A Critical Approach. Stephen, thanks for agreeing to do this interview. Hi Rory. … Read more Interview with Stephen Bales
Derrick Jensen’s Resistance Radio interview with Ramsey Kanaan… Ramsey Kanaan has been involved in attempting to disseminate the good word for well over three and a half decades now. As … Read more Derrick Jensen interviews Ramey Kanaan about independent press and social change
2015 Conference on Inclusion and Diversity in Library and Information Science (CIDLIS) Registration and Paper Submissions Now Open The 2015 Conference on Inclusion and Diversity in Library and Information Science … Read more 2015 Conference on Inclusion and Diversity in Library and Information Science (CIDLIS)
John Russell is Scholarly Communications Librarian at the University of Oregon Libraries, which involves open access advocacy and scholarly publishing as well as digital scholarship services. He has been actively … Read more Interview with John Russell
Joe J. Marquez is the Web Services Librarian at Reed College in Portland, OR. He has presented and written on topics related to service design, website usability, IT implementation, and … Read more Interview with Joe J. Marquez
Call for Papers: Deadline Extended for Inaugural Issue Theme: Why is the Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies needed today? The Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies is … Read more Call for Papers: Deadline Extended for Inaugural Issue of JCLIS
A Decade of Critical Information Literacy: A Review of the Literature By Eamon Tewell From Communications in Information Literacy, Vol. 9, No. 1 (2015) ABSTRACT As information literacy continues in … Read more A Decade of Critical Information Literacy: A Review of the Literature
Catelynne Sahadath is the Head of Metadata Development at the University of Calgary, where she manages the cataloging section, where she was responsible for leading their transition from AACR2 to … Read more Interview with Catelynne Sahadath
From the website: Project ARCC is a task force of archivists striving to motivate the archival profession to affect climate change. We seek to achieve a four-fold mission: – Protect … Read more Project ARCC