2015-16 Catalog
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CFP: The Feminists Among Us: Resistance and Advocacy in Library Leadership
The Feminists Among Us: Resistance and Advocacy in Library Leadership Call for Proposals Editors: Shirley Lew and Baharak Yousefi Publisher: Library Juice Press The Feminists Among Us: Resistance and Advocacy … Read more CFP: The Feminists Among Us: Resistance and Advocacy in Library Leadership
2015 Litwin Books Award for Ongoing Dissertation Research in the Philosophy of Information
We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2015 Litwin Books Award for Ongoing Dissertation Research in the Philosophy of Information. We are granting this year’s award to Quinn … Read more 2015 Litwin Books Award for Ongoing Dissertation Research in the Philosophy of Information
CFP: Librarians as Helping Professionals
REFLECTIONS: Narratives of Professional Helping www.rnoph.org Published by Cleveland State University School of Social Work Call for Narratives: Special Issue on Librarians as Helping Professionals Deadline: September 30, 2015 Laura … Read more CFP: Librarians as Helping Professionals
Interview with Chris Roth
Chris Roth is the author of Let’s Split! A Complete Guide to Separatist Movements and Aspirant Nations, from Abkhazia to Zanzibar, which was published by Litwin Books in March of … Read more Interview with Chris Roth
Open Access Conference 2015: Learning from Experience
OPEN ACCESS CONFERENCE 2015: LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE San Jose State University Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library October 23, 2015 Call For Proposals In celebration of Open Access Week, San … Read more Open Access Conference 2015: Learning from Experience
Catch us at ALA
Catch us in the Exhibits Hall at ALA in SF. We’ll be at booth number 3538.
Interview with Maria Accardi
Maria T. Accardi is Associate Librarian and Coordinator of Instruction and Reference at Indiana University Southeast. She served as a co-editor of and contributor to Critical Library Instruction: Theories and … Read more Interview with Maria Accardi
Interview with Joachim Schöpfel, author of Learning from the BRICS: Open Access to Scientific Information in Emerging Countries
Joachim Schöpfel is lecturer of Library and Information Sciences at the University of Lille 3 (France), director of the French Digitization Centre for PhD theses (ANRT) and member of the … Read more Interview with Joachim Schöpfel, author of Learning from the BRICS: Open Access to Scientific Information in Emerging Countries
New issue of IRIE on Ethics for the Internet of Things
International Review of Information Ethics (IRIE) Issue 022, Volume 22, December 2014 Ethics for the Internet of Things edited by Hektor Haarkötter, Felix Weil [ Current issue ] Editors’ note: … Read more New issue of IRIE on Ethics for the Internet of Things
Interview with Mandy Henk about her LJA courses
Mandy Henk is a librarian at DePauw University, and was a law librarian at Vanderbilt before that. She specializes in access to physical materials, resource sharing, and personnel management. Her … Read more Interview with Mandy Henk about her LJA courses
Call for Proposals: Topographies of Whiteness: Mapping Whiteness in Library and Information Science
Call for Proposals: Topographies of Whiteness: Mapping Whiteness in Library and Information Science Editor: Gina Schlesselman-Tarango Publisher: Library Juice Press Projected publication date: April 2017 From the materials libraries and … Read more Call for Proposals: Topographies of Whiteness: Mapping Whiteness in Library and Information Science
2015 Solidarity Statement from Librarians and Archivists with Palestine
In early April, members of Librarians and Archivists with Palestine went on a follow-up trip to Jerusalem, the West Bank (Ramallah and Birzeit) and ’48 (Nazareth, Haifa, and Akka). We’ve … Read more 2015 Solidarity Statement from Librarians and Archivists with Palestine
CFP – Radical Change: Inclusion and Innovation (ALISE Historical Perspectives SIG)
ALISE 2016, Boston, MA, January 5-8, 2016 Historical Perspectives Special Interest Group Call for Papers DEADLINE: June 30, 2015 In keeping with the 2016 ALISE Conference Theme, “Radical Change: Inclusion … Read more CFP – Radical Change: Inclusion and Innovation (ALISE Historical Perspectives SIG)
Learning from the BRICS: Open Access to Scientific Information in Emerging Countries
Learning from the BRICS: Open Access to Scientific Information in Emerging Countries Editor: Joachim Schöpfel Price: $35.00 Published: May 2015 ISBN: 978-1-936117-84-0 Printed on acid-free paper The market for scientific … Read more Learning from the BRICS: Open Access to Scientific Information in Emerging Countries
New book: The Dialectic of Academic Librarianship: A Critical Approach
The Dialectic of Academic Librarianship: A Critical Approach Author: Stephen Bales Price: $35.00 Published: May 2015 ISBN: 978-1-936117-89-5 200 pages Printed on acid-free paper Publisher: Library Juice Press Available on … Read more New book: The Dialectic of Academic Librarianship: A Critical Approach
1/2 hour pilot: “Sacto PL”
Who among us hasn’t dreamt of writing a TV comedy set in a library? Well, my friend Jen Ferro has done just that. You can read her 1/2 hour pilot … Read more 1/2 hour pilot: “Sacto PL”
CPJ releases annual assessment of press freedom worldwide
CPJ releases annual assessment of press freedom worldwide New York, April 27, 2015 – Terrorist groups and the governments who purport to fight them have made recent years the most … Read more CPJ releases annual assessment of press freedom worldwide
Litwin Books Awards First Travel Grants for Conference Attendance
PRESS RELEASE Litwin Books Awards First Travel Grants for Conference Attendance April 24, 2014 Sacramento, CA – Litwin Books has awarded its first Travel Grants to Anna Wilson and Nathaniel … Read more Litwin Books Awards First Travel Grants for Conference Attendance
Islamophobic ALA Banned Books Week Poster
Thus far I’ve seen little in the way of active controversy over this ill-advised ALA poster celebrating 2015’s Banned Books Week. There were a couple of messages recently on the … Read more Islamophobic ALA Banned Books Week Poster