In Defense of Libraries and Culture in the Middle East Statement from the Progressive Librarians Guild: Media coverage of the destruction of libraries and antiquities in northern Iraq during March … Read more In Defense of Libraries and Culture in the Middle East
Interactions Journal Call For Papers 2015-2016 Special Issue on Gender in Education and Information Studies: Interrogating Knowledge Production, Social Structures and Equitable Access Submission must be received by September 1, … Read more CFP – Interactions, Special Issue on Gender in Education and Information Studies: Interrogating Knowledge Production, Social Structures and Equitable Access
Post on March 5, 2015 by John Chrastka EveryLibrary today announces a new “Monthly Donor Challenge” from Library Juice Academy, a noted provider of professional development workshops and training for … Read more Library Juice Academy Makes $1,000 EveryLibrary Fundraising Challenge
Queers Online: LGBT Digital Practices in Libraries, Archives, and Museums Editor: Rachel Wexelbaum Price: $35.00 Published: March 2015 ISBN: 978-1-936117-79-6 Printed on acid-free paper Number six in the Litwin Books … Read more New book: Queers Online: LGBT Digital Practices in Libraries, Archives, and Museums
For Immediate Release Thu, 03/05/2015 Contact: Chase Ollis Program Coordinator ACRL collis@ala.org CHICAGO — Emily Drabinski, coordinator of instruction at Long Island University-Brooklyn, has been chosen as the winner of … Read more Drabinski receives 2015 ACRL Instruction Section Ilene F. Rockman Publication of the Year Award
Andrea Baer is the Undergraduate Education Librarian at Indiana University-Bloomington. She holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Washington and a Masters in Information Sciences from the … Read more Interview with Andrea Baer
Focusing on the theme of “Too Much Information,” the spring issue of The Hedgehog Review devotes five essays to a close examination of the unprecedented and ever-increasing availability, use, and … Read more Hedgehog Review – Spring issue focuses on information overload…
Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy Special Issue on Sustainability and the Library Call for Abstracts Deadline: May 1, 2015 submit via email to Dr. Maurie Cohen mcohen@njit.edu Review decisions by: … Read more CFP: Sustainability and the Library
Melissa S. Robinson is the Senior Branch Librarian at the Peabody Institute Library’s West Branch in Peabody, Massachusetts. She is teaching a class for Library Juice Academy in April, titled … Read more Interview with Melissa Robinson
Let’s Split! A Complete Guide to Separatist Movements and Aspirant Nations, from Abkhazia to Zanzibar Author: Christopher F. Roth Price: $75.00 ISBN: 978-1-936117-99-4 Published: March 1st, 2015 634 pages Printed … Read more Let’s Split! A Complete Guide to Separatist Movements and Aspirant Nations, from Abkhazia to Zanzibar
Roots and Flowers: The Life and Work of the Afro-Cuban Librarian Marta Terry González Authors: Abdul Alkalimat and Kate Williams Price: $35.00 Published: February 2015 ISBN: 978-1-936117-64-2 Printed on acid-free … Read more Roots and Flowers: The Life and Work of the Afro-Cuban Librarian Marta Terry González
Just a brief note about the thing that stuck in my mind the most from ALA Midwinter. It is called MUSICat (i.e. “Music @” as well as Music Catalog, a … Read more MUSICat
Dear Colleagues, The *Progressive Librarian* editors’ cooperative is planning an issue to commemorate the Freedom Libraries of Freedom Summer 1964 which is being done in conjunction with reprinting Miriam Braverman’s … Read more CFP in celebration of Miriam Braveman’s “Mississippi Summer”
(Extended) Call for Papers The Big Deal: 3rd Milwaukee Conference on Ethics in Knowledge Organization May 28-29, 2015 Milwaukee, WI The role of ethics in knowledge organization has moved from … Read more (Extended) Call for Papers: The Big Deal: 3rd Milwaukee Conference on Ethics in Knowledge Organization
Carmen D’Avino created a lot of recognizeable animation in the 60s and 70s, some of it for The Electric Company, a PBS show for graduates of Sesame Street that I … Read more Carmen D’Avino’s “Library” short
Dear all, On behalf of the conference organizing committee, I’m pleased to present the preliminary program for CAPAL15: Academic Librarianship and Critical Practice, the second annual conference of the Canadian … Read more CAPAL 15 Program Announced
Special Issue of Archival Science Call for Papers: Affect and the Archive Guest editors: Anne J. Gilliland (Gilliland@gseis.ucla.edu) and Marika Cifor (mcifor@ucla.edu), UCLA Department of Information Studies. Building upon the … Read more Call for Papers: Affect and the Archive
Litwin Books provides financial support to scholars in LIS and related fields for travel to conferences they attend, domestically or internationally. Travel grants are limited to $500 for domestic conferences … Read more Litwin Books Travel Grants
The Barnard Library will award two grants of $2,500 to researchers using its Archives, Zine Library or Barnard Center for Research on Women collection. Undergraduate and graduate students, professors and … Read more Barnard Library Research Awards
Library Juice Academy has done some technical updates. We’ve upgraded to the latest version of Moodle, which makes for easier navigation among other improvements. We’ve also upgraded our servers to … Read more Updates and Upgrades for Library Juice Academy