“To the givers of this beautiful reward, my thanks, from the heart. My family, my agents, my editors, know that my being here is their doing as well as my … Read more Ursula K Le Guin’s speech at National Book Awards: ‘Books aren’t just commodities’
This is pretty exciting. In the Library with the Lead Pipe, the library practice journal that started as a blog, is announcing their creation of a non-profit for developing library … Read more Lead Pipe starts Library Pipeline
Library Juice Academy/Library Juice Press is seeking one or more assistants to help us with our presence with our exhibit at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Chicago, January 30th through … Read more Seeking an assistant or two for ALA Midwinter
NASKO 2015: Producing Knowledge Organization Call for Participation Conference Venue: University of California, Los Angeles Conference Dates: June 18 – 19, 2015 “Producing Knowledge Organization” offers a provocation to examine … Read more CFP: NASKO 2015
The French Government has declared books an “essential good.” Daniel Mendelsohn and Mohsin Hamid in the NYT yesterday explore the idea of doing the same thing in the U.S. Here … Read more Should the United States Follow France and Declare Books an ‘Essential Good’?
Elaine Harger sent the following note to PLG members this morning… Dear PLGers, Yes, 25 years ago, about 20 librarians from up-and-down the east coast met in NYC for the … Read more PLG’s 25th Anniversary – A Message to Members from Elaine Harger
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 the … Read more CFP: The Big Deal: 3rd Milwaukee Conference on Ethics in Knowledge Organization
In light of the 2014 midterm elections, I am sharing a passage from Morris Berman’s book from a few years ago, The Twilight of American Culture. Berman has generously agreed … Read more Morris Berman on a dumbed-down America
Back in May 2014, I interviewed the multitalented New York-based activist, performer, and technologist Hadassah Damien, whom I had originally met in January during a librarian-techie trip to Haiti. We … Read more “How do we do things with our principles and also get our tasks done?” An interview with Hadassah Damien
Library Juice Press is happy to announce the winner of the Second Annual Library Juice Paper Contest. Michelle Caswell’s paper, titled, “Inventing New Archival Imaginaries: Theoretical Foundations for Identity-Based Community … Read more Second Annual Library Juice Paper Contest Winner
IRIE Call for Papers on Global Citizenship Guest Editor: Jared Bielby, Univ. of Alberta, Canada: bielby@ualberta.ca Globalization via the digital age is upon us, demanding a new ethics and an … Read more IRIE Call for Papers on Global Citizenship
Readers may know Naomi House as the founder and manager of INALJ.com (I Need a Library Job). I follow what Naomi is doing, and recently noticed that she is behind … Read more Interview with Naomi House about T160K
Recommended reading: LibrarianShipwreck on the fate of the Emma Goldman Papers…
Most of these classes are four weeks in length, with a price of $175. We accept registrations through the first week of class. Details on these courses are at http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/schedule.php … Read more Library Juice Academy courses offered in November, December, and January
*CALL FOR PAPERS* Library History Seminar XIII: Libraries: Traditions and Innovations July 31 – August 2, 2015 Pre-Conference Tours, July 30-31, 2015 Graduate School of Library & Information Science Simmons … Read more CFP – Deadline Extended: Library History Seminar XIII
Here’s the press release for the latest project from Librarians and Archivists with Palestine, and we are looking for librarians and their friends to get involved! —- This winter, Librarians … Read more Librarians and Archivists with Palestine launches “One Book, Many Communities: Mornings in Jenin”
In Solidarity: Academic Librarian Labour Activism and Union Participation in Canada Editors: Jennifer Dekker and Mary Kandiuk Price: $40.00 Published: October 2014 ISBN: 978-1-936117-62-8 With a focus on Canada, this … Read more In Solidarity: Academic Librarian Labour Activism and Union Participation in Canada
Here’s something to think about if you have sympathy for Copyleft perspectives or are simply anti-copyright. Lots of people use Creative Commons licenses to give blanket permission for people to … Read more Copyright bedfellows of the Left
We’re attending ALA Midwinter 2015 in Chicago, and we hope to meet you there. You can find us in the exhibits hall at booth 1532. This is Litwin Books, Library … Read more Our booth at ALA Midwinter in Chicago
Sharing the TOC of a journal I find very useful as a publisher. I think it also has a lot that would be of interest to academic librarians who do … Read more Journal of Scholarly Publishing – current issue TOC