Here is an excerpt from Svetlana Mintcheva’s chapter in The Library Juice Press Handbook of Intellectual Freedom, which is titled, “Art Censorship and Intellectual Freedom.” It’s just an excerpt, but … Read more Excerpt from Svetlana Mintcheva’s chapter on art censorship
Just a heads-up: There are assorted chapters from Informed Agitation: Library and Information Skills in Social Justice Movements and Beyond now available for free online, linked from the authors’ bios … Read more Assorted chapters from Informed Agitation
Chitra Ganesh and Mariam Ghani are artists, archivists, and activists. Both have been involved in immigration rights activism, especially after 9/11, and they created the shifting exhibition Index of the Disappeared, … Read more Radical Archives and Index of the Disappeared
The Library Juice Press Handbook of Intellectual Freedom: Concepts, Cases, and Theories Editors: Mark Alfino and Laura Koltutsky Price: $50.00 Published: April 2014 ISBN: 978-1-936117-57-4 Available from Amazon.com The existing … Read more The Library Juice Press Handbook of Intellectual Freedom: Concepts, Cases, and Theories
Library Juice (Press, Academy) will be attending the American Library Association Annual Conference June 26th to July 1st in Las Vegas. We will have lots of books to show and … Read more Library Juice Press/Academy Attending ALA Annual in Las Vegas
Melissa Morrone has announced a new website for her book, Informed Agitation.
Identity Palimpsests: Archiving Ethnicity in the U.S. and Canada Editors: Dominique Daniel and Amalia Levi Price: $45.00 Published: April 2014 ISBN: 978-1-936117-85-7 Printed on acid-free paper This book is a … Read more New book: Identity Palimpsests: Archiving Ethnicity in the U.S. and Canada
Ephemeral Material: Queering the Archive Author: Alana Kumbier Price: $35.00 Published: April 2014 ISBN: 978-1-936117-51-2 Number five in the Litwin Books Series on Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies, Emily … Read more New book: Ephemeral Material: Queering the Archive
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Calling all Activist-Librarians-to-be!! The MIRIAM BRAVERMAN MEMORIAL PRIZE, a presentation of the Progressive Librarians Guild (PLG), is awarded each year for the best paper about some aspect … Read more CFP: Miriam Braverman Memorial Prize
Call for chapter abstracts for the forthcoming monograph: Mehra, B., & Rioux, K. (Eds.). (2015). Progressive community action: Critical theory and social justice in library and information science. Sacramento, CA: … Read more Call for Chapter Abstracts: Critical Theory and Social Justice in Library and Information Science
Mimi O’Malley oversees development and delivery of professional development courses and workshops through The Learning House, focusing on higher education faculty and administrators. She has also presented workshops on online … Read more Interview with Mimi O’Malley
Robin Hastings is the Director of Technology Services for the North East Kansas Library System. She manages the library’s network, social media, and staff training initiatives there. She has taught … Read more Interview with Robin Hastings
Just very quickly noting a great article in the New Yorker recently, by George Packer: Cheap Words: Amazon is good for customers. But is it good for books? The article … Read more The New Yorker looks at Amazon and the publishing industry
Valuing Librarianship: Core Values in Theory and Practice: A Special Issue of Library Trends (February 2016) Editors: Selinda A. Berg and Heidi LM Jacobs Leddy Library, University of Windsor ValuingLibrarianship@gmail.com … Read more CFP: Core Values in Theory and Practice: A Special Issue of Library Trends
Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies Colloquium The University of Toronto, October 18, 2014 Gender and sexuality are two of the critical organizing axes of contemporary life. Alongside and intersecting … Read more Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies Colloquium
Print-on-demand from kiosks and electronic distribution of the news predicted in 1975…. Here is an excerpt from the 1975 book, Ecotopia, by Ernest “Chick” Callenbach. Thanks to Lincoln Cushing for … Read more Media predictions from 1975 Ecotopia…
Gretchen McCord is an attorney-consultant and educator in the areas of copyright law, privacy law, and legal issues related to social media. Her practice specializes in assisting libraries, educational institutions, … Read more Interview with Gretchen McCord
Jillian Wallis is a PhD student in the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies at UCLA. Her research addresses the data practices of researchers at the Center for Embedded … Read more Interview with Jillian Wallis
Scott La Counte is the head librarian for the Southern California Institute of Technology. He has given presentations on mobile application development at several different conferences, and is the author … Read more Interview with Scott La Counte
Life as Activism: June Jordan’s Writings for The Progressive Author: June Jordan Editor: Stacy Russo Foreword: Angela Davis Preface: Matthew Rothschild Price: $28.00 Published: February 2014 ISBN: 978-1-936117-90-1 This volume … Read more New book: Life as Activism: June Jordan’s Writings for The Progressive