An interesting, overlapping discussion about the recent Google Books copyright decision took place on the Progressive Librarians Guild email discussion list and the Social Responsibilities Round Table discussion list over … Read more Email discussion on the recent Google Books copyright decision
An Against the Grain Podcast with Alycia Sellie, published 11/05/2013 Libraries and the Alternative Press Unique and vital perspectives are and have been offered up by underground newspapers, zines, and … Read more Libraries and the Alternative Press (Against the Grain Podcast)
SustainRT Virtual Discussion Free; Open to the whole library community Help shape the future of SustainRT, ALA’s new Sustainability round table! Dec. 11, 2013 12:00-1:00 pm (EST) To register: http://bit.ly/HtTNrt … Read more Help shape the future of SustainRT, ALA’s new Sustainability round table!
Library Juice Press is happy to announce the winner of the First Annual Library Juice Paper Contest. Ryan Shaw’s paper, titled, “Information Organization and the Philosophy of History,” was judged … Read more 2013 Library Juice Paper Contest Winner: Ryan Shaw
Duties are to include document scanning, bibliographic research, possible social media marketing, research into addresses for review copies and offers of desk copies, possible tasks for Library Juice Academy (e.g. … Read more Occasional work available for a publishing assistant
You may already be familiar with Andromeda Yelton; if not, she is a librarian and software developer who is known for her passion about promoting coding, collaboration, and diversity in … Read more Interview with Andromeda Yelton
Andrea Baer holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Washington and a Masters in Information Sciences from the University of Tennessee. She is teaching a class for … Read more Interview with Andrea Baer
Certificate in Library Management This series of classes, developed and taught by Deborah Schmidle, provides a strong foundation in managerial skills, and is intended for new managers or those who … Read more LJA Certificate in Library Management
A few weeks ago, I attended the opening dedication of the Jean Rice Homeless Liberation Reference Library in the Fordham area of the Bronx. (I’ve written before about Picture the … Read more New NYC Library Curated by and for the Homeless
Eric Hellman, founder of Unglue.it, has a note in the current issue of the New York Law School Review titled, “The eBook Copyright Page is Broken.” It is a quick … Read more Comment’s on Eric Hellman’s note on eBook Copyright Pages
Feminist and Queer Information Studies Reader Editors: Patrick Keilty and Rebecca Dean Price: $60.00 Published: October 2013 ISBN: 978-1-936117-16-1 Number 4 in the Litwin Books Series on Gender and Sexuality … Read more New Book: Feminist and Queer Information Studies Reader
In the Sacramento River Delta, just a short drive to the south of where I live, there is an area with some confusion regarding the official geographic information that has … Read more Ryer Island Geographic Information Controversy
Malise Ruthven, frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books, wrote the preface to the recent Litwin Books publication, Voltaire’s Fanaticism, or Mahomet the Prophet: A New Translation. His … Read more Voltaire and Islam
Japanese translation of Questioning Library Neutrality: Essays from Progressive Librarian. Translation published by the Kyoto University Graduate School of Education. ISBN 978-4-8204-1308-0.
Library Juice Academy has scheduled a second round of two certificate programs. Both will begin in February. Certificate in User Experience (UX) Certificate in XML and RDF-Based Systems As before, … Read more New round of LJA certificate programs scheduled
Courses in October with Library Juice Academy Introduction to Project Management Instructor: Robin Hastings Introduction to the Semantic Web Instructor: Robert Chavez Writing for the Web Instructors: Nicole Capdarest and … Read more Courses in October with Library Juice Academy
Information Literacy and Social Justice: Radical Professional Praxis Editors: Shana Higgins and Lua Gregory Price: $32.00 Published: September 2013 ISBN: 978-1-936117-56-7 Information Literacy and Social Justice: Radical Professional Praxis extends … Read more New Title: Information Literacy and Social Justice: Radical Professional Praxis
Voltaire’s Fanaticism, or Mahomet the Prophet: A New Translation Author: Voltaire Translation and Introduction: Hanna Burton Preface: Malise Ruthven Price: $15.00 ISBN: 978-1-936117-81-9 Published: September 2013 Printed on acid-free paper. … Read more Voltaire’s Fanaticism, or Mahomet the Prophet: A New Translation
The Chronicle of Higher Education published this succinct editorial by Robert Darnton, noted defender of the book and of libraries, titled, 5 Myths About the “Information Age.” Nicely, this is … Read more Robert Darnton on “5 Myths About the Information Age”
Annie Downey tught a class for Library Juice Academy recently, titled, Techniques for Creative Problem Solving in Libraries. Next month she will be teaching another one for us: Academia 101: … Read more Interview with Annie Downey