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
Beth Knazook has taught a course in managing digital image collections for Library Juice Academy a couple of times, and we interviewed her about it back in March. Now she … Read more Interview with Beth Knazook
Jeremy McGinniss is the Library Director at Baptist Bible College and Seminary in Clarks Summit, Pennyslvania. He is the instructor for the Library Juice Academy offered next month on Student … Read more Interview with Jeremy McGinniss
NSA Data Center — Bluffdale, Utah In a recent post to this blog, I outlined how the debate regarding the National Security Administration’s data gathering activities pitted privacy against national … Read more Democracy and Big Data
There is a Facebook group that will serve as the start of a network for librarians with philosophy backgrounds. It is called Philosopher Librarians. Join if this description works for … Read more Facebook Group for “Philosopher Librarians”
Librarians and Archivists to Palestine has just published a post-delegation statement (reproduced in full below). The statement has also been posted on the widely-read Middle East website Mondoweiss, where there … Read more Solidarity Statement from Librarians and Archivists to Palestine
The recent revelations that the National Security Administration has been collecting metadata for the phone calls of American citizens and that they have been acquiring data from Google, Yahoo!, facebook, … Read more Privacy and National Security
Feminist Pedagogy for Library Instruction Author: Maria T. Accardi Price: $22.00 Published: July 2013 ISBN: 978-1-936117-55-0 Number 3 in the Litwin Books Series on Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies, … Read more Just published: Feminist Pedagogy for Library Instruction
What would have happened, do you suppose, if Malcolm Little, instead of serving six years for petty crimes, had been imprisoned for a much longer time, locked in the conditions … Read more Prison Literature
Robert Chavez is the instructor for all six courses in our Certificate in XML and RDF-based Systems, which starts next month. He has taught a couple of the classes previously, … Read more Interview with Robert Chavez
Julia Skinner is a doctoral student at Florida State University’s School of Library & Information Studies. Her research interests include social media, library history, and services for sexual assault survivors. … Read more Interview with Julia Skinner
Award Announcement July 1, 2013 We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2013 Litwin Books Award for Ongoing Dissertation Research in the Philosophy of Information. Out of a … Read more 2013 Litwin Books Award for Ongoing Dissertation Research in the Philosophy of Information
Librarians and Archivists to Palestine is underway! The first of its kind, this delegation is 16 information workers from the West who are spending time in Israel and the occupied … Read more Librarians and Archivists to Palestine Are on the Move
I just want to get the word out that if you’re interested in taking a class with Library Juice Academy next month, and you want the charges to go on … Read more July classes and the new fiscal year
Susan Teague-Rector works at the University of Colorado, specializing in information architecture (IA) and UX design for University Web Services. Previously Susan led the IA, design and implementation of a … Read more Interview with Susan Teague-Rector