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
Samantha Schmehl Hines is the Social Science Librarian for the Mansfield Library at The University of Montana-Missoula. She writes and presents widely on issues of online library services, information literacy … Read more Interview with Samantha Hines
Weeding the Academic Library With Confidence Instructor: Samantha Hines Dates: July 1-28, 2013 Credits: 1.5 CEUs Price: $175 All libraries need some regular weeding, but many of us don’t know … Read more Timely in light of the Urbana scandal now unfolding: online course in weeding
This great response to an illegitimate takedown notice is going around on Facebook. It’s funny because of how it shows just how unjust these robo-generated takedown notices can be, but … Read more Great Response to an Illegitimate Takedown Notice
Andrew Walsh is a well-known academic librarian who is the author of numerous publications relating to library instruction. He is the instructor for a Library Juice Academy course offered next … Read more Interview with Andrew Walsh
Library Juice Press, Litwin Books, Library Juice Academy, and Auslander & Fox will have a table in the exhibits hall at the American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago. The … Read more Find us at Booth 144 at ALA in Chicago
The intention of this contest is to encourage and reward good work in the field of library and information studies, humanistically understood, through a monetary award and public recognition. The … Read more The Library Juice Press Annual Paper Contest
We have set up something called Library Juice membership, where you can pay a small annual fee to get benefits related to what we are doing here at Library Juice … Read more Library Juice Membership? What is that?
From Litwin Books, LLC As an academic publisher, we understand our role in the information ecology, and respect the roles of academics and librarians in the same ecological system. To … Read more Publisher’s Pledge to the Library Community