I have just interviewed Beth Knazook, an image archivist who has worked for the Ryerson University Archives & Special Collections and as the Photo Archivist for the Stratford Festival of … Read more Interview with Beth Knazook
Message from Free Government Information: A convergence of several things — the White House’s new policy on Open Access to federally funded scientific information, the NAPA Report on the GPO, … Read more Important Petition for Access to Government Information
I am going to link to an editorial that is not like what we normally link to here, but it is on a favorite topic of mine, one that I … Read more Elitism
Call for Submissions – Miriam Braverman Memorial Prize The submission period for the 2013 Braverman Award is now open. Submitted papers should be about some aspect of the social responsibilities … Read more Call for Submissions – Miriam Braverman Memorial Prize
Library Juice Academy is starting a webinar series on “Creative Solutions in Academic Libraries,” and this is a call for presenters. There is no shortage of discussion about “problems faced … Read more Call for Presenters – Creative Solutions in Academic Libraries
Interesting article from The Moscow News this week about the women behind the great men of Russian literary history. The author claims that creative partnership between writers prior to women’s … Read more The women behind Russia’s literary greats
I have just interviewed Marcus Banks, who is the Director of Library/Academic & Instructional Innovation at Samuel Merritt University. He has a strong interest in new and alternative methods of … Read more Interview with Marcus Banks
NASIG’s 28th Annual Conference: June 6th to June 9th 2013 in Buffalo, NY “The Art of Information/The Architecture of Knowledge” http://www.nasig.org/conference_registration.cfm NASIG 2013 continues the organization’s tradition of offering conferences … Read more NASIG’s 28th Annual Conference
Lenny and Nina are Buried in Books Author: Linda Cooper Illustrator: Jana Vukovic Price: $10.00 Published: March 2013 ISBN: 978-1-936117-88-8 For children 5-7 years old. Lenny and Nina have so … Read more New: Lenny and Nina are Buried in Books
John Chrastka is the former membership director at the American Library Association, and has left that position recently to start a political action committee for library advocacy purposes, called Every … Read more Interview with John Chrastka, Executive Director of the Every Library PAC
Award for Ongoing Doctoral Dissertation Research in the Philosophy of Information https://litwinbooks.com/award.php 1. Nature of the Award 1.1 The award shall consist of $1,000, given annually to a graduate student … Read more Litwin Books Award for Ongoing Doctoral Dissertation Research in the Philosophy of Information
I have just done an interview with Aliqae Geraci, instructor for the upcoming Library Juice Academy course, Team-Based Work Structures and Productivity. The interview gives the background to the workshop … Read more Interview with Aliqae Geraci
Library Juice Academy Webinar Series: What’s New with Gary Price In these fast-paced sessions Gary Price shares a handful of the latest and most useful web resources, tools, and search … Read more Webinar Series: What’s New with Gary Price
I have just done an interview with Rebecca Blakiston, instructor for the upcoming Library Juice Academy course, Do-It-Yourself Usability Testing. This will be Rebecca’s second time teaching this course for … Read more Interview with Rebecca Blakiston
Dale Askey, a librarian at McMaster University in Canada, is the one who has been sued by Mellen Press for giving them a bad review. Here are two statements supporting … Read more Two Statements in Support of Dale Askey and McMaster University
I have just done an interview with Katie Cunningham, instructor for two upcoming courses with Library Juice Academy: Connecting with Spanish-Speaking Communities, and Bilingual Storytime at Your Biblioteca. Katie is … Read more Interview with Katie Cunningham
March 2013 Success in First Library Supervisor Position Instructor: Tony Garrett | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175 Introduction to RDA Instructor: Melissa Adler | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: … Read more Library Juice Academy Classes in March and April
This is a good superbowl bet. The Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore and the San Francisco Public Library have a good bet going on the outcome of today’s game: … Read more SFPL vs. Enoch Pratt Superbowl Library Bet
Please note that the deadline has been extended to midnight Friday, February 15th *Call for Participation (NASKO 2013) * *Transition Cultures, Transition KO: Evolving Exploration, Critical Reflection, and Practical Work … Read more CfP: Call for Participation (NASKO 2013)