Gripes of a Dean
I was going to call this post, “Gripes of a Vendor,” but then I checked on the author, Rick Anderson, and found that he is not a member of the … Read more Gripes of a Dean
I was going to call this post, “Gripes of a Vendor,” but then I checked on the author, Rick Anderson, and found that he is not a member of the … Read more Gripes of a Dean
This is just a quick shout-out to Courtney Mlinar and her Library Professional Development blog. She has done a great job with it since taking it over a few months … Read more Library Professional Development Blog
I have just done an interview with Melissa Adler, instructor for Library Juice Academy’s cataloging courses. Melissa is a recent graduate of the PhD program in LIS at the University … Read more Interview with Melissa Adler
Media in Transition 8 (MiT8) Conference dates: May 3-5 (Fri.-Sun.), 2013 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. CALL FOR PAPERS Submissions accepted on a rolling basis until Friday, … Read more Call for Papers: MiT8: Public Media, Private Media
Radical Reference has posted its live video recordings of its Critical Librarianship Symposium in Boston, which was held by the local Radical Reference Collective there on November 17th. Participants in … Read more Critical Librarianship Symposium Boston – Live Recording
There’s a passage that stood out to me in an article I read a few months ago, “Why Must We Be Small? Reflections on Political Development and Cultural Work in … Read more Information and Power
I have just done an interview with Julie Edwards, instructor for our upcoming class, “Diversity Plans for Academic Libraries.” Julie is the Ethnic Studies Librarian and the Multicultural Coordinator at … Read more Interview with Julie Edwards
Library Juice Academy’s “Sponsor a Librarian” program is now set up so that you can give to anyone you like, even if they have not chosen to set up a … Read more Give To Anyone You Like
We haven’t done this in the past, but I think I would like to begin a tradition of sending a “year-end update” to friends and customers. Why now? Probably because … Read more Year-End Message to Friends and Customers
Library Juice Academy is starting a new thing: the Sponsor a Librarian program. If you are an unemployed librarian, you can set up a profile on the project website, which … Read more Sponsor a Librarian
The Unglue.it campaign for Lauren Pressley’s book, So You Want To Be a Librarian, is in its home stretch, which is where the most donations to these campaigns typically come … Read more Acknowledging donors to the Unglue.it campaign
You can buy gift certificates from Library Juice Press and Litwin Books (and Auslander & Fox as well). You can pay for a gift certificate in an amount of your … Read more Library Juice Press Gift Certificates
We have enlisted a helper to handle our Twitter presence, so now we will be tweeting and responding at a decent clip, from @litwinbooks, @LibJuicePress, and @LibJuiceAcademy. For readers who … Read more Twitter Presence
Call for Papers for Forthcoming Book: In Solidarity: Academic Librarian Labour Activism and Union Participation in Canada EDITORS: Jennifer Dekker, University of Ottawa (jdekker@uottawa.ca) Mary Kandiuk, York University (mkandiuk@yorku.ca) PUBLISHER: … Read more Call for Papers for Forthcoming Book: In Solidarity: Academic Librarian Labour Activism and Union Participation in Canada
As I mentioned at the end of my post about the most recent session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine, I’ve been helping plan a delegation of librarians and archivists … Read more Librarians and Archivists to Palestine: Summer 2013
I recently did an interview with Madeleine Charney, instructor for our upcoming class, “The Sustainability Movement on Campus: Forming a Library Action Plan for Engagement.” Madeleine has had success at … Read more Interview with Madeleine Charney
This was Session 4 on Day 1 of the conference ‘All that is banned is desired’ which was held in Oslo, Norway, in October 2012. Speakers: Larissa Sansour, Visual Artist … Read more All That Is Banned is Desired
To updates to share with you on our campaign to Unglue Lauren Pressley’s book, So You Want To Be a Librarian: First, there is the fun Instagram contest that Lauren … Read more Unglue.it updates: Instagram and Hack Library School
Call for Papers TITLE: Focus on Educating for Sustainability: Toolkit for Academic Libraries EDITOR: Maria A. Jankowska PUBLISHER: Library Juice Press BOOK ABSTRACT: In the last ten years literature on … Read more Call for Papers: Focus on Educating for Sustainability: Toolkit for Academic Libraries