The Rise of the New Groupthink
Susan Cain offers a most welcome statement in yesterday’s New York Times: “The Rise of the New Groupthink.”
Evidence of Evil at Google, from a faraway land
The CEO of an internet business in Kenya called Mocality has posted a report to his blog about what seem to be some unethical and probably illegal business practices by … Read more Evidence of Evil at Google, from a faraway land
The New York Times, Compromise, and the Past
Arthur Brisbane is New York Times Public Editor, a position outside the regular editorial team that is supposed to act as the reader’s representative. Followers of this blog have probably … Read more The New York Times, Compromise, and the Past
Nice fake site example for info lit instruction
A site set up by tricky spammers, potentially useful in information literacy instruction: “CNBC” report on “income at home system.”
Auslander & Fox
Litwin Books, LLC is starting a new imprint. Auslander & Fox will publish “books with originality, wit, and perspective,” for a general audience. Publications coming up include a children’s book … Read more Auslander & Fox
Robert Darnton Interview at Cardiff University
Robert Darnton, frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books on libraries and author of The Case for Books: Past, Present and Future, was interviewed prior to a talk … Read more Robert Darnton Interview at Cardiff University
New Book: Prophets of the Fourth Estate
Prophets of the Fourth Estate: Broadsides by Press Critics of the Progressive Era Authors: Amy Reynolds and Gary Hicks Price: $28.00 Published: January 2012 ISBN: 978-0-9802004-6-1 Printed on acid-free paper … Read more New Book: Prophets of the Fourth Estate
Comments fixed
There was a problem with a spam-blocking plugin in the back-end of this blog that was preventing people from making comments. The problem is now fixed, so if you feel … Read more Comments fixed
Data Mining
Libraryland is a-buzz about a new role we can play in the pursuit of scientific knowledge: data curation. Data curation serves, in particular, the new scientific methodology that goes under … Read more Data Mining
Interview with Jennifer Szunko, director of paid-review service Clarion Review
Rory Litwin: I’m talking with Jennifer Szunko, Clarion Services Director. Jennifer offered to be interviewed for Library Juice to talk about Clarion’s services in doing paid reviews for authors and … Read more Interview with Jennifer Szunko, director of paid-review service Clarion Review
CFP – 2nd Milwaukee Conference on the Ethics of Information Organization
CALL FOR PAPERS 2nd Milwaukee Conference on the Ethics of Information Organization June 15 – 16, 2012 Milwaukee, WI Information organization, like other major functions of the information professions, faces … Read more CFP – 2nd Milwaukee Conference on the Ethics of Information Organization
Valuing the People’s Knowledge
Last month in Varanasi, India, the First International Conference of Lokavidya Jan Andolan, or the Peoples’ Knowledge Movement, was held. The original call for participation talked about the situation of … Read more Valuing the People’s Knowledge
New York Times on Fancy Books
Julie Bosman writes in the New York Times about a logical new development in book publishing: finer quality, fancy print books to compete with e-books. What is not expected about … Read more New York Times on Fancy Books
Occupying the First Amendment
The recent assaults by the police on various Occupy movement encampments highlight the tenuousness of our right to assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances. Certainly, there is … Read more Occupying the First Amendment
New Address for Library Juice Press and Litwin Books
New address for us: Library Juice Press (or Litwin Books) PO Box 25322 Los Angeles, CA 90025 Mail sent to our PO Box in Duluth, Minnesota will still reach us, … Read more New Address for Library Juice Press and Litwin Books
Local Indie Bookstores
We’re intimately familiar with the pressures on public libraries, and worried about closures and reductions of service. Independent bookstores have it worse, for a number of reasons. Indie bookstores’ fortunes … Read more Local Indie Bookstores
Google Books American English Corpus
I want to share a fascinating resource I found: the Google Books corpus of American English, 155 billion words in size. Obviously too big to download, so for analysis purposes … Read more Google Books American English Corpus
Library Juice Press/Litwin Books Gift Certificates
Library Juice Press / Litwin Books gift certificates are great as personal gifts or as library-related awards. You can pay for a gift certificate in an amount of your … Read more Library Juice Press/Litwin Books Gift Certificates
Books Don’t Take You Anywhere
Great Onion article lampooning those among us who lack imagination: “Books Don’t Take You Anywhere” WASHINGTON, DC—A study released Monday by the U.S. Department of Education revealed that, contrary to … Read more Books Don’t Take You Anywhere
Podcast: Archives and Activism: The Contemporary Turn
Podcast on “Archives and Activism: The Contemporary Turn,” from a panel discussion moderated by Emily Drabinski and featuring some others you may know. From the site: Over the past two … Read more Podcast: Archives and Activism: The Contemporary Turn