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Mary Minow Appointed to IMLS Advisory Board

October 8, 2010 by RoryLitwin

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 7, 2010 Press Contacts 202-653-4630 Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov Mary Minow Appointed to IMLS Advisory Board Washington, DC-On October 6, Mary Minow of California was appointed to … Read more Mary Minow Appointed to IMLS Advisory Board

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October 6th, 1976

October 6, 2010 by RoryLitwin

Sometimes people on the left respond to the “war on terror” by saying words to the effect that “war is terrorism,” to point out that killing innocent people is killing … Read more October 6th, 1976

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Email notifications from Library Juice Press and Litwin Books

October 5, 2010 by RoryLitwin

You can sign up to get news from Litwin Books and Library Juice Press via email, consisting of announcements of new books and occasional other information (a sale, a new … Read more Email notifications from Library Juice Press and Litwin Books

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On reviews that say a book was “put together quickly”

September 30, 2010 by RoryLitwin

I am always on the lookout for reviews of books that we have published, and am usually gratified to read them. If there is a complaint in the review, it … Read more On reviews that say a book was “put together quickly”

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Women in Libraries

September 30, 2010 by RoryLitwin

Women in Libraries, which for many years was the print publication of the Feminist Task Force of ALA/SRRT, ceased publication a few years ago, but is now back as an … Read more Women in Libraries

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A Space for Hate: The White Power Movement’s Adaptation into Cyberspace

September 29, 2010January 12, 2019 by RoryLitwin

Introduction [Book information]   June 10, 2009:    James von Brunn logged off his Packard Bell computer, grabbed his keys and strode out the door of his son’s Annapolis apartment. He … Read more A Space for Hate: The White Power Movement’s Adaptation into Cyberspace

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Bargain books (error copies at half price)

September 28, 2010 by RoryLitwin

From time to time here at Library Juice Press we build up a stock of imperfect copies that we can’t sell on the regular retail market. They might be returns … Read more Bargain books (error copies at half price)

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Peter McLaren on Academic Repression

September 27, 2010 by RoryLitwin
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Inaccuracy in Adbusters article

September 26, 2010 by RoryLitwin

I am not going to spend a lot of time on this, but I want to point out an inaccuracy in an article on the Adbuster’s website (and maybe in … Read more Inaccuracy in Adbusters article

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Last Words of Notable People

September 24, 2010 by RoryLitwin

Bill Brahms of Reference Desk Press (a librarian publisher like myself) has just released his company’s second book: Last Words of Notable People. It is much more than a complement … Read more Last Words of Notable People

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Seeking Authors

September 23, 2010 by RoryLitwin

At Litwin Books and Library Juice Press we have a number of projects sitting on back burners awaiting the right authors to get them going. I will list some here, … Read more Seeking Authors

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“Nonpartisan” …. nonplussed

September 22, 2010 by RoryLitwin

In teaching students and other library users how to evaluate web pages and other published information for the presence of bias, we direct them to look for a number of … Read more “Nonpartisan” …. nonplussed

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Organizing personal info in an age of change: Tickets to a Pavement concert

September 22, 2010 by RoryLitwin

An item in the New Yorker’s “Talk of the Town” section in the last issue is about the difficulty of keeping track of a valuable information object over time: a … Read more Organizing personal info in an age of change: Tickets to a Pavement concert

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Automated commerce in action

September 22, 2010 by RoryLitwin

I have commented on problems stemming from automated reasoning as capitalism shifts to an AI foundation. Here is a juicy example of what I am talking about.

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The Mad Men of the FBI

September 22, 2010 by RoryLitwin

I thought the FBI had been shamed out of spying on pacifists long ago, but check this out. Incredible. Greenpeace, Thomas Merton Center, Catholic Worker, and other anti-war activists got … Read more The Mad Men of the FBI

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A Google trick for staying ahead of AI

September 19, 2010 by RoryLitwin

Increasing use of AI means smarter-than-average searchers constantly need to learn tricks in order to counteract the AI that assumes a user base of average consumers. Here is one for … Read more A Google trick for staying ahead of AI

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Ephemera from UVa Library’s computing past

September 19, 2010 by RoryLitwin

             From an early pamphlet advertising a bibliographic database, found among the ephemera saved at the University of Virginia Libraries: “Why use a computer search? Consider the time it takes … Read more Ephemera from UVa Library’s computing past

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Props to ALA on 9/11

September 8, 2010 by RoryLitwin

Leonard Kniffel, editor of American Libraries, the American Library Association’s house publication, write in his blog: Book burning is the most insidious form of book banning, and just as the … Read more Props to ALA on 9/11

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New issue of Information for Social Change

September 3, 2010 by RoryLitwin

There is a new issue of Information for Social Change, on the theme of information ethics. This issue is edited by Mikael Böök. It’s a very international collection of articles, … Read more New issue of Information for Social Change

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Save the Date: New Orleans, June 2011

August 27, 2010 by RoryLitwin

Save this date if you’re planning to be in New Orleans next June for the ALA Annual Conference. Saturday, June 25th Library Juice Press, possibly with one or more other … Read more Save the Date: New Orleans, June 2011

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