BI on the War, anyone?
Stephen Mitchell of UC Riverside wrote me the other day to ask, Do you know of academic libraries who have done BI on the War? We’re starting to talk about … Read more BI on the War, anyone?
Instructor fired for refusing to sign a loyalty oath
The Los Angeles Times reports that Wendy Gonaver, an American Studies instructor at Cal State Fullerton and a Quaker, was fired from her job for refusing to sign a loyalty … Read more Instructor fired for refusing to sign a loyalty oath
Crowds
On this May Day I want to link you to a book (online) that I’m putting out there as a symbol of Library Juice’s opposition within librarianship and the blogosphere: … Read more Crowds
2008 Braverman Winner
Media Release Contact: Dr. Terrence W. Epperson Chair, Miriam Braverman Memorial Prize Committee Progressive Librarians Guild Phone: 609/771-3352 FAX: 609/637-5177 E-Mail: epperson@tcnj.edu April 29, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Miriam Braverman … Read more 2008 Braverman Winner
David Bade on technology and librarianship
The UIUC PLG chapter event I linked to yesterday was a part of a series. This past Monday the group hosted David Bade in a discussion event titled Technology Waits … Read more David Bade on technology and librarianship
Elaine Harger on librarians and the environmental crisis
American Libraries’ April issue was focused on the environment and global warming, and had an “On My Mind” piece by The Progressive Librarians Guild‘s Elaine Harger: Global Warming and Us: … Read more Elaine Harger on librarians and the environmental crisis
What is a progressive librarian?
From Caroline Nappo of the UIUC GSLIS PLG chapter: Dear Colleagues, Last week the University of Illinois GSLIS chapter of the Progressive Librarians Guild hosted a panel discussion titled “What … Read more What is a progressive librarian?
Felipe Meneses reviews David Bade’s Responsible Librarianship
Felipe Meneses of Mexico City has written a brief review of David Bade’s Responsible Librarianship: Library Policies for Unreliable Systems. It’s in Spanish, so you may or may not be … Read more Felipe Meneses reviews David Bade’s Responsible Librarianship
Librarian: Accept Yourself
I would like to propose that the current era in librarianship, which is normally characterized as a “period of rapid change,” is perhaps better described as a period of denial. … Read more Librarian: Accept Yourself
On Annoyed Librarian and anonymous posting
I rarely read Annoyed Librarian. When I do it’s usually because Word Press tells me that she’s linked to a Library Juice posting, and I go and see what she … Read more On Annoyed Librarian and anonymous posting
NY Times reports on media manipulation by Pentagon
You could call it a bombshell if what the New York Times is reporting now were not already well known by skeptical observers, but it’s significant that the Times is … Read more NY Times reports on media manipulation by Pentagon
Drug companies authoring articles in medical journals and adding scientists as authors after the studies are written
Here’s some predictable news: A group of four researchers have published findings in the new issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association showing that articles in medical journals … Read more Drug companies authoring articles in medical journals and adding scientists as authors after the studies are written
New from LJP: Questioning Library Neutrality
Questioning Library Neutrality: Essays from Progressive Librarian Editor: Alison Lewis Price: $18.00 Published: April 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9778617-7-4 Printed on acid-free paper Questioning Library Neutrality: Essays from Progressive Librarian presents essays … Read more New from LJP: Questioning Library Neutrality
Thinking Critically: Alternative Perspectives and Methods in Information Studies
I should have mentioned this conference when I first learned about it. Thinking Critically: Alternative Perspectives and Methods in Information Studies. It’s coming up next month at the Center for … Read more Thinking Critically: Alternative Perspectives and Methods in Information Studies
Lara Moore’s book now available from Powell’s
Powell’s Books is the option for many people who want to buy a book online from a union shop, so I’m very happy that they are stocking books from Litwin … Read more Lara Moore’s book now available from Powell’s
Carmen D’Avino’s “Library” short
Carmen D’Avino created a lot of recognizeable animation in the 60s and 70s, some of it for The Electric Company, a PBS show for graduates of Sesame Street that I … Read more Carmen D’Avino’s “Library” short
An Hour of Good Listening
I just caught some of this on the radio and want to share it. The new episode of Wisconsin Public Radio’s “To the Best of Our Knowledge” is called Dumbing … Read more An Hour of Good Listening
Zines: not dead, just retro
Tim Brown has a post in Critical Mass, the blog of the National Book Critics Circle, about the “death of zines,” claiming, as though no one had heard the idea … Read more Zines: not dead, just retro
Against Reading?
This is worth a mention: Mikita Brottman’s The Solitary Vice: Against Reading. I read about it in Kevin Arthur’s Question Technology blog. The book begins by questioning whether reading is … Read more Against Reading?
Napoleon III and public libraries
From Lara Moore’s Restoring Order: The Ecole des Chartes and the Organization of Archives and Libraries in France, 1820-1870 (pages 208-209): It … appears that the late Empire had strong … Read more Napoleon III and public libraries