———- Forwarded message ———- From: Stuart Lawson Date: 2016-12-19 7:56 GMT-03:00 Subject: [RLC-DISCUSS] Journal of Radical Librarianship: call for editors To: RLC-DISCUSS@jiscmail.ac.uk Hi, The Journal of Radical Librarianship has now … Read more Journal of Radical Librarianship call for editors
Information Literacy and Writing Studies in Conversation: Reenvisioning Library-Writing Program Connections Author: Andrea Baer Price: $28.00 Published: December 2016 ISBN: 978-1-63400-021-5 Printed on acid-free paper 202 pages Available from Amazon … Read more New Book: Information Literacy and Writing Studies in Conversation
We’re looking forward to meeting you if you’re going to be at ALA Midwinter in Atlanta in January. We will have our usual table in the Exhibits Hall. We are … Read more ALA Midwinter
For American Library Association members, this past weekend was a firestorm of controversy around a series of press releases, retractions, and apologies having to do with the association’s posture toward … Read more The ALA Washington Office press releases and Todaro’s Monday morning misdirection (#NotMyALA)
And this is the press release that was taken down, retrieved from a Google cache: For Immediate Release Thu, 11/17/2016 Contact: Shawnda Hines Press Officer ALA Washington Office Shawnda Hines … Read more The ALA Press release that was taken down on 11/19
ALA’s Washington Office press release from yesterday has already been removed from the web – That’s the one that sane people found horribly craven for its eagerness in declaring ALA … Read more ALA’s controversial press release for posterity
Martyn Wade martyn.wade@hotmail.co.uk via infoserv.inist.fr Nov 16 to ifla-l Dear Colleagues You may recall that IFLA has made a number of statements regarding Natalya Sharina – a Russian Librarian who … Read more Support for Natalya Sharina
Message from Al Kagan to the SRRTAC-L list: We are excited to announce that Bill McKibben will be a featured speaker at ALA Annual 2017! Bill McKibben is an author, … Read more Bill McKibben to speak at ALA
CFP: Call for Proposals CAPAL17: Foundations & Futures: Critical Reflections on the Pasts, Presents, and Possibilities of Academic Librarianship CAPAL/ACBAP Annual Meeting – May 30 – June 1, 2017 Congress … Read more CFP: CAPAL17: Foundations & Futures: Critical Reflections on the Pasts, Presents, and Possibilities of Academic Librarianship
The School of Library and Information Science, along with the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is offering a study-abroad opportunity in CUBA! If you are interested in exploring new … Read more Kent State LIS Study-Abroad in Cuba
Call for Proposals Data & Ethics Information Ethics Roundtable 2017 April 21-22 Proposals Due: January 2, 2017 Notification of Acceptance: January 30, 2017 https://ier2017.wordpress.com In our knowledge society, our networked … Read more CFP: Information Ethics Roundtable 2017
Library Juice Press and Library Juice Academy are looking for someone, or maybe a couple of people, to help us out with our presence in the exhibits hall during ALA … Read more Seeking helper(s) for ALA Midwinter in Atlanta
Call for Papers Urban Library Journal (ULJ) is an open access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal of research that addresses all aspects of urban libraries and librarianship. Urban Library Journal invites submissions … Read more CFP: Urban Library Journal
Tonight’s #critlib discussion is about the “history of critical librarianship.” The moderators give some suggested readings and additional ones for further exploration, a couple of which I would not have … Read more Some supplemental readings on #critlib history
PRESS RELEASE October 1, 2016 Sacramento, CA Library Juice Press is happy to announce the winner of the Fourth Annual Library Juice Paper Contest. Lisa Sloniowski’s paper, titled, “Affective Labor, … Read more Lisa Sloniowski wins Fourth Annual Library Juice Paper Contest
Litwin Books provides financial support to scholars in LIS and related fields for travel to conferences they attend, domestically or internationally. Travel grants are limited to $500 for domestic conferences … Read more Travel grant opportunity – Deadline November 1st
CHICAGO – The ALA Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services (ODLOS)is launching Intersections, a new blog that highlights the everyday work of library and information science workers as they … Read more ODLOS launches Intersections, calls for contributors
Message from Michael Matthews, Progressive Librarian Book Review Editor: Dear Progressive Library Workers: Do you like balmy summer late afternoons, listening to the crickets chirp as you paddle a canoe … Read more Call for book reviewers for Progressive Librarian
From: Clara Chu to multiple lists Subject: The Mortenson Center Launches Libraries for Peace Initiative [please forward as appropriate] The Mortenson Center warmly invites libraries and librarians around the world … Read more The Mortenson Center Launches Libraries for Peace Initiative
CFP: Pushing the Margins: Women of Color and Intersectionality in LIS Editors: Rose L. Chou and Annie Pho Literature on diversity in librarianship has mainly focused on recruitment and increasing … Read more CFP: Pushing the Margins: Women of Color and Intersectionality in LIS