Category: January 2014

New book: Focus on Educating for Sustainability: Toolkit for Academic Libraries

January 31, 2014 by RoryLitwin

Focus on Educating for Sustainability: Toolkit for Academic Libraries Editor: Maria A. Jankowska Price: $32.00 Published: February 2014 ISBN: 978-1-936117-61-1 Printed on acid-free paper In the last ten years, literature on greening libraries has expanded considerably. Furthermore, by signing the Presidents’ Climate Commitment, university presidents and chancellors committed their institutions to finding new solutions to … Read more New book: Focus on Educating for Sustainability: Toolkit for Academic Libraries

Two certificate programs starting in February

January 22, 2014 by RoryLitwin

Two certificate programs at Library Juice Academy are starting in February: The Certificate in User Experience (UX) and the Certificate in XML and RDF-Based Systems. Both of these programs are six courses in length, and both have been taught once already in the past year. The first class in each of these programs starts February … Read more Two certificate programs starting in February

Interview with Debra Lucas-Alfieri

January 14, 2014 by RoryLitwin

Debra Lucas-Alfieri has been the Head of Reference and Interlibrary Loan at D’Youville College in Buffalo, NY, since 2002. She has taught for Library Juice Academy a couple of times before, and next month she is going to be teaching a class called “How ILL Works.” ILL is more and more central to librarianship, yet … Read more Interview with Debra Lucas-Alfieri

Interview with Eva Dodsworth

January 10, 2014 by RoryLitwin

Eva Dodsworth is the Geospatial Data Services Librarian at the University of Waterloo Library, where she works with geospatial data services. Eva is also a part-time instructor at a number of Library and Information Science schools where she teaches users GIS and how to apply GIS technology in library services. We are happy to say … Read more Interview with Eva Dodsworth

Edward Snowden for James Madison Freedom Award

January 8, 2014 by RoryLitwin

The American Library Association has given the James Madison Award annually since 1986, “to honor individuals or groups who have championed, protected and promoted public access to government information and the public’s right to know.” It is hard to think of anyone as deserving of this year’s award as Edward Snowden. Champions of the public’s … Read more Edward Snowden for James Madison Freedom Award