Category: December 2015

Archival Research and Education: Selected Papers from the 2014 AERI Conference

by RoryLitwin

Archival Research and Education Selected Papers from the 2014 AERI Conference Editors: Richard J. Cox, Alison Langmead, and Eleanor Mattern Price: $45.00 Published: December 2015 ISBN: 978-1-63400-020-8 436 pages Printed on acid-free paper Available from Amazon.com This book is number seven in the Series on Archives, Archivists, and Society, Richard J. Cox, editor. The sixth … Read more Archival Research and Education: Selected Papers from the 2014 AERI Conference

Fred Shapiro’s statement in opposition to renaming the AALL

by RoryLitwin

The American Association of Law Libraries is in the midst of a “rebranding” project, and its executive board has just proposed renaming the association the “Association for Legal Information.” As we saw with the attempted SLA renaming some years ago, this proposal is garnering some opposition. Fred Shapiro sent the following statement to the Law … Read more Fred Shapiro’s statement in opposition to renaming the AALL

A note on our copyright statements

by RoryLitwin

When Library Juice Press or Litwin Books signs a contract with an author, the contract is typical for the publishing industry in most ways. One of the commonalities in publishing agreements is that the publisher doesn’t end up owning the copyright to the work, but they do get a temporary exclusive license to publish it. … Read more A note on our copyright statements

Interview with Alison Macrina

by RoryLitwin

Alison Macrina is a librarian, privacy rights activist, and the founder and director of the Library Freedom Project, an initiative which aims to make real the promise of intellectual freedom in libraries by teaching librarians and their local communities about surveillance threats, privacy rights and law, and privacy-protecting technology tools to help safeguard digital freedoms. … Read more Interview with Alison Macrina

Review of the Library Juice Press Handbook of Intellectual Freedom

by RoryLitwin

A review of our Handbook of Intellectual Freedom was just published on the website of ADBS, the main library association in France. The review, by Joachim Schöpfel, is in French, but Google translate makes it fairly readable in English. The book is very timely in the French context, as the reviewer points out. We’re very … Read more Review of the Library Juice Press Handbook of Intellectual Freedom

Interview with Angela Pashia

by RoryLitwin

Angela Pashia is an Assistant Professor and the Instructional Services Outreach Librarian at the University of West Georgia, where she regularly teaches a credit bearing information literacy course. She has a Masters in Information Science & Learning Technologies, with an emphasis in library science, from the University of Missouri, and a Masters in Anthropology from … Read more Interview with Angela Pashia

LACUNY Institute Call for Proposals

by RoryLitwin

Call for Proposals Race Matters: Libraries, Racism, and Antiracism LACUNY Institute 2016 Date: May 20, 2016 Location: Brooklyn College, City University of New York Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jelani Cobb Associate Professor of History and Director, Africana Studies Institute, University of Connecticut; staff writer, The New Yorker; winner of the 2015 Sidney Hillman Prize for Opinion … Read more LACUNY Institute Call for Proposals

Library Juice Academy courses offered in and January, February, and March

by RoryLitwin

Most of the classes listed below are four weeks in length, with a price of $175. We accept registrations through the first week of class. Classes are taught asynchronously, so participants can do the work as their schedules allow. Details on these courses are at http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/courses.php January Introduction to RDA Melissa Adler Everything to Hide: … Read more Library Juice Academy courses offered in and January, February, and March