Review of Rebel Literacy in Information for Social Change
Information for Social Change has posted a review of Mark Abendroth’s Rebel Literacy: Cuba’s National Literacy Campaign and Critical Global Citizenship.
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Scarecrow Press History
As a small publisher in the library field I take inspiration from the history of Scarecrow Press, which I first learned about in Ken Kister’s biography of Eric Moon (Eric Moon: The Life and Library Times, McFarland Publishers, 2002). I’ve just dug up a 1985 article about the history of Scarecrow Press, written by Moon … Read more Scarecrow Press History
Introductions, Prefaces, Forewords, and Chapters online at the LJP site
We’ve put up a page linking to all of the Prefaces, Forewords, Introductions, and Chapters that we have made freely available from our books here at Library Juice Press. The goal of course is to inspire people to buy our books, but these items are good reads in themselves, too. So check out our free … Read more Introductions, Prefaces, Forewords, and Chapters online at the LJP site
Introduction to Rebel Literacy
We have posted the Introduction to Mark Abendroth’s Rebel Literacy: Cuba’s National Literacy Campaign and Critical Global Citizenship to the web. It’s a good read, a little lengthy for the web. Of interest to anyone who follows Cuba-related issues or radical pedagogy.
Helpers needed to do book layout
At Litwin Books and Library Juice Press we are in need of some helpers to do book layout. We will provide instruction. Pay is negotiable, but we regard it primarily as an internship. Please contact rory at litwinbooks.com if you’re interested. Thanks!
Speaking at the U of Alberta Forum for Information Professionals
For those of you who in the Edmonton, Alberta area, I will be giving the keynote speech at the Forum for Information Professionals at the University of Alberta’s School of Library and Information Studies next month. I will be speaking in the morning on Friday, February 5th.
Preface and Intro to Humanism and Libraries
The Preface and Introduction to André Cossette’s Humanism and Libraries: An Essay on the Philosophy of Librarianship are now online. The Preface is my explanation of why I chose to publish the book and what makes it valuable, and the Introduction is by the author.
Chapter One of Juris Dilevko’s Politics of Professionalism
I have posted the first chapter of Juris Dilevko’s The Politics of Professionalism: A Retro-Progressive Proposal for Librarianship to the Library Juice Press website: Chapter One: Fateful Choices. It is the introductory chapter and provides a good feel for the book as a whole.
New book: Humanism and libraries: An essay on the philosophy of librarianship
Humanism and Libraries: An Essay on the Philosophy of Librarianship Author: André Cossette Translator and Editor: Rory Litwin Price: $15.00 Published: December 2009 ISBN: 978-1-936117-17-8 Printed on acid-free paper André Cossette’s Humanism and Libraries is a concise but rigorous investigation into the foundations of librarianship—its definition and its aims. Philosophical and logical in its approach, … Read more New book: Humanism and libraries: An essay on the philosophy of librarianship
Seeking an author with strengths in statistics and skepticism
There’s a book idea we’ve been kicking around here at Litwin Books, and we need an author. I don’t want to completely disclose the idea for this book, but I want to say enough to potentially find the right author. It will be a reference book that takes a skeptical view of commonly-encountered statistics and … Read more Seeking an author with strengths in statistics and skepticism
Sale price on Barbarians at the Gates of the Public Library
I always feel a little hucksterish when I use this blog to try to sell books, but Library Juice Press is a business, and selling books is what it is about. So here we go… I have too much inventory of Ed D’Angelo’s book, Barbarians at the Gates of the Public Library: How Postmodern Consumer … Read more Sale price on Barbarians at the Gates of the Public Library
Ed D’Angelo’s book translated into Japanese
One of the first books from Library Juice Press was Ed D’Angelo’s Barbarians at the Gates of the Public Library: How Postmodern Consumer Capitalism Threatens Democracy, Civil Education and the Public Good, and it has been our best selling book so far. We’re pleased to announce that the book has been translated into Japanese and … Read more Ed D’Angelo’s book translated into Japanese
New from Library Juice Press: The Politics of Professionalism: A Retro-Progressive Proposal for Librarianship
The Politics of Professionalism: A Retro-Progressive Proposal for Librarianship Author: Juris Dilevko Price: $32.00 Published: November 2009 ISBN: 978-1-936117-04-8 6″ by 9″ 242 Pages Printed on acid-free paper This book presents a retro-progressive proposal for the education of librarians: the removal of library education from the jurisdiction of universities, which in recent decades have become … Read more New from Library Juice Press: The Politics of Professionalism: A Retro-Progressive Proposal for Librarianship
New books
Three forthcoming books that I haven’t announced yet: The Great Depression: Its Impact on Forty-Six Large American Public Libraries, Robert Scott Kramp (Due next month) Humanism and Libraries: An Essay on the Philosophy of Librarianship, by André Cossette (Due next month) Vanishing Act: The Erosion of Online Footnotes and Implications for Scholarship in the Digital … Read more New books
Sale Price on Lara Moore’s Restoring Order
Restoring Order: The Ecole des Chartes and the Organization of Archives and Libraries in France, 1820-1870 This book is on sale through November and December if purchased through the website (using the link above). Regular price is $32, sale price is $20. We have excess inventory of this title and need to sell some copies.
Two sets of priorities
This post is a presentation of two lists of priorities – first, priorities of the Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT), and second, a list of the kind of issue that I think SRRT ought to emphasize instead. The first list is as complete a list as I was able to compile of the subjects of … Read more Two sets of priorities
LJP/Litwin Books now accepting credit card payments
We have just set up the website to accept credit card and Paypal payments. This means you can now order from us online without going through an online bookstore like Amazon. Try it out if you like.
We need a social media helper – call for volunteers
We (Litwin Books and Library Juice Press) have a presence on a number of social media sites – Facebook, Twitter, Goodreaders, Livejournal, LibraryThing – but we’re not using them to their full potential. I’ll own up to it – I don’t relate to some of these services (especially Twitter – I just don’t get it). … Read more We need a social media helper – call for volunteers
On the contribution of publishers
This post presents a second look at the familiar story regarding the transformation of information consumers into information producers and the idea that this shift is making book publishing companies obsolete. While the effects of the technology revolution have certainly empowered individuals, this common story overlooks some important aspects of the role that publishers play, … Read more On the contribution of publishers
Library Juice Press and Peer Review
Up to now there has been no peer-review process for books considered for publication by Library Juice Press and Litwin Books. That is changing as of now. Manuscripts that are presently in progress will be sent out to reviewers after they have been submitted to us. (The exceptions will be the titles that are not … Read more Library Juice Press and Peer Review