We haven’t done this in the past, but I think I would like to begin a tradition of sending a “year-end update” to friends and customers. Why now? Probably because 2012 was a year that saw a lot of changes, and we are planning for 2013 to be a big year as well. To begin … Read more Year-End Message to Friends and Customers
The Unglue.it campaign for Lauren Pressley’s book, So You Want To Be a Librarian, is in its home stretch, which is where the most donations to these campaigns typically come in (so there is still a chance that we will reach our goal). I wanted to mention one thing about the campaign. The free, “unglued” … Read more Acknowledging donors to the Unglue.it campaign
You can buy gift certificates from Library Juice Press and Litwin Books (and Auslander & Fox as well). You can pay for a gift certificate in an amount of your choosing with funds in your PayPal account or with a credit card.
We have enlisted a helper to handle our Twitter presence, so now we will be tweeting and responding at a decent clip, from @litwinbooks, @LibJuicePress, and @LibJuiceAcademy. For readers who don’t know what those three things are, Litwin Books is the publishing company and the imprint that handles mainly scholarly books in media studies, archives, … Read more Twitter Presence
To updates to share with you on our campaign to Unglue Lauren Pressley’s book, So You Want To Be a Librarian: First, there is the fun Instagram contest that Lauren Pressley and Andromeda Yelton devised, which is for sharing your pictures of your copy of the book. Andromeda will be compiling the entries using Storify. … Read more Unglue.it updates: Instagram and Hack Library School
Call for Papers TITLE: Focus on Educating for Sustainability: Toolkit for Academic Libraries EDITOR: Maria A. Jankowska PUBLISHER: Library Juice Press BOOK ABSTRACT: 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 environmental, … Read more Call for Papers: Focus on Educating for Sustainability: Toolkit for Academic Libraries
Library Juice Press to “Unglue” a Book for Prospective Librarians with Unglue.it October 15, 2012 LOS ANGELES Library Juice Press is announcing one of the latest campaigns to “unglue” an e-book so that it can be shared under a creative commons license, in partnership with Unglue.it. Unglue.it is an organization devoted to opening up access … Read more Library Juice Press to “Unglue” a Book for Prospective Librarians
Naomi House of INALJ.com (I Need a Library Job) has just posted an interview with me about Library Juice Press and Library Juice Academy. I enjoyed doing the interview. Thanks, Naomi!
Michele Berger interviews Kelly Wooten, co-editor of Litwin Books’ recent publication, Make Your Own History: Documenting Feminist and Queer Activism in the 21st Century, which was the second volume in Emily Drabinski’s Series on Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies. Michele does a good interview that tells you quite a bit about Kelly Wooten and … Read more Interview with Kelly Wooten
What’s this Unglue.it logo doing here, you rightly ask? We here at Library Juice Press will tell you on October 15th, or thereabouts. I hope you’re good and curious now. What on earth could it be?
I recently encountered some interesting data on the academic book market, in an article in the most recent issue of the Journal of Scholarly Publishing, by Albert N. Greco, Robert, M. Wharton, and Falguni Sen, titled, “The Price of University Press Books: 2009-2011.” According to data from YBP, in 2011, the total number of books … Read more Academic book pricing – Where Library Juice Press stacks up
Library Juice Press recently published Greening Libraries, which is about green and sustainable practices in library operations and planning. We have just made co-editor Monika Antonelli’s chapter available for free online: “The Public Library’s Role in the Transition Towns Movement.” We hope that you enjoy it and will consider purchasing the book for your library.
Class and Librarianship: Essays at the Intersection of Information, Labor and Capital. Edited by Erik Sean Estep (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) and Nathaniel F Enright (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology). To be published by Library Juice Press in 2013. The current crisis of capitalism has led to the renewed interest in Marxism and its core … Read more Call for Chapters: Class and Librarianship
Call for Papers: Identity Palimpsests: Ethnic Archiving in the U.S. and Canada Forthcoming volume in the series Archives, Archivists, and Society. Series editor: Richard J. Cox. Publisher: Litwin Books, LLC, Los Angeles, CA Volume editors: Dr. Dominique Daniel, Assistant Professor, Humanities Librarian for History and Modern Languages, Kresge Library, Oakland University (daniel [at] oakland.edu) and … Read more CfP: Identity Palimpsests: Ethnic Archiving in the U.S. and Canada
Litwin Books and Library Juice Press are announcing a new book series, to be edited by Miguel Juarez and Rebecca Hankins. The series is titled Critical Multiculturalism in Information Studies. Miguel and Rebecca are now seeking proposals for this series. They can be reached at migueljuarez.soha at gmail.com and rhankins at library.tamu.edu
Greening Libraries Editors: Monika Antonelli and Mark McCullough Price: $32.00 Published: June 2012 ISBN: 978-1-936117-08-6 It is difficult to turn on the television or read a news story today without learning about how green and sustainable practices are being implemented throughout society. Libraries are not exempt from these broader trends. In some cases, libraries and … Read more New Book: Greening Libraries
So glad that Anna Heim is helping us out at our booth at ALA Annual this year…
If you’re at the ALA conference in Anaheim this weekend, stop by the Library Juice Press/Litwin Books booth in the exhibits hall to pick up a discount order form, which gives you 20% off on all of our titles. The booth is at the end of the hall, #2769. We have examples of all 34 … Read more 20% conference discount on Library Juice Press and Litwin Books
Make Your Own History: Documenting Feminist and Queer Activism in the 21st Century Editors: Lyz Bly and Kelly Wooten Price: $30.00 Published: June 2012 ISBN: 978-1-936117-13-0 Printed on acid-free paper Number 2 in the Litwin Books Series on Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies, Emily Drabinski, series editor. Make Your Own History: Documenting Feminist and … Read more Make Your Own History: Documenting Feminist and Queer Activism in the 21st Century
The 2012 Catalog for Library Juice Press and Litwin Books, with additional information about Auslander & Fox, is now available. We will be doing a print mailing later this summer, and bringing copies to ALA in Anaheim, which will be available at our booth (2769). In the meantime, you can also download the catalog in … Read more Library Juice Press and Litwin Books 2012 Catalog