The Kule Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) and the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) at the University of Alberta are helping bring together a conversation on Libraries, Archives, and Public Life from universities around the world, including speakers from Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Malta, Scotland and the United States: Paul Arthur, Professor, … Read more Around the World: Libraries, Archives and Public Life
As you may know if you read my interview with Mandy Henk a year ago, I am a big fan of hers. She is the author of Ecology, Economy, Equity: The Path to a Carbon-Neutral Library, published by ALA Editions, and an academic librarian now living in Auckland, New Zealand. A few days ago she … Read more Mandy Henk’s Hikuwai Event: What is Critical Librarianship?
Shaundra Walker is the Associate Director for Instruction and Research Services at Georgia College. She holds a B.A. in History from Spelman College, a Masters in Library and Information Studies from Clark Atlanta University and Ph.D. in educational leadership with a concentration in higher education administration from Mercer University. Her work and research in libraries … Read more Interview with Shaundra Walker
Call for Proposals Libraries and Archives in the Anthropocene: A Colloquium May 13-14, 2017 New York University As stewards of a culture’s collective knowledge, libraries and archives are facing the realities of cataclysmic environmental change with a dawning awareness of its unique implications for their missions and activities. Some professionals in these fields are focusing … Read more CFP: Libraries and Archives in the Anthropocene
I was just asked on Twitter how Library Juice got its name, from someone who wondered why we don’t state it in our “about” pages. I think a lot of people wonder why a serious business has what some might consider a silly-sounding name, so I think I should address that. The first part of … Read more How Library Juice got started (and how it got its name)
The preliminary program for CAPAL 16 is out and it’s very exciting. Here is Colleen Burgess’ announcement: Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the conference organizing committee, I am pleased to present the preliminary program for CAPAL16: Beyond the Library: Agency, Practice, and Society, the third annual conference of the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians … Read more CAPAL 16 Preliminary Program
You can get news from Library Juice Academy and Library Juice Press (and Litwin Books) via email. Here are the links to sign up: Library Juice Academy email updates Library Juice Press (and Litwin Books) email updates We sometimes get requests to be put on our mailing list. Library Juice Academy hasn’t had one until … Read more Library Juice Email Updates
Award for Ongoing Doctoral Dissertation Research in the Philosophy of Information 1. Nature of the Award 1.1 The award shall consist of $1,000, given annually to a graduate student who is working on a dissertation on the philosophy of information (broadly construed). As we see it, the range of philosophical questions relating to information is … Read more Award for Ongoing Doctoral Dissertation Research in the Philosophy of Information
“The Library Juice Press Handbook of Intellectual Freedom” named 2016 Eli M. Oboler Award winner Tue, 03/08/2016 Contact: Shumeca Pickett Administrative Assistant Office for Intellectual Freedom spickett@ala.org The Intellectual Freedom Round Table has announced the winner of the 2016 Eli M. Oboler Memorial Award, which recognizes the best published work in the area of intellectual … Read more Library Juice Press Handbook of Intellectual Freedom wins the Eli M. Oboler Award
Call for Proposals: Reference Librarianship & Justice: History, Practice & Praxis Editors: Kate Adler, Ian Beilin, and Eamon Tewell Publisher: Library Juice Press Reference work often receives short shrift in the contemporary discourse and practice of librarianship. Conversations that concern critical pedagogy, social justice, and theory tend to revolve around instruction or cataloging practice. Moreover, … Read more CFP: Reference Librarianship & Justice: History, Practice & Praxis
CALL FOR PROPOSALS for an edited book with the working title: Language, Modes of Communication, and the Contemporary Academic Library EDITORS Melanie Boyd, University of Calgary Natasha Gerolami, Huntington University Courtney Waugh, University of Western Ontario We are inviting proposals for an edited collection of papers to investigate and challenge how language is used in … Read more CFP: Language, Modes of Communication, and the Contemporary Academic Library
Hi…. This is a follow-up to my December 15 post, “A note on our copyright statements.” I want to follow up because there was a comment that was critical of our copyright policies, apparently reading a few things into what I said that weren’t true. I responded to the comment but I wanted to make … Read more Clarification of our policies on copyright and such
Ramsey Kanaan of AK Press and PM Press talked to Derrick Jensen on Resistance Radio again. (You can listen to a previous interview from August 16, 2015.) Resistance Radio introduces him thusly: Ramsey Kanaan has been involved in attempting to disseminate the good word for well over three and a half decades now. As a … Read more Ramsey Kanaan on Resistance Radio
ACRL/NY 2016 Symposium: Money and Power Call for proposals Economic, social, and political power affect the choices we all make as individuals and as institutions. The world of academic and research libraries is not exempt. Power and money determine who and what is included or excluded, affect our conscious and unconscious agendas, and can be … Read more CFP: ACRL/NY 2016 Symposium: Money and Power
Robbie Franklin of McFarland Publishers was generous in his advice when I was first starting Library Juice Press back in 2005/2006. So I have often thought of his press in relation to books we’ve been working on. In 2010 and 2011 there was a project we had gotten going on Generation X librarians and the … Read more A book I regret passing on – The Gen-X Librarian
For Immediate Release Thu, 01/21/2016 Contact: Chase Ollis Program Coordinator ACRL collis@ala.org CHICAGO – The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is pleased to announce that Nicole Pagowsky, research and learning librarian/ instruction coordinator at the University of Arizona, has been chosen to receive the 2016 University Libraries Sections (ULS) Outstanding Professional Development Award. … Read more Nicole Pagowsky wins 2016 University Libraries Sections (ULS) Outstanding Professional Development Award
Where are all the Librarians of Color? The Experiences of People of Color in Academia Editors: Rebecca Hankins and Miguel Juárez Price: $45.00 Published: January 2016 ISBN: 978-1-936117-83-3 352 pages Printed on acid-free paper Now available from Amazon.com This edited volume addresses the shared experiences of academic librarians of color, i.e. Hispanic Americans, African Americans, … Read more Where are all the Librarians of Color? The Experiences of People of Color in Academia
Many Worlds to Walk In: Exploring Diversity in Children’s Literature, Librarianship, and Education Call for Paper Proposals Deadline for submission: February 15, 2016 A peer-reviewed graduate student conference on children’s literature, media, and culture University of British Columbia – Vancouver, B.C., Canada Saturday, April 30, 2016 Many Worlds to Walk In: Exploring Diversity in Children’s … Read more CFP: Many Worlds to Walk In: Exploring Diversity in Children’s Literature, Librarianship, and Education
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
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