Library Juice Concentrate by Rory Litwin (Editor) › Visit Amazon's Rory Litwin Page search results for this author Rory Litwin (Editor), Kathleen De La Pea McCook (Preface) (10-Dec-2006) Paperback

by Rory Litwin

Library Juice Concentrate is a compilation of the best of Library Juice, an e-zine published by Rory Litwin between 1998 and 2005 that dealt with foundational questions of librarianship during a period of rapid change. Library Juice served as the record for the "library left" during this period, including its veterans and newcomers, while at the same time offering original reflections on traditional questions. The book includes essays and other artifacts that investigate professional neutrality, intellectual freedom, alternative literature, the social effects of technological change, the cultural identity of the librarian, "anarchist librarianship," the Cuba debate, Google's scanning project, subject heading reform, and other issues. The aim of the essays in Library Juice Concentrate is to provoke original thought and to encourage newcomers in the field to participate in professional discourse with confidence and with attention to the intellectual and political struggles of the past.Printed on acid-free paper.

Genres: Nonfiction

Paperback

First published December 10, 2006

Reviews

[Regina · Rating 3 out of 5]

A valuable hodge-podge of library and librarianship issues from the editor of the blog Library Juice, Rory Litwin. Most of the articles are by Litwin himself, but the book includes 13 other contributors including Mark Rosenzweig, founder of the journal Progressive Librarian.

I particularly enjoyed "The Invisibility of Alternative Media," a revision of an article by Tami Oliphant published in Library Juice in 2002, and "Some Alternative Press History" by Chuck D'Adamo, a revision of his 2003 article in Library Juice.

[chelsea · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think Litwin might just be a bit too liberal for me. Sometimes I thought his commitment to more old school librarianship was charming, sometimes I thought it was tired. I think we need to interrogate both the old and new institutions in the field. I do love reading about big picture, philosophical background stuff about librarianship though. I really liked Mark Rosenzweig's piece, even though it's pretty Marxist. Also, I got a good introduction to Jessamyn West, however brief, and overall I'm still glad I read it.

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Mills College Library]

020 L6973 2006