Library juice concentrate

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.

The Library juice manifesto /Rory Litwin -- Neutrality, objectivity, and the political center /Rory Litwin -- Classic and neo-information /Rory Litwin -- Why our relevance lies in not being information professionals /Rory Litwin -- Questioning the techie mission /Rory Litwin -- Print virtue and the ontology of the bo-ring /Rory Litwin -- Aspects of a humanist approach to librarianship /Mark Rosenzweig -- Critical discussion of the better salaries initiative of Mitch Freedman's ALA presidency /Rory Litwin, Luis Acosta, Mark Hudson, and Margaret Myers -- Undone by flattery /Rory Litwin -- On Google's monetization of libraries /Rory Litwin -- The central problem of Library 2.0 : privacy /Rory Litwin -- Rory Litwin interviews Barbara Tillett -- Four popular errors about free speech : an attack on complacency and dissociation /Rory Litwin -- The invisibility of the alternative media /Tami Oliphant -- Some alternative press history /Chuck D'Adamo -- Information-seeking during wartime : reconsidering the role of the library in increasing user self-sufficiency /Doug Horne -- Librarians : culture and identity : a librarian's confession /Rory Litwin -- A critique of anarchist librarianship /Rory Litwin -- Interview with Jessamyn West /Rory Litwin and Jessamyn West -- Rhonda L. Neugebauer reports on her March, 2000 trip to Cuba -- Ann Sparanese's paper on Cuba for the IRC Latin American and Caribbean Subcommittee -- Library limericks /Carol Reid -- Some meditations on those amusing searches /Rory Litwin -- Selected quotes for the week /collected by Rory Litwin -- Suggested paper topics /Rory Litwin -- Some books for progressive librarians /compiled by Rory Litwin.