Name<\/strong>: Library Juice Press<\/p>\n Website<\/strong>:\u00a0Home – Litwin Books & Library Juice Press<\/a><\/p>\n Purpose, objective, or mission<\/strong>:\u00a0Library Juice Press is an imprint of\u00a0Litwin Books<\/a>, \u201cspecializing in theoretical and practical issues in librarianship from a critical perspective, for an audience of professional librarians and students of library science.\u201d They publish topics such as \u201clibrary philosophy, information policy, library activism, and in general anything that can be placed under the rubric of \u2018critical studies in librarianship.’\u201d1<\/sup><\/p>\n Target audience<\/strong>: Professional librarians and students of library science.2<\/sup><\/p>\n Owner<\/strong>: Litwin Books, LLC.3<\/sup><\/p>\n Are published books peer reviewed<\/strong>? \u201cOur book publishing does not currently have a peer review process in place.\u201d4<\/sup><\/p>\n Types of books published<\/strong>: LIS-specific books and manuscripts.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n Medium<\/strong>:\u00a0Print.<\/p>\n Topics covered<\/strong>: Library philosophy, information policy, library activism, and any topics under the rubric of \u201ccritical studies in librarianship.\u201d5<\/sup><\/p>\n Number of titles published per year<\/strong>: In 2020, Library Juice Press published four titles.6<\/sup><\/p>\n Location of submission guidelines<\/strong>:\u00a0For Authors<\/a><\/p>\n Types of submissions accepted<\/strong>: The publisher accepts book proposals and full manuscripts on topics that are within its editorial scope.7<\/sup>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Submission and review process<\/strong>:<\/p>\n If you would like to submit a manuscript, email it as an attached MS Word or RTF file using the appropriate email address below.\u00a0Please follow the\u00a0Litwin Books Submission Guidelines<\/a>\u00a0in formatting your manuscript. Please also attach 1) your CV, and 2) a separate document stating the intended audience and purpose of the book.<\/p>\n Book proposals should include the following:<\/p>\n Please send general book proposal submissions to\u00a0inquiries@litwinbooks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n For book proposal submissions for the\u00a0Series on Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies<\/a>, contact series editor Emily Drabinski, at\u00a0edrabinski@gc.cuny.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n For book proposal submissions for the\u00a0Series on Critical Book, Publishing, and Literacy Studies<\/a>, contact series editor Robert Montoya, at\u00a0montoya@gseis.ucla.edu<\/a><\/p>\n For book proposal submissions for the\u00a0Series on Archives, Archivists and Society<\/a>, contact series editor Richard J. Cox, at\u00a0rjcox111@comcast.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n For book proposal submissions for the\u00a0Series on Critical Race Studies and Multiculturalism in LIS<\/a>, contact series editors Rose L. Chou, at\u00a0roselovechou@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0or Annie Pho, at\u00a0anniepho@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n For book proposal submissions for the\u00a0Series on Critical Information Organization in LIS<\/a>, contact series editors Violet Fox and Kelsey George at\u00a0CritCat.InclusiveMetadata@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Editorial tone<\/strong>: Academic and professional.<\/p>\n Style guide used<\/strong>: \u201cWe do not require the use of a specific style guide. We do require that your chosen style is consistently and correctly applied throughout the work, whether a single authored work or an edited volume.\u201d9<\/sup><\/p>\n Library Juice Press titles focus on theoretical investigations into library activism, social justice, feminist pedagogy, as well as practically oriented books\u00a0like\u00a0So You Want to Be a Librarian.\u00a0<\/i>The publisher produces serious, in-depth works with alternative perspectives. \u201cOur independence from larger institutions gives us the freedom to offer critical perspectives that cut against the grain, as well as occasionally to give a scholar free rein with a work that is outside their usual publishing stream.\u201d10<\/sup><\/p>\n A related and worthwhile opportunity to submit writing that is not book-length is Library Juice\u2019s annual paper contest (2,000 to 10,000 words), which is designed \u201cto encourage and reward good work in the field of library and information studies, humanistically understood, through a monetary award and public recognition.\u201d11<\/sup>\u00a0The contest is open to librarians, library students, academics, and others. \u201cAcceptable paper topics cover the full range of topics in the field of library and information studies, loosely defined. Any type of paper may be entered as long as it is not a report of an empirical study. Examples of accepted forms would be literature review essays, analytical essays, historical papers, and personal essays. The work may include some informal primary research, but may not essentially be the report of a study.\u201d12<\/sup><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Size<\/strong>\u00a0(as measured by average number of copies per title published): Publishing since 2006, Library Juice Press has approximately 60 published titles.\u00a013<\/sup><\/p>\n Audience location and language or cultural considerations<\/strong>: While the publisher is based in California and books are published in English, recent Library Juice Press titles focus on international perspectives\u2014i.e., academic librarian labor activism in Canada, and librarianship in the context of the Cuban revolution.<\/p>\n Reader characteristics<\/strong>: Readers are interested in content that addresses: social responsibility; information as a public good; intellectual freedom and civil liberties; print culture, web culture, visual culture, and the meaning of literacy; information policy and ethics; and the state of the library profession (issues of identity, work life, and de-professionalization).<\/p>\n Knowledge of LIS subject matter<\/strong>: Readers are professional librarians and students of library science who likely have a very strong knowledge of or strong interest in specific LIS subject areas.<\/p>\n Library Juice Press originated as a webzine and\u00a0blog, covering \u201ctopics of interest to passionate librarians from a political left perspective that is linked to the fundamental values of the profession.\u201d LIS authors seeking to publish works that are politically oriented or rooted outside the cultural mainstream may potentially find an audience through Library Juice Press.<\/p>\n Last updated<\/strong>: March 1, 2021<\/p>\n Publisher analysis About the publisher Name: Library Juice Press Website:\u00a0Home – Litwin Books & Library Juice Press Purpose, objective, or mission:\u00a0Library Juice Press is an imprint of\u00a0Litwin Books, \u201cspecializing in theoretical and practical issues in librarianship from a critical perspective, for an audience of professional librarians and students of library science.\u201d They publish topics such […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":772,"featured_media":0,"parent":2019,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2723","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/772"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2723"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3378,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2723\/revisions\/3378"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/infosci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About the publisher\u2019s submission guidelines<\/h3>\n
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