Comments on: About http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog On the intersection of libraries, politics, and culture Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:19:57 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Thoughts from a Library Administrator: Mid August Links http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/?page_id=2&cpage=1#comment-1129631 Thoughts from a Library Administrator: Mid August Links Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:00:05 +0000 #comment-1129631 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] coloring contest (in part to celebrate the end of the summer).The last couple days, Rory Litwin of Library Juice, Library Juice Press, and Litwin Books (among other ventures and adventures) has been waxing [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] coloring contest (in part to celebrate the end of the summer).The last couple days, Rory Litwin of Library Juice, Library Juice Press, and Litwin Books (among other ventures and adventures) has been waxing [...]

]]> By: Andy http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/?page_id=2&cpage=1#comment-931390 Andy Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:51:10 +0000 #comment-931390 I live in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, and my partner and I would like to open a community library in a very crowded, poor neighborhood here. Does anybody have any information or advice for somebody who would like to start this kind of project? Are there any organizations that might want to help support us while we develop this project? Thank you. I live in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, and my partner and I would like to open a community library in a very crowded, poor neighborhood here. Does anybody have any information or advice for somebody who would like to start this kind of project? Are there any organizations that might want to help support us while we develop this project? Thank you.

]]> By: lauren’s library blog - My book is now available! http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/?page_id=2&cpage=1#comment-906740 lauren’s library blog - My book is now available! Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:52:43 +0000 #comment-906740 [...] with the final product and am so happy to have been able to do something like this. Working with Rory Litwin was great and Library Juice Press is a top notch operation. Speaking of which, Litwin Books/Library [...] [...] with the final product and am so happy to have been able to do something like this. Working with Rory Litwin was great and Library Juice Press is a top notch operation. Speaking of which, Litwin Books/Library [...]

]]> By: Mais qui donc met la poussière sur les rayons? - Les militants http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/?page_id=2&cpage=1#comment-486348 Mais qui donc met la poussière sur les rayons? - Les militants Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:34:09 +0000 #comment-486348 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/?page_id=2 : [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/?page_id=2 : [...]

]]> By: michaelzimmer.org » Archives » Why Privacy Matters http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/?page_id=2&cpage=1#comment-81612 michaelzimmer.org » Archives » Why Privacy Matters Sun, 20 May 2007 13:17:20 +0000 #comment-81612 [...] Litwin at the excellent Library Juice blog suggests three things we can do to remind ourselves why privacy [...] [...] Litwin at the excellent Library Juice blog suggests three things we can do to remind ourselves why privacy [...]

]]> By: Rory Litwin http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/?page_id=2&cpage=1#comment-11 Rory Litwin Wed, 08 Mar 2006 12:42:12 +0000 #comment-11 Good point, Isabel. Good point, Isabel.

]]> By: iespinal http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/?page_id=2&cpage=1#comment-10 iespinal Wed, 08 Mar 2006 11:58:02 +0000 #comment-10 Congratulations on your new site! I just had to say something about the word "decline" -- especially decline of civilization. I'm reminded of that famous quote of Gandhi: REPORTER: What do you think of Western civilization? GANDHI: It would be a good idea. But even the idea of decline of the public sphere is troublesome. I don't think it's so simple. Take the public sphere -- there may have been a time when it was larger or healthier somehow FOR SOME PEOPLE, but it was totally denied to many people. Too often, including in libraries where I have worked and colleges where I have studied, the presence of newcomers has been accompanied by worried discussions on the part of the old guard of "decline" -- decline of standards, of civilization, of housing prices, etc. And that can crete a hostile environment for the newcomers. The tone and sentiment is even reminiscent of the white flight people like myself have witnessed in our lifetimes -- we move in and the old residents say "there goes the neighborhood". So anyway, i don't think I'm alone in my sensitivity to the usage of "decline". Congratulations on your new site!

I just had to say something about the word “decline” — especially decline of civilization. I’m reminded of that famous quote of Gandhi:

REPORTER: What do you think of Western civilization?

GANDHI: It would be a good idea.

But even the idea of decline of the public sphere is troublesome. I don’t think it’s so simple. Take the public sphere — there may have been a time when it was larger or healthier somehow FOR SOME PEOPLE, but it was totally denied to many people.

Too often, including in libraries where I have worked and colleges where I have studied, the presence of newcomers has been accompanied by worried discussions on the part of the old guard of “decline” — decline of standards, of civilization, of housing prices, etc. And that can crete a hostile environment for the newcomers. The tone and sentiment is even reminiscent of the white flight people like myself have witnessed in our lifetimes — we move in and the old residents say “there goes the neighborhood”.

So anyway, i don’t think I’m alone in my sensitivity to the usage of “decline”.

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