Something we’re all concerned about is what AI is going to mean for the library profession. With some misgivings, most of us are ready to accept artificial intelligence as an inevitable contribution to our basket of tools, but we also see the looming threat that it poses to our jobs. We need to be ready … Read more Seeking a course designer/instructor: Advocating for the human librarian
Free Event August 7, 2025 4pm Eastern Register Here Do you have questions about consulting in libraries? Join three consultants as they discuss the process of starting a business, finding customers, managing challenges, and remaining ethically oriented in a constantly changing field. Our Guests: Robin Fay is an instructor at LibraryJuice Academy and a metadata/systems … Read more Webinar – Coffee with Consultants
We’re started running into an issue that affects some customers in red states, and we are taking steps to accommodate them. Our Certificate in Digital Curation has a required course on “ethics and sustainability,” words that result in the class being banned for government employees. To give a path to completion for people who find … Read more Our Certificate in Digital Curation and new DEI rules in red states
Library Juice Connections has a list of event ideas we want to move forward on. We are looking for people who’d like to serve as panelists on any of the following topics: Federal Librarians and Allies Strategy Session Library Prospects – an advice session for those interested in pursuing an MLIS Coffee with Consultants – … Read more Panelists sought
Free Webinar Karen Kohn “Evaluating Collections for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” June 4, 11am Eastern Register here About the Webinar Libraries have long had a mission to serve all our users, going back to Ranganathan’s law that states “Every reader his book.” More recently libraries have understood this mission to include ensuring their collections reflect … Read more Webinar – Evaluating Collections for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The recording of our webinar with Angela Pashia on “Developing a Coaching Approach to Leadership” is now available.
Thursday, Dec 7th at 2pm EST / 11am PST [sign up] Using a coaching approach to leadership has a wide range of benefits, from improving morale and empowering your team members to improving productivity. Definitions for managerial coaching are all over the place. Research in the coaching literature shows that many of the practices discussed … Read more Webinar: Developing a Coaching Approach to Leadership
Have you taken at least three courses with Library Juice Academy? If so, you’re invited to join our “alumni association” email discussion list. We will use this list to announce special discounts and opportunities, as well as to give advance news about courses and new services and offerings as we grow. It will also be … Read more New Alumni Email Discussion Lists
Does your institution wish to do “live” trainings for a group of staff members all at once? This can be the preferred modality where a whole department needs to be trained on a topic without going into as much depth as a four-week course. Finding the right trainer can be a challenge. We would like … Read more Group Trainings
Press release October 3, 2023 Media contact: Rory Litwin rory@libraryjuiceacademy.com Library Juice Academy is making its email discussion list platform available to the library community, for organizations or informal groups who lack access to a similar hosting arrangement. The LJA discussion list platform runs on a robust and widely-used server software package called Mailman. This … Read more Library Juice Makes its Discussion List Platform Available to the Library Community