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Litwin Books PO Box 3320 Duluth, MN 55803 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Subject: Library Juice Press announces appointment of Alison M. Lewis, Ph.D. as Chief Acquisitions Editor. Duluth, MN -- July 15, 2011. Library Juice Press, publisher of "books for librarians with a critical edge," is proud to announce the recruitment of Alison M. Lewis, a library science professor and academic librarian, as Chief Acquisitions Editor for the imprint. Dr. Lewis has her doctorate in English Literature from Temple University, and M.L.S. and M.A. degrees from Florida State University. She has been teaching courses in Drexel University's Library and Information Science program since 2004. She worked as a professional librarian in academic and specialized/research settings from 1984 until 2007, when she was hired as a full-time faculty member in the iSchool at Drexel. Further qualifying her for her new role at Library Juice Press is her professional service to the library community, which has included leadership roles on the Progressive Librarians Guild's Coordinating Committee, the Social Responsibilities Round Table's Action Council, and various local and regional library and archival groups. In the background of these contributions has been her long experience in the Quaker community and the application of its ideals. Dr. Lewis is the editor of the 2008 book from Library Juice Press, Questioning Library Neutrality: Essays from Progressive Librarian. Library Juice Press is an imprint of Litwin Books, LLC specializing in theoretical and practical issues in librarianship from a critical perspective, for an audience of professional librarians and students of library science. Among the topics covered by our publications are library philosophy, information policy, library activism, biography, and critical approaches to LIS topics covered elsewhere. Litwin Books is an independent academic publisher of books about media, communication and the cultural record. We are interdisciplinary in scope and gather together works from a range of disciplines, including media studies, communication studies, information studies, philosophy of technology, philosophy of information, archival studies, communications history, history of archives and libraries, and related fields. Press contact: Rory Litwin Litwin Books PO Box 3320 Duluth, MN 55803 218-260-6115 [log in to unmask] http://litwinbooks.com/