Uncontrolled Vocabulary #10 - A good time to talk about timid librarians

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #10 is now available for download. Here's a direct link to the mp3.

You can subscribe to the show via the podcast feed (now available at the iTunes Music Store): http://recordings.talkshoe.com/rss38665.xml

On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Julian Clark, Georgetown University Law Library
Laura Carscaddon, University of Arizona
Ryan Deschamps, Halifax Public Library
Mary Carmen Chimato, North Carolina State University
Joshua M. Neff, Johnson County Public Library
Mickey Coalwell, Northeast Kansas Library System
Chadwick Seagraves, Private Academic Library Network of Indiana
Chris Zammarelli, Brookings Institution

Links to the show topics:

1. More on unconferences from Stephen Francoeur

2. More on Alms for Jihad (SFGate.com - courtesy of Library Stuff)

3. Will The Response Of The Library Profession To The Internet Be Self-Immolation? (Special Libraries Cataloging)
Where's the Threat (What I Learned Today)

4. Are librarians timid?
Ask for What You Want (Library Journal)
Easy for you to say (Gather No Dust)

5. Teen hacks 'useless' Govt porn filter (ABC News (Australia))
84 million dollar porn filter circumvented by teen in 30 minutes (librarian.net)

6. 2 New York prisoners sue to get their banned religious books back (International Herald Tribune)

7. BookSwim
BookSwim (It's All Good)

8. Slam the Boards! (Answer Board Librarians)

One quick note about Slam the Boards that didn't come out in my explanation: It's a one day event scheduled for Monday, September 10th.

Episode 10 tonight

Episode 10 will be live tonight at 10 PM EDT. I hope you can join us. Check out this post for more information on how to participate.

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #9 - On the level of what Einstein did

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #9 is now available for download. Here's a direct link to the mp3.

You can subscribe to the show via the podcast feed (now available at the iTunes Music Store): http://recordings.talkshoe.com/rss38665.xml

By popular demand, the participants in last night's show:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Julian Clark, Georgetown University Law Library
Laura Carscaddon, University of Arizona
Laura Crossett, Park County (WY) Library System
Ryan Deschamps, Halifax Public Library
Daniel Cornwall, Alaska State Library (also of freegovinfo.info)
Mary Carmen Chimato, North Carolina State University


Links to the show topics:

1. Too Bad “Librarian” Doesn’t Meld Well into “Entrepreneur” (The Other Librarian)

2. On responding to emergencies beyond your walls:
Harris County librarians and UT Longhorn football players' arrests (Houston Press)

3. American reading habits - a new poll:
Where you fall in poll of U.S. reading habits (CNN)

4. McMaster University Library becomes an Amazon Associate:
Amazon Associates (McMaster University Library)
Associating with Amazon (WadingIn)

5. Cambridge Contacts U.S. Libraries over Alms for Jihad (American Libraries Online)

6. Inglorious displacement:
After 17 years of opening worlds, a librarian is shelved by school (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Children's librarian fired (El Dorado (KS) Times)
Residents speak out - Patrons express concerns on firing of children's librarian (El Dorado (KS) Times)

7. Library camps in New York, Boston, and Western Australia

8. No More MySpace at Tulsa Libraries (KTUL NewsChannel 8)

9. On the state of the library literature:
Communication (Lorcan Dempsey's weblog)
I didn’t say it (Caveat Lector)
Library literature: academic and generally useless? (LibrarianInBlack.net)

And finally, a homework assignment for next week:
Will The Response Of The Library Profession To The Internet Be Self-Immolation? (slc.bc.ca)

Episode 9 tonight

Episode 9 will be live tonight at 10 PM EDT. I hope you can join us. Check out this post for more information on how to participate.

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #8 - We were talking about YOU!

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #8 is now available for download. Here's a direct link to the mp3.

You can subscribe to the show via the podcast feed (now available at the iTunes Music Store): http://recordings.talkshoe.com/rss38665.xml

On the call:

Mary Carmen Chimato, North Carolina State University
Laura Carscaddon, University of Arizona
Julian Clark, Georgetown University Law Library
Laura Crossett, Park County (WY) Library System
Ryan Deschamps, Halifax Public Library

Links to the show topics:

1. We Asked for 2.0 Libraries and We Got 2.0 Librarians (The Other Librarian)

2. Discussion about the hype of "Library 2.0"
Library Automation Timeline (Marshall Breeding)

3. Wikipedia shows CIA page edits (BBC News)
CIA and Labour Party "Edit" Wikipedia Entries (Telegraph.co.uk)
Whole Foods CEO Caught In Embarrassing Message Board Brouhaha (Techdirt)

4. Reclaiming the Bookshelves for Reason (Guardian Unlimited)
Biologists Helping Bookstores

5. Hard Facts Oust Soft Chairs at Bookstores (Baltimore Sun)

6. There Have to Books Somewhere in this Place (theStar.com)

7. Ryan Deschamps joins in and we revisit Library 2.0 and the future of libraries and librarians

8. Border libraries have trouble finding, retaining librarians (Star-Telegram.com)
Small libraries can't pay enough to keep skilled help (The Charleston Gazette)
Community libraries feel growing pains (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Demands and Desires (Annoyed Librarian)

9. Why are libraries homeless shelters? (The Wichita Eagle)

Episode 8 Tonight

Episode 8 will be live tonight at 10 PM EDT. I hope you can join us. Check out this post for more information on how to participate.

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #7 - There is always a take-home lesson.

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #7 is now available for download. Here's a direct link to the mp3.

You can subscribe to the show via the podcast feed (now available at the iTunes Music Store): http://recordings.talkshoe.com/rss38665.xml

On the call:

Mary Carmen Chimato, North Carolina State University
Julian Clark, Georgetown University Law Library
Daniel Cornwall, Alaska State Library
Laura Crossett, Park County (WY) Library System
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission
Chadwick Seagraves, Private Academic Library Network of Indiana

Links to the show topics:

1. Shout out about feedback from Facebook post

2. UCLA Taser Incident:
The Wheels of Justice (ACRLog)
UCLA Report Proposes Taser Policy Changes (American Libraries online)
Report Faults UCLA for Use of Taser (washingtonpost.com)

3. LibraryU- free online courses on library work, shelving systems, promotion and more (Illinois State Library)

4. Discussion of August 3 comments on "why the digital divide is a library issue" (librarian.net)

5. Discussion about blogging about work

6. What Boomers Want (Library Journal)

7. A List Without Libraries (Chronicle.com)
Library Resources Must Not be E-Learning Tools (ACRLog)

8. Librarians: Book Bandit Robbing Libraries (CBS news)
Man Accused of Selling $35G Worth of Items Borrowed from Denver-Area Libraries Online (Fox news)
Be Careful With Library Books (BYU NewsNet)

9. Patron Abuse Prompts Trial of Social-Network Filtering (American Libraries online)

10. New Program Color-Codes Text in Wikipedia Entries to Indicate Trustworthiness (UC Santa Cruz press release)

The Show Must Go On

Just wanted everyone to know that I will be taking a few weeks off as the host of Uncontrolled Vocabulary, due to family-related priorities.

The good news is that I've found a top-notch guest host in Mary Carmen Chimato. Many thanks in advance to Mary Carmen for taking on this responsibility during my absence. You're all in good hands.

At present, I anticipate no interruptions in the weekly conversations and I look forward to returning in a few weeks.

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #6 - A big ol' mess, which I find fascinating

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #6 is now available for download. Here's a direct link to the mp3.

You can subscribe to the show via the podcast feed (now available at the iTunes Music Store): http://recordings.talkshoe.com/rss38665.xml

On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Laura Carscaddon, University of Arizona
Mary Carmen Chimato, North Carolina State University
Laura Crossett, Park County (WY) Library System
Michael K. Pate, Highlands County (FL) Library System
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission
Chadwick Seagraves, Private Academic Library Network of Indiana
Cindi Trainor, Eastern Kentucky University

Links to the show topics:

1. The Future of the Carnival of the Infosciences (InfoSciPhi)

2. Need a read? Get books from own library, Michigan court says (Detroit Free Press)
High court weighs right to check out library books (WOOD8 TV News - older story with additional background)

3. Libraries Examine Policies As Two Counties Target Illegals (American Libraries Online)

4. Mission Creep In Library System Deserves Fresh, Closer Look (Tampa Tribune via TBO.com)

5. Does Self-Checkout Make Libraries Less Friendly? (Seattlest)
Comments from Heidi Go Seek
Comments from Lost Baggage (Comment links courtesy of Library Stuff)

6. Am I a 2.0 Librarian and the Library 2.0 Spectrum (David Lee King)
Library 2.0 spectrum thingie - asking for your input! (David Lee King)

7. Court Battle Between Recorded Books and NetLibrary Heats Up
Recorded Books, NetLibrary in Lawsuits Over Audiobook Service (Library Journal)

8. Your Cheatin’ Listenin’ Ways (New York Times)

Episode 6 tonight

Episode 6 will be live tonight at 10 PM EDT. I hope you can join us. Check out this post for more information on how to participate.