Episode 28 tonight

Episode 28 will be recorded tonight at 10 PM EST with special guest host Connie Crosby. Check out this post and this post for only-somewhat-outdated information on how to participate in the live call.

The show will go on!

Many thanks to Connie Crosby, aka Leisure Girl, for grabbing the reins and agreeing to fill in for me as host this week. Connie is active within the podcasting community and can be heard on the Podcamp Toronto Podcast, as well as recent episodes 25 and 27 of this program. So fasten your safety belts and I'll be back for episode 29 on February 2nd. Thanks again Connie!

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #27 - What's wrong with cool?

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #27 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

I'll be out of town next Wednesday, but would be happy to have someone else host the show next week. Feel free to drop me a line, if you're interested. If I don't identify a guest host, we'll take next week off.

On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Julian Clark, Georgetown University Law Library
Connie Crosby, Leisure Girl
Ryan Deschamps, Halifax Public Library

Links to the show topics:

1. ‘Google Generation’ is a myth, says new research (JISC)
The "Google generation" not so hot at Googling, after all (ars technica)

2. Our Public Libraries Are Being Turned Into Video Game Arcades (NewsByUs)
Response from Jenny Levine (Library Stuff)

3. Library 2.0 Debased (blyberg.net)

4. The Transparent Library: Coping with Anonymity (Library Journal)

5. "People Don't Read Anymore" (Joe Wikert's Publishing 2020 Blog)

6. With so much info on phone, why huge library? (The Enquirer)

Submission we didn't get to:

Facebook - the holiday romance (The Ed Techie)

Episode 27 tonight

Episode 27 will be recorded tonight at 10 PM EST. Check out this post and this post for only-somewhat-outdated information on how to participate in the live call.

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #26 - Welcome to Uncontrolled Realty

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #26 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
Christa Burns, Nebraska Library Commission
Laura Carscaddon, University of Arizona
Julian Clark, Georgetown University Law Library
Laura Crossett, Park County (WY) Library System
Karin Dalziel, University of Missouri-Columbia student
Ryan Deschamps, Halifax Public Library
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission
Courtney Stephens, Belmont University

Links to the show topics:

1. Perceptions 2007: An International Survey of Library Automation (Library Technology Guides)

2. Social networking for libraries a bust? (LibrarianInBlack)
LIBRARY WEB SURVEY FALL 2007 FORMAL REPORT (pdf - University of Michigan)
Data: Students + Facebook + Library Outreach (userslib.com)
are librarians culturally self-aware? (Loose Cannon Librarian)

3. Do you need to read books to be clever? (BBC News)

4. Wales urges librarians to help build better Wikipedia (Information World Review)

5. Strains and Joys Color Mergers Between Libraries and Tech Units (Chronicle of Higher Education)

6. My Friend Flickr: A Match Made in Photo Heaven (Library of Congress Blog)

7. What's playing at the library? (Philadelphia Daily News)

8. The Future of Ideas is now Free (Lessig Blog)

Submissions we didn't get to:

Upshur County Hires First Male Librarian (Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Hey kids! It's finally here... (Seth Godin's Blog)

Episode 26 tonight

Episode 26 will be recorded tonight at 10 PM EST. I owe you a new post about participating using the new TalkShoe web client, but I haven't had the time just yet. In the meantime, check out this post and this post for only-somewhat-outdated information on how to participate in the live call.

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #25 - Sacrifice for us

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #25 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
Christa Burns, Nebraska Library Commission
Connie Crosby, Toronto law librarian
Aaron Dobbs, Shippensburg University
David Fiander, University of Western Ontario
Rikhei Harris, Grand Valley State University
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission
Courtney Stephens, Belmont University

Links to the show topics:

1. More about LC Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control (Off the Mark)
Stephen Kellat's comments from Episode 24
[Note: Don't forget to check out Stephen's new podcast for LISNews called LISten.]

2. More on the Pew report
The Well-Wired Use Libraries More (New York Times)

3. NIH: $29b in Health Science Set to Go Online for Free (ReadWriteWeb)
Measure Would Require Free Access To Results of NIH-Funded Research (Washington Post)

4. Saying No to PLA recording (Flickr photo)

5. Save the Books! (American Historical Association)

6. Technology saturation

7. Is Facebook Interfering With Criminal Investigations? (Library Boy)

The story we didn't get to:

Ten Common Objections to Social Media Adoption and How You Can Respond (ReadWriteWeb)

Episode 25 tonight

Episode 25 will be recorded tonight at 10 PM EST. Check out this post and this post for more information on how to participate in the live call.

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #24 - Librarian-Patron Privilege

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #24 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
Christa Burns, Nebraska Library Commission
Laura Carscaddon, University of Arizona
Rikhei Harris, Grand Valley State University
Eric Sizemore, Champaign Public Library

Links to the show topics:

1. Information Searches That Solve Problems (Pew Internet)
Breaking news: the Internet is useful, people still use libraries (Free Range Librarian)
Hype and the biblioblogosphere (Caveat Lector)

2. LC Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control (Off the Mark)

3. Challenging Cheney (Newsweek)

4. Congress directs EPA to re-open its libraries (PEER)

5. Late Library Books Can Take Toll on Credit Scores (New York Times)
Should an Overdue Library Book Affect Your Credit Rating? (New York Times)

Submissions we didn't get to:
Documents of Library in Boston to Go on Web (New York Times)
NIH: $29b in Health Science Set to Go Online for Free (ReadWriteWeb)
yeah, that might work (Attempting Elegance)
Don't let DRM get between you and a good book (DefectiveByDesign.org)
School Librarians Are Heroes (A Wandering Eyre)

Episode 24 tonight

Happy New Year to all! Episode 24 will be recorded tonight at 10 PM EST. Check out this post and this post for more information on how to participate in the live call.