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Uncontrolled Vocabulary #28 – You prob’ly think this show is about you, don’t you?

By Greg | February 4, 2008

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #28 is now available for download. Here’s a direct link to the mp3.

You can subscribe to the show via the podcast feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/uncontrolledvocabulary

A million thanks to Connie Crosby for hosting this week. Anyone else who is interested in guest hosting sometime should feel free to drop me a line.

On the call:

Connie Crosby, Leisure Girl
Christa Burns, Nebraska Library Commission
Ryan Deschamps, Halifax Public Library
Stephen Kellat, Host, LISTen, the LISNews.org podcast
Joshua M. Neff, Johnson County Public Library
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission
Courtney Stephens, Belmont University
Chris Zammarelli, Brookings Institution

Links to the show topics:

1. A second look at the JISC/British Library study
British Study Says “Google Generation” a Myth; Libraries Must Step Up (Library Journal)

2. Controversial Author Wins Edwards Award (School Library Journal)
Orson Scott Card is a Big Fat Homophobe (Free Range Librarian)

3. Loaning Kindle to Patrons a No-No for Libraries? (Tinfoil + Raccoon)
Never Mind Legal Issues; Kindle not good choice for most libraries (Tinfoil + Raccoon)

4. Alumnus Sues Cornell Over Article Newly Surfaced in Digital Archive (Library Journal)

5. The Three Potentially Offensive Pigs (OMINVORACIOUS)

6. Mellon Grant to Aid in Archiving Web Sites Useful to Scholars (Rochester Regional Library Council)

7. Updated site leaves some in a ‘cloud’ (Columbus Dispatch)

8. Sam’s club? (Loose Cannon Librarian)

Submissions that we didn’t get to:

Booksthatmakeyoudumb
Is “Traditional Reference” Dead? (Pegasus Librarian)
what are you for? (librarian.net)
Ustream.TV Chosen to Live Stream the Republican National Convention (TechCrunch)

Topics: Episodes | 1 Comment »

One Response to “Uncontrolled Vocabulary #28 – You prob’ly think this show is about you, don’t you?”

  1. Connie Says:
    February 15th, 2008 at 2:56 pm

    I had a blast hosting. Thank you for the opportunity! We’ve been trying out Talkshoe for the Podcamp Toronto Podcast, too. I’m getting better with each run.

    Cheers,
    Leisure Girl

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