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Archive for October, 2008

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #61 – Define successful.

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #61 is now available for download. Here’s a direct link to the mp3.
You can subscribe to the podcast (as well as this blog) via the following feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/uncontrolledvocabulary
On the call:
Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Christa Burns, Nebraska Library Commission
Laura Carscaddon, University of Arizona
Laura Crossett, Park County (WY) Library System
Aaron Dobbs, Shippensburg University
Rudy Leon, [...]

Episode 61 tonight

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #61 records tonight at 10 PM Eastern. We’ll spend a large portion of the show discussing the recent Internet Librarian conference.
As part of the discussion, we’ll probably take a look at Aaron Schmidt’s tips for conference presenting and look at some of the other online reactions to the conference, both positive and negative. Whether [...]

Nope, not this week either

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Internet Librarian 2008 is proving to be too jam-packed for me to be able to organize anything for this week. So unless something spur-of-the-moment takes place, no recording. Next week, we’ll plan on spending at least part of the show talking about the experience here in Monterey.

No show this week

Monday, October 13th, 2008

In honor of the third US Presidential debate on Wednesday, which will run through our usual recording time, I am postponing the recording of episode 61. That’s the most concrete reason. There are others.
Next week is up in the air as well. I’ll be spending most of the week with my library peoples in [...]

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #60 – Not a Hopeless Condition

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #60 is now available for download. Here’s a direct link to the mp3.
You can subscribe to the podcast (as well as this blog) via the following feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/uncontrolledvocabulary
On the call:
Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Julian Clark, Georgetown University Law Library
Colleen Harris, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
David Rothman, Community General Hospital Medical Library
Michael Sauers, [...]

Episode 60 tonight

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

We’ll be recording episode 60 of Uncontrolled Vocabulary live tonight at 10 PM Eastern.
Topics for tonight’s show will likely include (although subject to change):

Librarians’ Internet Index Moves to Internet Public Library
Using Video Games as Bait to Hook Readers
Hakia Relaunches With ‘Credible Sites’
Sunset for the librarian

And, of course, so much more. To join the conversation:
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Uncontrolled Vocabulary #59 – You can be fired and you can be replaced.

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #59 is now available for download. Here’s a direct link to the mp3.
You can subscribe to the podcast (as well as this blog) via the following feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/uncontrolledvocabulary
On the call:
Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Christa Burns, Nebraska Library Commission
Mary Carmen Chimato, North Carolina State University
Julian Clark, Georgetown University Law Library
Ryan Deschamps, Halifax Public [...]

Episode 59 tonight

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

We’ll be recording episode 59 of Uncontrolled Vocabulary live tonight at 10 PM Eastern.
Topics for tonight’s show will likely include (although subject to change):

Reuters Says George Mason University Is Handing Out Its Proprietary Software
Trenton libraries’ money questions
Senate passes Orphan Works Act
Teaching the “soft skills” in library school

And, of course, so much more. To join the [...]