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On the call:

Mary Carmen Chimato, North Carolina State University
Anna Creech, University of Richmond
Kendra Levine, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley
David Rothman, Community General Hospital Medical Library
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission
Chris Zammarelli, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Topics:

1. Most State Library jobs could be history (pennlive.com)

2. Why aren’t ebooks taking off? Not enough pirates (The Guardian)

3. Doomed: why Wikipedia will fail (ars technica)
Why Wikipedia’s Policy to Blacklist Blogs is Outdated and Wrong (ReadWriteWeb)

4. In Web Age, Library Job Gets Update (New York Times)

5. A Dirty Little Secret: Self-Censorship (School Library Journal)

6. Is Your Library a Star? LJ Launches the Index of Public Library Service (Library Journal)

The windstorm here in the Midwest caused its share of technical problems with the show, forcing me to spend most of the hour on a cell phone. Please accept my apologies for the unusually poor audio quality, but I’ll think you’ll find much of the conversation to be very worthwhile.

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Christa Burns, Nebraska Library Commission
Aaron Dobbs, Shippensburg University
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission

Topics:

1. Libraries can keep books with lead-containing ink (USA Today)

2. Rutgers Faculty Agrees To Drop “Library” from SCILS Name (Library Journal)

3. ALA Urges Library Advocates To Lobby Now on Stimulus Bill (Library Journal)
Day 5: Get Ready for Major Economic Stimulus Vote Tomorrow (District Dispatch)
Portion of the Senate stimulus related to broadband expansion (readthestimulus.com)
URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Protect Library Funding in the Economic Stimulus Package (District Dispatch)

4. Palinet and Solinet Teaming Up to Become Lyrasis (LISNews)
OCLC and NEBASE’s future (N³)

5. Author’s Guild calls Kindle 2’s text-to-speech software illegal (CrunchGear)
Neil Gaiman waxes sensible on Kindle Audiobooks and the redonkulous Author’s Guild (BoingBoing)

6. Sony works with Netlibrary to offer Mobile Collections for the Reader Digital Book (OCLC)
Sony Reader Mobile Collections (OCLC)
O’Reilly Challenges Proprietary eBook Standards With Bookworm (ReadWriteWeb)

7. ‘Wall Street Journal’ Librarian Laments Shutdown (Editor & Publisher)

[Updated at 1:03 AM to add BoingBoing link]

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Christa Burns, Nebraska Library Commission
Kendra Levine, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley
Chadwick Seagraves, Private Academic Library Network of Indiana

Topics:

1. Library Waives Fee for Sully’s Waterlogged Book (NBC Los Angeles)

2. Children’s Books Get One-Year Stay from Anti-Lead Law (AL Online)

3. Berkeley departments skirmish over 3M contract (San Francisco Chronicle)
Berkeley library given waiver to sign 3M deal (San Francisco Chronicle)

4. Dallas libraries let you pay to check out hot titles (Dallas Morning News)

5. Watched Any Good Books Lately? HarperCollins Tries ‘Video Books’ (Washington Post)

6. Libraries and copyfraud (Ragesoss 2.02)
Ball State Copyright Conference

7. Guinness World Records book in school libraries (Nebraska Library Commission)
Message posted to SYSTEMS mailing list

8. My Top Tech Trend: Social software deathwatch (See Also…)

9. Amazon To Drop Microsoft, Adobe e-Book Formats (Publishers Weekly)

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Ryan Deschamps, Halifax Public Library (Check him out on the latest episode of CommandN talking about Podcamp Halifax!)
Rudy Leon, University of Illinois
Kendra Levine, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission

Topics:

1. Obama adminstration brings back the Freedom of Information Act and transparency in government (BoingBoing)
Obama administration embraces Creative Commons (Coyle’s InFormation)
Supreme Court Rejection Nixes Child Online Protection Act (AL Online)
Under Obama, feds may still snoop library files (San Francisco Chronicle)

2. At First, Funny Videos. Now, a Reference Tool. (New York Times)

3. Wikipedia May Restrict Public’s Ability to Change Entries (New York Times)

4. Why you can’t find a library book in your search engine (Guardian)
OCLC Defends Records Policy, Faces Questions, Suggestions, and Criticisms (Library Journal)

5. Google & the Future of Books (New York Review of Books)
A fire on the plain (Peter Brantley’s thoughts and speculations)

6. What’s New at LibraryElf

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Laura Crossett, Park County (WY) Library System
Ryan Deschamps, Halifax Public Library
Jason Griffey, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission
Tim Spalding, Library Thing

Topics:

1. OCLC Board of Trustees and Members Council to convene Review Board of Shared Data Creation and Stewardship (OCLC)
Why libraries must reject the OCLC Policy (part 1) (Thingology)

2. Ebook DRM provider goes dark, the books you paid for disappear (Boing Boing)

3. Congress bans kids from libraries? (Boston Phoenix)

4. Group Seeks to Take Over Providence Branches (AL Online)

5. Librarians to be renamed ‘audience development officers’ (Telegraph)

6. The Public Library Renaissance (Freakonomics)
Library usage will go up during a recession – management are you really prepared? (Librarian By Day)

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Mary Carmen Chimato, North Carolina State University
Steven Kaye
Rudy Leon, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Topics:

1. Nutter’s new plan to save the libraries: let non-profits and the private sector run them (Philly.com)
Judge halts library closings (Philly.com)
Nutter says ruling risks shorter hours at all libraries (Philly.com)
Philadelphia Libraries Remain Open, But Staff Cuts Mean Fewer Days (Library Journal)

2. Save the LIS Library! Petition

3. Ask-a-Librarian Services Need a Reboot (David Lee King)
Discrimination against chat and email users? I’m skeptical. (Llyfrgellydd)

4. ALA Presidential Hopefuls and YouTube (Pattern Recognition)
It’s Been a Tough Start to the New Year at ALA…. (ALA Marginalia)

5. Captain Underpants Doesn’t Need a Newbery Medal (Slate)
Has the Newbery Lost Its Way? (School Library Journal)

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The show will be on hiatus for the next three weeks, in celebration of the upcoming holidays. We will resume production on Wednesday, January 7th. Happy holidays to you and yours.

On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Aaron Dobbs, Shippensburg University
Colleen Harris, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Kendra Levine, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley
Michael Porter, WebJunction
David Rothman, Community General Hospital Medical Library
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission

Topics:

1. Internet Cool Tools for Physicians (Springer)

2. The LSW Zine: A Call for Rants, Manifestos, Articles, and Artwork (See Also…)

3. LITACamp: How much would you pay? (See Also…)

4. Washington Dad Foils Plan for School “Librateria” (AL Online)
Lakota scraps ‘librateria’ plan (Federal Way Mirror)

5. Sad State of Affairs in Higher Ed (Guardienne of the Tomes)

6. Search and find magazines on Google Book Search (Google Blog)
Google Magazines (Pattern Recognition)

7. Stronger Roles for Libraries as Local News Aggregators? (Stephen’s Lighthouse)

8. A brief discussion of the merits of joining ALA

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Laura Crossett, Park County (WY) Library System
David Fiander, University of Western Ontario
Kendra Levine, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission
Courtney Stephens, Belmont University

Topics:

1. ALA seeks $100 million in stimulus funding as U.S. libraries face critical cutbacks, closures (ALA press release)
Libraries want a bailout too (Sandusky Register)

2. Nashville Mayor Proposes Public Library Run School Libraries (Library Journal)
Library merger plan stuns officials (The Tennessean)

3. CBLDF To Serve As Special Consultant In PROTECT Act Manga Case (Comic Book Legal Defense Fund)
Neil Gaiman On The ‘Obscenity’ Of Manga Collector Christopher Handley’s Trial (MTV’s Splash Page)

4. SearchWiki: make search your own (Official Google Blog)
Google SearchWiki Must Die (InformationWeek)

5. 100 Librarians That Have Shaped the Profession (SLA)

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Mary Carmen Chimato, North Carolina State University
Aaron Dobbs, Shippensburg University
Kendra Levine, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley
Heron Stone

Topics:

1. ALA Grassroots Program Proposal (ALA)

2. Full draft of RDA (Library and Archives Canada)

3. List of content related to the OCLC Policy Change (wiki.code4lib.org)
Rule #1 for Surviving Paradigm Shifts: Don’t S**t Where You Eat (Stefano’s Linotype)
Stealing Your Library: The OCLC Powergrab (Raw Thought)
OCLC on the Run (Raw Thought)
Stop the OCLC powergrab! (Watchdog.net)
An open letter to the OCLC membership on the Worldcat Record Use policy (OCLC)

4. ALA Comments to FCC on E-rate: Audit Findings Point to Need for Simpler Program (District Dispatch)

5. D.C. Libraries: Not a Homeless Shelter, Especially in the West End (Washington City Paper)
Affluent white people can help themselves, thank you (Closed Stacks)

6. Whatever Happened to Library Blogs? (Pegasus Librarian)
Is the blog dead? (Bibliothekia)

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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, SUNY-Potsdam
Kendra Levine, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission
Rachel Vacek, University of Houston

Topics:

Internet Librarian 2008
HOWTO give a good presentation (walking paper)
A Side Effect of Social Networks I Hadn’t Anticipated (Pegasus Librarian)
Reflections on Internet Librarian 2008 (Travelin’ Librarian)

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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, Nebraska Library Commission

Links to the show topics:

1. Librarians’ Internet Index Moves to Internet Public Library (Library Journal)
LII IS NOW ADMINISTERED BY IPL (LII)

2. Hakia Relaunches With ‘Credible Sites’ (ReadWriteWeb)
Semantic Search Engine Hakia Now Says It Can Filter Results By How Credible They Are (TechCrunch)

3. NC Program works to end shortage of Black librarians (LISNews)

4. Banned Books, Chapter 2 (Washington Post)

5. Sunset for the librarian (Littleton Public Schools blogs)

6. Using Video Games as Bait to Hook Readers (New York Times)
Reaction from Jenny Levine

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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 Library
Colleen Harris, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
David Rothman, Community General Hospital Medical Library
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission

Links to the show topics:

1. Reuters Says George Mason University Is Handing Out Its Proprietary Software (Courthouse News Service)

2. Senate passes Orphan Works Act (Daily Cartoonist)
The Importance of Orphan Works Legislation (U.S. Copyright Office)
AAEC responds to passage of Orphan Works Act (Daily Cartoonist)
‘Orphan Works’ Copyright Law Dies Quiet Death (Wired)

3. Trenton libraries’ money questions (6abc.com)

4. Teaching the “soft skills” in library school (Information Wants to Be Free)

Update: Sorry, I forgot to clean up some of the anticipated topics from this post. This list now reflects the actual contents of the show.

Update 2: I also had the link to the mp3 wrong, which resulted in the podcast feed not updating. That should be resolved.

This episode fails to maintain the usual G-rated language standards. It fails to meet a few other standards as well. You’ve been warned.

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Mary Carmen Chimato, North Carolina State University
Robin Hastings, Missouri River Regional Library
Stephen Kellat, Host, LISTen, the LISNews.org podcast
David Rothman, Community General Hospital Medical Library

Links to the show topics:

1. Five seconds for feedback

2. Laws for Using Photos You Take at Your Library (Marketing Library Services)
Legally, should Libraries NOT be Using Flickr? (Tame the Web)

3. My NewLib-L Recent Post (Guardienne of the Tomes)

4. Libraries, pools, zoo eyed as businesses (New Zealand Herald)

5. Should You Live Blog/Twitter A College Class? (Techdirt)

6. Reference Books (Wall Street Journal)

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Christa Burns, Nebraska Library Commission
Stephen Kellat, Host, LISTen, the LISNews.org podcast
Lori Reed, Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission

Links to the show topics:

1. Hartford Library Chief To Retire (Hartford Courant)

2. Nampa library restores ‘Joy of Sex’ books (Idaho Statesman)

3. Judge waves gavel, says Avada Kedavra to Harry Potter Lexicon (ars technica)
Furious Author Cancels Pirated Book (TorrentFreak)

4. Bringing history online, one newspaper at a time (Official Google Blog)
Google to Digitize Newspaper Archives (New York Times)

5. Kennewick library giving students the boot (Tri-City Herald)

6. Libraries and English Department Partner in Exploration of Digital Readers (Penn State Alumni Library)
The Sony Reader Experiment at Penn State University (Joe Wikert’s Publishing 2020 Blog)

7. Just How Powerful is Wikipedia? (SitePoint)

And here’s a link to the Mother Jones article I referenced, but that we didn’t discuss:
America’s Most Dangerous Librarians (Mother Jones)

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Robin Hastings, Missouri River Regional Library
Stephen Kellat, Host, LISTen, the LISNews.org podcast
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission

Links to the show topics:

1. City Won’t Seek Jail for It’s Perfectly Normal Protester (AL Online)

2. An Open and Shut Case (School Library Journal)

3. Mayor Palin: A Rough Record (Time)
Palin’s Start in Alaska: Not Politics as Usual (New York Times)

4. Anger as council bans yoga and painting from libraries (The Courier-Mail)
Tai chi new home plea (Southern Star)

5. Appeals court smacks down judge for relying on Wikipedia (ars technica)

6. Bloggers and Coders (Library Journal)

7. Burned by Chrome (The Register)
Google on Chrome EULA controversy: our bad, we’ll change it (ars technica)

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Katie Dunneback, Southeastern Librarian Services
Laura Harris, Grand Valley State University
Stephen Kellat, Host, LISTen, the LISNews.org podcast
Michael Porter, WebJunction
Lori Reed, Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission

Links to the show topics:

1. A special request: Helping Otto (and I) Out (Guardienne of the Tomes)

2. UIC library reverses course on Obama documents (Chicago Tribune)

3. The Diaries Interview (Speak Quietly)

4. Amazon Buys Shelfari and its Innovative UI (ReadWriteWeb)
LibraryThing strategy in an age of Amazon/Shelfari (LibraryThing)

5. Arrested library scofflaw: ‘They were good books’ (Today/MSNBC)

6. Random House asks young adult writers to contractually promise not to behave immorally (BoingBoing)
Children’s writers, don’t misbehave (Guardian)

7. Ithaka’s 2006 Studies of Key Stakeholders in the Digital Transformation in Higher Education
The Question They Forgot To Ask (ACRLog)
Libraries or Librarians (Redux) (T Scott)

8. County orders library audio books English-only (Frederick News-Post)
County reverses English-only policy for library audio books (Frederick News-Post)

9. “hi-fi sci-fi library” video is here!+story (Libraryman)

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Christa Burns, Nebraska Library Commission
Laura Crossett, Park County (WY) Library System
Stephen Kellat, Host, LISTen, the LISNews.org podcast
Lori Reed, Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission

Links to the show topics:

1. On taking things personally (Any Hexagon)

2. Point/Counterpoint: the case for and against young adult science fiction (BoingBoing)

3. Concern over age bands for books (BBC News)

4. Ex-library employee awaits appeals decision (Ludington Daily News – registration required)

5. New law would require reporting child porn (Portland Press Herald)

6. Children’s knitting group turfed from library under new craft ban (Sympatico/MSN)
Discuss. I give you a topic (Yarn Harlot)
After the beep (Yarn Harlot)

7. We’re degreed professionals right? (InfoSciPhi)

8. LISTen Special Edition — The Intersection of Librarianship and Politics

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On the call:

Mary Carmen Chimato, North Carolina State University
Christa Burns, Nebraska Library Commission
Robin Hastings, Missouri River Regional Library
Stephen Kellat, Host, LISTen, the LISNews.org podcast
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission
Tim Spalding, Library Thing
Richard X. Thripp

Links to the show topics:

1. Shelfari and LibraryThing: Awkward Bookends To AbeBooks-Amazon Deal (TechCrunch)
Abebooks news: The scoop for LibraryThing (LibraryThing blog)

2. Should Libraries Develop Their Own eBook Reader? (LISNews)

3. MD PL Director Accedes to FBI Computer Seizure; Possible Anthrax Link (Library Journal)
A Breach of Trust (LibraryCrunch)

4. 12 Tools That Will Soon Go the Way of Fax and CDs (How to Save the Earth)

5. If You Run a Red Light, Will Everyone Know? (New York Times)

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Christa Burns, Nebraska Library Commission
Connie Crosby, Crosby Consulting Group
Gabe Geltzer, LibGig
Robin Hastings, Missouri River Regional Library
Lori Reed, Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission
Deb Schwarz, Library Associates
Jezmynne Westcott, Claremont University Consortium

Links to the show topics:

1. A conversation with the folks from LibGig

2. Do Senior Librarians Have a Moral Obligation to Retire? (Law Librarian Blog)

3. Literacy Debate: Online, R U Really Reading? (New York Times)

4. Medical Version of Wikipedia, With Universities’ Help, Gets Ready to Go Live (Chronicle of Higher Education)

5. Former Employees of Google Prepare Rival Search Engine (New York Times)
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On the agenda, but not discussed:
Boys seek new policy on children in library (Press-Register)
Tired of city fees, residents form own library (kgw.com)

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Episode 50 is a pretty minor milestone, but still worthy of a moment’s reflection. Thanks to everyone who has participated on the call, chatted in the chat room, emailed me with feedback, read and commented on this blog or over at FriendFeed, or sent a discussion item in to del.icio.us. Whatever it is we have here, we have it because of your participation. And thanks to everyone who is taking the time out of their normal auditory life to listen to the conversation.

On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Laura Carscaddon, University of Arizona
Connie Crosby, Crosby Consulting Group
Robin Hastings, Missouri River Regional Library
Michael Porter, WebJunction
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission
Chadwick Seagraves, Private Academic Library Network of Indiana
Stephanie Zimmerman, Library System of Lancaster County

Links to the show topics:

1. Google Librarian Central newsletter returns
Google Librarian Central blog dies

2. Library pulls DVD called ‘porn’ from circulation (Pantagraph.com)

3. Uncle Bobby’s Wedding (myliblog)

4. When Google’s the library, who’s the librarian? (BuzzMachine)
Dear facebook and Google, I love libraries more. (Libraryman)

5. From Awareness to Funding: A study of library support in America (OCLC)
OCLC Report Suggests Ways To Generate New Library Support (Library Journal)

On the agenda, but not discussed:
Library of Congress: DRM a serious obstacle to archiving (ars technica)
Did Tor’s free ebooks affect sales? (Bloggasm)
Intellectual Freedom advocacy in a Huxleyan world (Library Juice)

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The sound quality is a little rough at first, but I implore you to tough it out. The rest of the show sounds good and the conversation is most definitely worth hearing.

On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Christa Burns, Nebraska Library Commission
Steven Cohen
Ryan Deschamps, Halifax Public Library
Sonya Green, Library Thing
Robin Hastings, Missouri River Regional Library
Jenny Levine, American Library Association
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission
Tim Spalding, Library Thing

Links to the show topics:

1. Judge: Hoosiers Who Sell Mature Materials Aren’t Adult Booksellers (AL Online)

2. The New LJ Index (Library Journal)

3. SirsiDynix Report Corrected (Library Journal)

4. Build the Open Shelves Classification (Thingology)

5. ALA Contradicts Itself With Verizon Grant (Library Stuff)

6. On not being scammed (Digital Reference)

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Laura Crossett, Park County (WY) Library System
Robin Hastings, Missouri River Regional Library
Daniel Johnson Jr.

Links to the show topics:

1. Twitter: Well, he don’t beat me (Tinfoil+Raccoon)
The Uncontrolled Vocabulary Friendfeed Room

2. How Google Used Librarians…and Got Away With It (Library Stuff)

3. Why Sentence Case for Titles? (Library Journal)

4. Subject Experts Need Not Apply (Chronicle of Higher Education)

5. The Need for a Frame Bending Change (Lakewood Observer)
Library AV registration process? (Lakewood Observer)

On the agenda, but not discussed:
‘Endangered Species’: Black Male Librarian (NPR)
The New LJ Index (Library Journal)
A Tangled Info Web (Newsweek)
10 Most Followed Librarians on Twitter (School Library Journal)

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Kerry Howell, Arizona-flavored librarian
Tim Keneipp, La Crosse Public Library

Links to the show topics:

1. Feedback

2. Hartford Library Pledges Increased Safety Measures
Library Board Gets It (Hartford Courant)

3. Library board member resigns (Idaho Press-Tribune)

4. Oregon folds: Legislative Counsel’s Committee says Oregon’s laws aren’t copyrighted (Boing Boing)

5. Libel Suit over Digitized Article Dismissed (AL Online)

6. Lakewood library aggressive on checking computer users for porn (The Plain Dealer)

7. What’s Obscene? Google Could Have an Answer (New York Times)

8. LibGig

9. Free to all* (Boston Globe)

On the agenda, but not discussed:
U.S. copyright renewal records available for download (Inside Google Book Search via Boing Boing)
Fired library director sues (The Macomb Daily)
OCLC announces pilot of TouchPoint, a new end user service for libraries (OCLC)

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Connie Crosby, Crosby Group Consulting
Michael Golrick, L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library (Eau Claire, WI)
Jason Griffey, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
David Jaundrew
Stephen Kellat, Host, LISTen, the LISNews.org podcast
David Rothman, Community General Hospital Medical Library

Links to the show topics:

1. Britannica’s New Site (britannicanet.com)
Encyclopaedia Britannica To Follow Modified Wikipedia Model (Wired)

2. OCLC: A Review (Radical Cataloging via E-LIS)

3. What if our assumptions about the millenials’ Internet and computer habits were wrong? (Laurie the Librarian)
The kids are alright – or are they? (pdf via E-LIS)

4. Prediction: The Kindle Goes Down in FLAMES (Library Journal)

5. “Peak Information”: Libraries and the End of Oil (CityStates)

On the agenda, but not discussed:
Shrinking Books, Shrinking Fair Use (Peter Brantley’s thoughts and speculations)
The user is not broken (Attempting Elegance)
Test Your Library Legal IQ (Intellectual Freedom – It’s Not Just Banned Books)
MoCo: Is Free Library Parking a Civic Right? (Washington Post)

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Craig Anderson, Kean University
Connie Crosby, Crosby Group Consulting
Nathan Flinchum, Roanoke Public Libraries
Robin Hastings, Missouri River Regional Library
Stephen Kellat, Host, LISTen, the LISNews.org podcast
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission
Eric Sizemore, Champaign Public Library

Links to the show topics:

1. Controversial sex books will stay off Nampa Library shelves (KTVB)

2. Federal Aid To City Library May Be At Risk (Hartford Courant)
Video of Louise Blalock on WFSB

3. Journals Find Fakery in Many Images Submitted to Support Research (Chronicle of Higher Education)

4. The Library in the New Age (New York Review of Books)

5. Library pulls Chinese-language DVDs due to copyright concerns (The Plain Dealer)

6. Harry Potter and the librarian’s lawsuit (KFVS)
Text of the lawsuit (Courthouse News – pdf)

7. Libraries switch off wi-fi internet (The Connexion)

On the agenda, but not discussed:
Electronic Device Stirs Unease at Book Fair (New York Times)

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
David Bigwood, Lunar and Planetary Institute
Christa Burns, Nebraska Library Commission
Laura Carscaddon, University of Arizona
Rudy Leon, SUNY-Potsdam
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission
Paul Stanton, host of the Home Business Radio Internet Talk Show

Links to the show topics:

1. Closed EPA Libraries to Return in Lavatory-Sized Spaces (PEER)

2. San Jose Officials Revisit Filter Mandate (AL Online – October 2007)
San Jose Library’s Filter Report Not Enough for City Councilor (AL Online)
POLICY OPTIONS AND STAFF REPORT RELATING TO INTERNET FILTERING PROPOSAL AND COMPUTER USE AT SAN JOSE PUBLIC LIBRARIES (pdf)

3. Book search winding down (Live Search Blog)
Microsoft To Shut Live Search Books (TechCrunch)
Why killing Live Book Search is good for the future of books (ars technica)
This Week in Tech #144 with special guest Brewster Kahle

4. Hacker Leaves X-Rated Message On Library Dial-A-Story Line (KOLO)

5. Note to Web 2.0 Companies: Early Adopters are not the Mass Market (Dare Obasanjo)

6. Steve Cisler, digital librarian, RIP (Boing Boing)

7. Saskatchewan Director Admits to Embezzling $500,000 (AL Online)

On the agenda, but not discussed:

Librarian Responds to Allegations Against Library (WFSB)
Libraries fight economic woes with information (Delaware Online)
HSC students to get Wikipedia course (The Age)
Student researching al-Qaida tactics held for six days (EducationGuardian)

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Nathan Flinchum, Roanoke Public Libraries
Kathryn Greenhill, Murdoch University
Rikhei Harris, Grand Valley State University
Stephen Kellat, Host, LISTen, the LISNews.org podcast
Tim Keneipp, La Crosse Public Library
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission

Links to the show topics:

1. Libraries may get saved (Commercial Appeal)

2. Followup on Is this how we encourage people to contribute? (Information Wants To Be Free)
Library Speakers Anonymous

3. Cover letter meme (Llyfrgellydd)

4. Libraries Embrace Digital Audiobooks (LISWire)

5. The Oregon Question

6. OCLC and Google to exchange data, link digitized books to WorldCat (OCLC)

7. Hartford Public Library: A Study In Bad Behavior (Hartford Courant)
Illicit Activities At Library? Police Chief Reacts (Hartford Courant)

8. The New IT Librarian Application (Library Garden)

9. Old Maids, Policeman, and Social Rejects: Mass Media Representations and Public Perceptions of Librarians (Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship)

Homework for next week: San Jose Library’s Filter Report Not Enough for City Councilor (AL Online)
Internet Filtering: Software Tests (pdf)

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The podcast is also available from the iTunes Music Store.

On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Christa Burns, Nebraska Library Commission
Laura Carscaddon, University of Arizona
Blake Carver, Proprietor of LISHost and LISNews
Nathan Flinchum, Roanoke Public Libraries
Stephen Kellat, Host, LISTen, the LISNews.org podcast
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission
Eric Sizemore, Champaign Public Library

Links to the show topics:

1. Libraries: Eliminate DRM! (DefectiveByDesign.org)

2. Parents’ shock as school takes thumb scans (Keighley News)

3. Harvard, Fair Harvard (madisonian.net)

4. Publishers consider dropping old standby: the paper catalog (Chicago Tribune)

5. We’re just here to say hi: terror squad (Sydney Morning Herald)

6. Community libraries enhancing democracy (The Daily Times)

7. Statement of International Cataloguing Principles – Invitation to worldwide review (IFLA)

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Laura Carscaddon, University of Arizona
Steven Cohen
Connie Crosby, Leisure Girl
Laura Crossett, Park County (WY) Library System
Jason Griffey, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Rikhei Harris, Grand Valley State University
Stephen Kellat, Host, LISTen, the LISNews.org podcast
Courtney Stephens, Belmont University

Links to the show topics:

1. Oh the Joys of Management and Directorship (Gather No Dust)

2. Free Little Brother for librarians, teachers, etc — a tipjar alternative for people who loved the free ebook (Boing Boing)

3. Your BIGWIG

4. FBI Withdraws Unconstitutional National Security Letter After ACLU and EFF Challenge (EFF)
FBI Targets Internet Archive With Secret ‘National Security Letter’, Loses (Wired)

5. Is this how we encourage people to contribute? (Information Wants To Be Free)

6. U.C. Berkeley student’s Twitter messages alerted world to his arrest in Egypt (Mercury News)
Bestiaries, Lockdown, and Twitter (bavatuesdays)

7. Grassroots storytime (Open Stacks)

On the agenda, but out of time:
AP, newspapers fit print into iPhone (Marketplace)
Experimental Xerox Paper Erases Itself, Results In Temporary Documents On Reusable Paper (Xerox)
Copyright and the World’s Most Popular Song (Social Sciences Research Network)

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Laura Carscaddon, University of Arizona
Karen Coombs, University of Houston Libraries
Connie Crosby, Leisure Girl
Laura Crossett, Park County (WY) Library System
Tim Keneipp, La Crosse Public Library
Joshua M. Neff, Johnson County Public Library
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission
Julie Strange, Maryland AskUsNow!

Links to the show topics:

1. Oregon continues to insist that its laws are copyrighted and can’t be published (Boing Boing)

2. Microsoft device helps police pluck evidence from cyberscene of crime (Seattle Times)
Microsoft denies handing law enforcement ‘backdoor’ keys (Lamp)

3. Sorry But You Can’t Have It All (ACRLog)
Do I really want it all? (LISNews.org)
But What If I Don’t Want it All? (Academic Librarian)

4. Stepping into marketing (Open Stacks)

5. MARC, OPACs, and Podcasts (GutterType)

Submissions on the agenda that we didn’t get to:
Appraising the Deborah Jacobs revolution at Seattle libraries (Crosscut.com)
The Twitter Blacklist
Why we are the biggest obstacles to our own growth (Raganwald)

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
David Bigwood, Lunar and Planetary Institute
Christa Burns, Nebraska Library Commission
Mary Carmen Chimato, North Carolina State University
Mickey Coalwell, Northeast Kansas Library System
Connie Crosby, Leisure Girl
Laura Crossett, Park County (WY) Library System
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission

Links to the show topics:

1. A moment about our new Facebook Page
A second moment about MyBlogLog

2. Library of Congress Subject Heading Suggestion Blog-a-Thon (Radical Reference)

3. Library Sues Its Friend (Courthouse News Service)

4. Creative Commons, Copyright, and the Murky Middle (Library Crunch)
Of Librarians, Photography, Copyright & Creative Commons (Travelin’ Librarian)

5. At LAPL, Proposed $1 Fee for Holds Appears Dead (Library Journal)

6. Encyclopedia Britannica Now Free For Bloggers (TechCrunch)
Free Britannica (Open Stacks)
Britannica Webshare (Pattern Recognition)

7. The new library fad: borrow a person (Times Online)

8. Librarians Urge Department of Education to Tag Library-Tech Instructors as ‘High Need’ (Chronicle of Higher Education)

9. The 5 People Who Make Me Hate the Public Library (Bookgasm)
The 5 Reasons I Love the Public Library (Bookgasm)

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A million thanks to Mary Carmen Chimato for taking over the show this week. As you’ll hear, she did a fantastic job in my stead.

On the call:

Mary Carmen Chimato, North Carolina State University
Christa Burns, Nebraska Library Commission
Anna Creech, University of Richmond
Stephen Kellat, Host, LISTen, the LISNews.org podcast
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission

Links to the show topics:

1. Response to the show and the greening of CiL from Jane Dysart
Comment from Jill O’Neill

2. Oregon: our laws are copyrighted and you can’t publish them (Boing Boing)
Related documents (Scribd)

3. Publishers Sue Georgia State on Digital Reading Matter (New York Times)

4. The state of libraries: Funding down, but gaming up as way to attract young people (International Herald Tribune)
Does Gaming Promote Reading? (The Shifted Librarian)
Chiming in On the Biggies (The Other Librarian)

5. War Declared on Library of Congress by Venezuela (Friends of Cuban Libraries)

6. Blogs May Be Rendered Obsolete by New Technology (Chronicle of Higher Education)
An argument against Shyftr and communities built around full-text RSS feeds (Online Media Cultist)

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Christa Burns, Nebraska Library Commission
Julian Clark, Georgetown University Law Library
Sarah Cohen, Champlain College
Anna Creech, University of Richmond
Connie Crosby, Leisure Girl
Ryan Deschamps, Halifax Public Library
David Free, ACRL
Joshua M. Neff, Johnson County Public Library
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission

This episode was devoted exclusively to conversation about the recently completed Computers in Libraries 2008 conference.

Amongst the topics discussed:

Dominant themes and takeaways
Best presentations
The Story of My Profession (Pegasus Librarian)
Wi-fi access – Is spotty better than none at all?
Why this conference still works in light of the rise of the unconference
Suggestions for future conferences

Note: Post updated at 9:54 AM to include my homegirl, Sarah Cohen. So totally my bad.

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Christa Burns, Nebraska Library Commission
Laura Carscaddon, University of Arizona
Connie Crosby, Leisure Girl
Laura Crossett, Park County (WY) Library System
Ryan Deschamps, Halifax Public Library
Kerry Howell, Cleveland area librarian
David Rothman, Community General Hospital Medical Library
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission

Links to the show topics:

1. TN Library Association Criticizes Memphis Mayor for Hiring Nonlibrarian Leaders (Library Journal)
Memphis Mayor Announces Closings of Five Library Branches (AL Online)
Mayor Willie Herenton to Resign, Effective July 31st (Memphis Daily Flyer)
Herenton says he’ll stay put in mayor’s office if he doesn’t get city schools’ superintendent job (commercialappeal.com)

2. Library Sued For Restricting Internet Time (InformationWeek)

3. No MySpace, Facebook at Mishawaka Library (Tame the Web)

4. If it quacks like a librarian… (The Liminal Librarian)

5. Sexual content law irks booksellers (Indiana Star)
Full-text of the proposed legislation (pdf – in.gov)

6. Time to pass the Carnival torch (InfoSciPhi)

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Christa Burns, Nebraska Library Commission
Connie Crosby, Leisure Girl
Aaron Dobbs, Shippensburg University
Michael Golrick, L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library (Eau Claire, WI)
Emily Knox, The General Theological Seminary
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission

Links to the show topics:

1. Ryerson U. Won’t Expel Student Over Facebook Study Group (Chronicle of Higher Education)

2. Librarian fired after reporting porn incident (Monterey Herald)
UPDATE: Lindsay: None of cops’ business, library supervisor said (Visalia Times-Delta)
Whistleblowing, Ethics, and Internet Use (The Other Librarian)
Large Crowd Gathers to Support Fired Librarian (CBS47.tv)
Supervisors back library firing (Visalia Times-Delta)

3. Two sex books taken off Nampa Library shelves (2news.tv)

4. Court ruling limits employment drug testing (San Francisco Chronicle)

5. OverDrive Breaks the iPod Barrier for Downloadable Audio (Library Journal)

6. (not so) SWIFT – a look at a new conference tool (librarian.net)
Not Using Swift for Computers in Libraries (David Lee King)

7. Revenge of the Experts (Newsweek)

8. The Transparent Library: Cheers and Jeers (Library Journal)

You can subscribe to the podcast (as well as this blog) via the following feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/uncontrolledvocabulary

And here’s a link to the Uncontrolled Vocabulary page on Mahalo, as mentioned at the beginning of tonight’s show.

On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Laura Carscaddon, University of Arizona
Kerry Howell, Cleveland area librarian
Stephen Kellat, Host, LISTen, the LISNews.org podcast
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission

Links to the show topics:

1. Compromise found on BPL funds (Boston Globe)

2. Pull the plug on the library (Gainesville Sun)

3. Public libraries told to innovate or die out (Times Online)

4. Kentucky Lawmaker Wants to Make Anonymous Internet Posting Illegal (WTVQ – Lexington, KY)

5. Student faces Facebook consequences (TheStar.com)

6. Gwinnett libraries to target porn site visitors (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

7. Newsweek outs Netflix-using public library (LISNews)
Sure, We’ve Got That! (Newsweek)

Submission we didn’t get to:
Library power struggle (The Windsor Star)

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Laura Carscaddon, University of Arizona
Stephen Kellat, Host, LISTen, the LISNews.org podcast
Michelle McLean, Casey-Cardinia Library Corporation
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission

Links to the show topics:

1. All Things Must Pass; Moving On From Ask.com (ResourceShelf)
Mahalo

2. Libraries Ban Sex Offenders (KOAT.com)

3. Fear of Internet Predators Largely Unfounded (Schneier on Security)
How the media can misrepresent the Web (rabble news)
Flint Waters responds to my rabble column about child porn and the media (Wayne’s Brain Dump)

4. The Tweet heard round the world (Citegeist)

5. Free download of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods
Why free reading is important (Boing Boing)

6. Cory Doctorow: Put Not Your Faith In Ebook Readers (Locus Online)

7. NFAIS: social database mockup (walking paper)

Also, going to make another attempt to claim My Podcast Alley feed! {pca-ea82562cacfac95b194834b9001c68b4} and My Odeo Channel (odeo/447ffbde25a7cadb). Apologies.

You can subscribe to the podcast (as well as this blog) via the following feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/uncontrolledvocabulary

We’ll resume our normal Wednesday night recording schedule next week.

On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Julian Clark, Georgetown University Law Library
Connie Crosby, Leisure Girl
Michael Golrick, L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library (Eau Claire, WI)
Stephen Kellat, Host, LISTen, the LISNews.org podcast
Emily Knox, The General Theological Seminary
Michelle McLean, Casey-Cardinia Library Corporation
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission
Courtney Stephens, Belmont University

Links to the show topics:

1. City gets a say on BPL trusts (Boston Globe, courtesy of librarian.net)
In Boston, Mayor and Librarian Clash Over Control (New York Times)
Better books at the library (Boston Globe)

2. Closed Book (Memphis Flyer)
Mayor firming up his team (Commercial Appeal)

3. Librarians demoted
Cost part of library demotions (Wausau Daily Herald)

4. ALA Legal Goons Bring Hammer Down on LITA-L (LISNews)
“Cease and Desist” message from LITA’s CEO to LITA-L (LITA Archives – There’s an anti-spammer thing, so you may need to click through twice.)

5. Face Value (Inside Higher Ed)

6. Random House Audio abandons audiobook DRM (Boing Boing)

7. Big Read or big waste? (LA Times, courtesy of Library Stuff)

Submissions we didn’t get to:

Will libraries disappear in 2019? (Trends in the Living Networks)
Information isn’t reserved for books (Houston Chronicle)

Update 3/2/08 1:46 PM: Going to use this post to claim My Podcast Alley feed! {pca-ea82562cacfac95b194834b9001c68b4} and My Odeo Channel (odeo/447ffbde25a7cadb). Apologies.

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Connie Crosby, Leisure Girl
Heidi Hansen, Wayne State University student
Stephen Kellat, Host, LISTen, the LISNews.org podcast
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission

Links to the show topics:

1. Library workers locked out in Victoria (The Globe and Mail)

2. Vancouver Library Under Fire for Hosting Controversial Author Called Anti-Semitic (Library Journal)

3. Library of Congress sells itself out to Microsoft for a mere $3 mil (Boing Boing)

4. Blatant Berry: The Vanishing Librarians (Library Journal)
LJ’s John Berry “Writes” an “Opinion Piece” (Free Range Librarian)

5. Borders opens bookshelves to digital services (USA Today)
Slideshow of pictures from a concept Borders store (Bordersmedia.com)
Digital Content & Lifestyle Centers at Borders (heidi go seek)

6. Libraries Will Soon Move Into Bay Area BART Stations (NBC11.com)

7. Lexington County library bans social networking sites (The State)

Submissions we didn’t get to:

Federated Search: ProQuest Acquires WebFeat, WebFeat to merge with Serial Solutions (ResourceShelf)
Publishers are braced for the slow death of the book (Times Online)
Beijing libraries seek to lure readers amid TV, Internet competition (Mathaba News Agency)
Napster for Books (Business Idea of the Day)
Amazon pooh-poohs (ingenious) New York net tax plan (Channel Register)
CrossRef launches free citation look up tool for bloggers (Confessions of a Science Librarian)

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Christa Burns, Nebraska Library Commission
Scot Colford, Boston Public Library
Connie Crosby, Leisure Girl
Katie Dunneback, Southeastern Librarian Services
Heidi Hansen, Wayne State University student
Stephen Kellat, Host, LISTen, the LISNews.org podcast
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission
Chadwick Seagraves, Private Academic Library Network of Indiana
Eric Sizemore, Champaign Public Library

Links to the show topics:

1. Amazon.com to Acquire Audible.com (Amazon.com)

2. Libraries: Kick DRM out! (DefectiveByDesign.com)
LISTen #8 – Interview with BPL’s Scott Colford
Flickr pics from the event (courtesy of LISNews.org)

3. Microsoft Offers $44.6B for Yahoo (TIME)
Yahoo! and the future of the Internet (Official Google Blog)
Yahoo Officially Rejects Offer (New York Times)
Report: Yahoo may buy AOL (San Jose Mercury News)

4. New Bedford mayor wants barcoded ID cards for city libraries (Boston Globe)

5. Syracuse Researchers Link Higher Test Scores with Certified Librarians in Schools (Rochester Regional Library Council)

7. Web-Based Homework – What Do Teens & Tweens Really Want (NYPL Labs)

8. Research and Morals (Enquiring Minds Want to Know)

9. Is “Traditional Reference” Dead? (Pegasus Librarian)

Submissions that we didn’t get to:
Online petition asks Wikipedia to remove pictures of Muhammad (International Herald Tribune)
Libraries sound death knell for books on cassette (The Salem News)
Are books “broken” on the web? (Rachel Kramer Bussel “Lusty Lady”’s Amazon Blog)
MPAA, Kindle and Downloading (Stephen’s Lighthouse)
Swastika arrangement of library desks draws fire (newsday.com)
Parent objects to library policy (The Republican)
Glittering future for… librarians (BusinessWeek)
Is Ombudsman Already in Jeopardy? (Washington Post)
Senator says White House is trying to undermine FOIA law (GovernmentExecutive.com)
WorldCat (The Cunning Realist)
EXPECTATION ECONOMY (trendwatching.com)
Evolution of Security

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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)

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)

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)

Update 3/2/08 7:19 PM Here’s a second instance of the direct link to the mp3 for the podcast feed.

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)

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)

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

We will be taking next week off for the holidays and will pick back up on January 2, 2008.

On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Laura Carscaddon, University of Arizona
Julian Clark, Georgetown University Law Library
Karin Dalziel, University of Missouri-Columbia student
Aaron Dobbs, Shippensburg University
Katie Dunneback, Southeastern Librarian Services
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library
Courtney Stephens, Belmont University

Links to the show topics:

1. A New Jersey Library Starts Lending Kindles (Library Journal)

2. Students ’should use Wikipedia’ (BBC News)

3. Encouraging people to contribute knowledge (Official Google Blog)
a few rough notes on knols (if:book)

4. A Treatise on the Black Market of Holds (LibrarianInBlack)

5. Johnston hunting for books to remove (The News & Observer, courtesy of LibVibe)

6. Down the Organization: Disorganized Librarianship (ALA TechSource)

7. Sewage for new-age library garden (Cambridge Post, also courtesy of LibVibe)

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 Crossett, Park County (WY) Library System
Karin Dalziel, University of Missouri-Columbia student
Ryan Deschamps, Halifax Public Library
Joshua M. Neff, Johnson County Public Library
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission

Links to the show topics:

1. Facebook Beacon
Thoughts on Beacon (The Facebook Blog)
Facebook Is Always Watching You (Wired)
About Face(book) (Fortune)
Zuckerberg Caves In, Lets Facebook Users Turn Off Beacon (Wired)
Facebook’s Beacon was illegal as well as dumb (Boing Boing)
Ask.com Puts a Bet on Privacy (New York Times)

2. On not winning the Nobel Prize (Nobelprize.org)
In Nobel Speech, Doris Lessing Blames the Internet for a Decline in Book Reading (Chronicle of Higher Education)

3. House vote on illegal images sweeps in Wi-Fi, Web sites (CNET News.com)
Wi-Fi ‘illegal images’ politician defends legislation (CNET News.com)

4. A Librarian’s Worst Nightmare (Slate)

5. Pooling Scholars’ Digital Resources (Inside Higher Ed)
Zotero Commons: Who Needs Libraries? (Library 2.0)

6. Max Planck Society terminates licensing contract with Springer publishing house (heise online)

7. Book Talk Flap Followed by Librarian’s Dismissal (AL Online)

8. Some initial thoughts on library advertising in Facebook (The Distant Librarian)

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On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Christa Burns, Nebraska Library Commission
Laura Carscaddon, University of Arizona
Karin Dalziel, University of Missouri-Columbia student
Aaron Dobbs, Shippensburg University
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission
Courtney Stephens, Belmont University

Links to the show topics:

1. Library staff accused of race profiling (Yale Daily News)
Report finds race profiling did not occur (Yale Daily News)

2. Politically Charged Prints Cause Talking in the Library (New York Times)

3. Publishers Seeking Web Controls (Washington Post)

4. Reading’s new chapter? (Star Tribune)
To Read or Not To Read: A Question of National Consequence (NEA – pdf)
Reading Down or Up? Not (Stephen’s Lighthouse)

5. 278 pass librarian licensure exam (Inquirer.net)

6. Leesburg library tries its hand at marketing (Orlando Sentinel)

7. Simulated strikes (Grand Island Independent)
Gaming at the Grand Island Veterans’ Home (Nebraska Library Commission Blog)

8. Best Practices: Book a Librarian for Training and Reference Assistance (Infoblog)

9. Children’s book outrages parents (The Morning Call)

10. Middle Georgia College Blocks Facebook and MySpace in Academic Buildings (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Teaching road safety by banning roads (The Travelin’ Librarian)

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

A million thank yous to Aaron Dobbs for stepping in at the last minute to host while I tended to my ailing son. Since he was so restrained, given the obvious opportunity for self-promotion, allow me. Aaron is running for ALA council and I suggest that all those qualified consider a vote for him. He’s serious about reforming the organization. You can see many of his ideas laid out on the Improve ALA wiki. (Disclosure: I’m not currently an ALA member.)

On the call:

Aaron Dobbs, Shippensburg University
Laura Carscaddon, University of Arizona
David Fiander, University of Western Ontario
Tom Peters, TAP Information Systems
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission
Courtney Stephens, Belmont University

Links to the show topics:

1. Library secure for kid porn (Denver Post)
Libraries and police unite for tougher law on library criminals (BusinessNorth.com)

2. Broadcast won’t violate library policy (The Hawk Eye)

3. SEC Investigates Omaha Database Company (AP via Yahoo! News)

4. Unsure what to buy children? Borders pushes safety of books (Detroit Free Press)
Senator Durbin On Toy Safety: “It Might Just Be A Good Christmas For Books Or Movies” (The Consumerist)

5. Librarian: ‘Just say no to Wikipedia’ (The Express-Times)
Balance in everything: Wikipedia v the librarian (Enquiring Minds Want to Know)

6. findingDulcinea, Librarian of the Internet, Launches in NYC (PR Newswire)

7. University of Michigan librarian defends Google scanning deal (ars technica)

8. Amazon’s Kindle

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

We’ll be taking next week off to let everyone drive safely to their Thanksgiving destinations. Next episode will be the following Wednesday, November 28.

On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Laura Carscaddon, University of Arizona
Julian Clark, Georgetown University Law Library
Laura Crossett, Park County (WY) Library System
Aaron Dobbs, Shippensburg University
Michael Golrick, L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library (Eau Claire, WI)
Heidi Hansen, Wayne State University student
Joshua M. Neff, Johnson County Public Library
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission

Links to the show topics:

1. What I Wish I Had Learned in Library School: A Public Librarian’s Perspective (LISCareer.com)
Things They Don’t Teach you in Library School (WMUB)

2. Library Software Manifesto (TechEssence.Info)

3. We Know What Library 2.0 Is and Is Not (LibraryCrunch)

4. More on Blogging as Scholarly Communication (The Medium is the Message)

5. Porn in libraries is wrong, say residents (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)