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Episode 71 tonight

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #71 records tonight at 10 PM Eastern. Topics for tonight’s show will probably include, but not be limited to:

Most State Library jobs could be history
Library books fall by two million a year amid warnings of cuts and closures
Why aren’t ebooks taking off? Not enough pirates

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Episode 70 tonight

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #70 records tonight at 10 PM Eastern. Topics for tonight’s show will probably include, but not be limited to:

Libraries can keep books with lead-containing ink
Rutgers Faculty Agrees To Drop “Library” from SCILS Name
Will libraries be stimulated?

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Episode #69 tonight

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #69 records tonight at 10 PM Eastern.
Topics for tonight’s show will probably include, but not be limited to:

Berkeley library given waiver to sign 3M deal
Library Waives Fee for Sully’s Waterlogged Book
Dallas libraries let you pay to check out hot titles

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Episode 68 tonight

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #68 records tonight at 10 PM Eastern.
Topics for tonight’s show will probably include, but not be limited to:

Wikipedia May Restrict Public’s Ability to Change Entries
Under Obama, feds may still snoop library files
British Library warns of ‘black hole’ in history if websites and digital files are not preserved

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Episode 67 tonight

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #67 records tonight at 10 PM Eastern.
Topics for tonight’s show will probably include, but not be limited to:

Why libraries must reject the OCLC Policy (part 1)
Ebook DRM provider goes dark, the books you paid for disappear
Librarians to be renamed ‘audience development officers’

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Episode #66 tonight

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #66 records tonight at 10 PM Eastern.
Topics for tonight’s show will probably include, but not be limited to:

The Philadelphia story
Save the LIS Library!
Ask-a-Librarian Services Need a Reboot

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Episode 65 tonight

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #65 records tonight at 10 PM Eastern.
Topics for tonight’s show will probably include, but not be limited to: 

LITACamp: How much would you pay?
Sad State of Affairs in Higher Ed
Washington Dad Foils Plan for School “Librateria”

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Episode #63 tonight

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #63 records tonight at 10 PM Eastern.
Topics for tonight’s show likely to include (although subject to change):

More on the OCLC policy kerfuffle
ALA Comments to FCC on E-rate: Audit Findings Point to Need for Simpler Program
Whatever Happened to Library Blogs?

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Episode 62 tonight

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #62 records tonight at 10 PM Eastern.
Topics for tonight’s show likely to include (although subject to change):

Summary of the Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat® Records
Google, If Built By Librarians
Google Settles Suit Over Book-Scanning
Don’t Friend Me!

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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 [...]

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