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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008We’ll be recording episode 38 of Uncontrolled Vocabulary live tonight at 10 PM Eastern.
Topics for tonight’s show will likely include (although subject to change):
War Declared on Library of Congress by Venezuela
The state of libraries: Funding down, but gaming up as way to attract young people
Blogs May Be Rendered Obsolete by New Technology
Would robot librarians do [...]
Episode 37 tonight
Thursday, April 10th, 2008We’ll be recording a special episode of Uncontrolled Vocabulary Thursday night at 10 PM EDT. This episode will be devoted exclusively to discussion of the Computers in Libraries conference, which just wrapped up in D.C.
I invite anyone who was there to join in the conversation, as well as anyone who might have questions for the [...]
Episode 35 tonight
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008We’ll be recording episode 35 of Uncontrolled Vocabulary live tonight at 10 PM Eastern.
Topics for tonight’s show will likely include (although subject to change):
Goodbye, Mayor Herenton
Library Sued For Restricting Internet Time
No MySpace, Facebook at Mishawaka Library
If it quacks like a librarian…
And, of course, so much more. To join the conversation:
1. Dial 1-724-444-7444
2. Enter the show [...]
Episode 34 tonight
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008We’ll be recording episode 34 of Uncontrolled Vocabulary live tonight at 10 PM Eastern.
Topics for tonight’s show will likely include (although subject to change):
Librarian fired after reporting porn incident
Joy of Sex Books Relocated after Third Challenge
Court ruling limits employment drug testing
Is User-Generated Content Out?
And, of course, so much more. To join the conversation:
1. Dial 1-724-444-7444
2. [...]
Episode 33 tonight
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008We’ll be recording episode 33 of Uncontrolled Vocabulary live tonight at 10 PM Eastern.
Topics for tonight’s show will likely include (although subject to change):
Public libraries told to innovate or die out
Kentucky Lawmaker Wants to Make Anonymous Internet Posting Illegal
Newsweek outs Netflix-using public library
Student faces Facebook consequences
And, of course, so much more. To join the conversation:
1. [...]
Episode 32 tonight
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008We’ll be recording episode 32 of Uncontrolled Vocabulary live tonight at 10 PM Eastern.
Topics for tonight’s show will likely include (although subject to change):
Ask.com cuts staff, including our own Gary Price
Fear of Internet Predators Largely Unfounded
Twitterhive reference service
Why free reading is important
And, of course, so much more. To join the conversation:
1. Dial 1-724-444-7444
2. Enter the [...]
Episode 31 tonight
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008We’ll be recording episode 31 of Uncontrolled Vocabulary live tonight at 10 PM Eastern.
Topics for tonight’s show will likely include (although subject to change):
Power play at Boston Public Library
Librarian demotions in Wisconsin
ALA’s LITA-L smackdown
DRM-free audiobooks from Random House
And, of course, so much more. To join the conversation:
1. Dial 1-724-444-7444
2. Enter the show ID: 38665
3. TalkShoe [...]
On our own
Friday, February 22nd, 2008Welcome to the new digs.
After successfully migrating my main blog from Movable Type to Wordpress, I made some impulsive domain purchases and braved a second migration. Thus, uncontrolledvocabulary.com. I hope you like it. Opinions on the theme are welcome.
Amongst the many benefits of moving from Blogger to Wordpress, I can now officially say that this [...]
Episode 30 tonight
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008We’ll be recording episode 30 of Uncontrolled Vocabulary live tonight at 10 PM Eastern.
Topics for tonight’s show will likely include (although subject to change):
John Berry’s Vanishing Librarians
ProQuest’s acquisition of WebFeat
The Borders concept store
Books at your BART station
So much more.
To join the conversation:
1. Dial 1-724-444-7444
2. Enter the show ID: 38665
3. TalkShoe members: Enter your 10-digit PIN
Guests: [...]
Episode 29 tonight…no really
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008OK, we’re back in the saddle and ready to resume production. Episode 29 will be recorded tonight at 10 PM EST. Lots of good stuff on the agenda.
Amongst the likely topics:
Amazon’s acquisition of Audible
DefectiveByDesign’s DRM protest at Boston PL
Microsoft>Yahoo>AOL
Personal morals and professional research
Barcoded IDs @ your library
Check out this post and this post for only-somewhat-outdated [...]