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Priorities

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

When I started this program, a show I’d long been dreaming of doing, the better part of two years ago, I had a child about to turn two and another one on the verge of joining our family. Even then, getting prepared for, and then recording, the show was a delicate balancing act between being a dedicated [...]

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #62 – A Reliable Guide to Unicorns

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #62 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
Many thanks to Aaron Dobbs for stepping in as the host tonight. It took a few minutes for folks to get talking tonight (please disregard the [...]

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 [...]

Episode 52 tonight

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

We’ll be recording episode 52 of Uncontrolled Vocabulary live tonight at 10 PM Eastern.
Topics for tonight’s show will likely include (although subject to change):

A conversation with the folks from LibGig
Literacy Debate: Online, R U Really Reading?
Medical Version of Wikipedia, With Universities’ Help, Gets Ready to Go Live
Do Senior Librarians Have a Moral Obligation to Retire?

And, [...]

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #51 – Sandy Berman must be feeling vindicated.

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #51 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
Mary Carmen Chimato, North Carolina State University
Laura Crossett, Park County (WY) Library
Robin Hastings, Missouri River Regional Library
Michael Sauers, Nebraska [...]

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #36 – Putting it diplomatically

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #36 is now available for download. Here’s a direct link to the mp3.
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Please note that we will be recording the show live next week on Thursday night next week, as I will be returning from Computers in Libraries [...]

Episode 36 tonight

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

We’ll be recording episode 36 of Uncontrolled Vocabulary live tonight at 10 PM Eastern.
Topics for tonight’s show will likely include (although subject to change):

Three arrested in kickback scheme involving Sacramento library
Getting real: Libraries are missing books
Guarding the borders
Bonaventure donors seek accounting of $2 million gift

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