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Priorities
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009When 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, 2008Uncontrolled 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 [...]
No show this week
Monday, October 13th, 2008In 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, 2008We’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 [...]
Uncontrolled Vocabulary #51 – Sandy Berman must be feeling vindicated.
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008Uncontrolled 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, [...]
Uncontrolled Vocabulary #36 – Putting it diplomatically
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008Uncontrolled Vocabulary #36 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 Please note that we will be recording the show live next week on Thursday night next week, as I will be returning from Computers [...]
Episode 36 tonight
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008We’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 And, of course, so much [...]