LibPunk

On this week’s LibPunk we mostly talked about Occupy Wall Street, other Occupies, and the Occupy Libraries in particular. Sources we discuss include:

• Iris Jastram’s “What does it mean to have a library?”
• Mita Williams’ “How could we build a digital People’s Library?
• The People’s Library and OWS from Al Jazeera
• Rachel Maddow and John Hodgman on OWS
• How Storifying Occupy Wall Street saved the news
• Instead of whining about the skills gap, use training to close it

I think that’s about it. We tried something new with the recording. It was a bit rough but I think it worked? Let us know what you think! We’ll start inviting people to join in when the kinks get worked out.

Cheers.

We’ve taken an extended hiatus but it’s coming to an end. We’ll record a new show and let it drop on November 17 like a needle on a record. A shoe on the floor. (Come up with your own metaphor.) What will we talk about? We’re open to suggestions. If you want to join in, let us know. We’re abandoning TalkShoe probably.

This post is here to keep us honest.

And he’s a rad song about returns:

In this week’s installment of LibPunk Radio we tried to get back into the swing of things. It was a bit rough. We talked about Rick Anderson’s new article, The Crisis In Research Librarianship. You should go read it, as it’s excellent and makes lots of intelligent points. Our take home is that the system is broke and we need to start doing things different – say no to shitty ILSs, say no to bad portals, just say no to shit. CARPE DIEM!

So, we’ve been quiet here. A lot of shit’s happened. Sarah is took a break (well is still taking a break), but is also starting a new job. Amy rocked the TEDxLibrarians (See here preso here.), and I lost my job. That’s a lot of stuff.

But, Amy and I will be doing the LibPunk Radio thing tomorrow, July 6 2011, and we want you to call in. The phone number is (724) 444-7444, and the call ID is 81240. We’ll be doing it a 9pm Eastern, 6pm Pacific. More details here!

We’re still talking about Harper Collins and such. I think It was a relatively good show. I must apologize who screaming 15 minutes in. I was surprised by an HC creeper in my apartment. I forget what we covered. Anyhow, join us next week!

(Photo from: Lisa Devaney

Check out this week’s LibPunk Radio! It’s our last show on Thursday for a while, so if you kept saying, “Oh… I’d call in but I have things on Thursday nights…” get a new excuse, or join us next week!

So what did we talk about this week?

• Book piracy! There was an interesting discussion on LiveJournal about eBook torrenting. Yes, people love to pirate books even though libraries sort of make it easy to get books for free. Pirates are stealing money from authors and stats (which is like gold).
• Do people pirate data?
• Have you heard about Library Renewal? Michael Porter’s new project to help libraries navigate e-licensing and digital content. We’ll probably be talking about this for a while.
• We briefly talk about the LITA kerfuffle. Pertinent links from LISNews.
• The last 5 minutes was sort of co-opted by a guy concerned about Article V of the constitution. I take this time to remind you all that the Lib in LibPunk is for librar* not libertarian. We have no real political affiliation, other than no assholes, which sort of is against the libertarian ideals.

NEXT WEEK IS WEDNESDAY!