Now presenting: Open Stacks #13
Also available via the podcast feed.
23+ minutes of nearly insightful discourse. This just might be the best episode yet. I focus heavily on only two topics this week: biometrics and legislating gay-themed children’s books. Sticking with the divisive stuff. If you wanna know my take on it, you’ll just have to listen.
One quick correction: For whatever reason, I had gotten it in my head that Sherri’s last name over at schwagbag was Vogel. It is in fact Vokey. Not even close. So my sincerest apologies to Sherri for the misrepresentation on the show.
Show notes:
1. Johnson County Public Library has a change of brain
Kansas City Star coverage (courtesy of LISNews)
2. Let’s Talk Biometrics
a. Library Card? Check. Fingerprint? Really? – Chicago Tribune, May 20, 2005
b. Jessamyn’s comments
c. Why fingerprint based biometric systems are bad for you.. (courtesy of Michael Pate)
d. On the gummi bear workaround:
- The Register
- PC World
- Impact of Artificial “Gummy” Fingers on Fingerprint Systems (courtesy of Rochelle)
e. the Slashdot thread
f. Sherri Vokey (Vokey!) on fingerprinting
g. Michael McGrorty on the imminence of technology
x. See also LiB and KGS
3. The “King and King” and I
a. Oklahoma
- Okla. lawmakers vote to restrict gay books, Washington Times, May 10
- Okla. tells librarians to pull gay books, New York Blade, May 20 (fourth article down)
- Oklahoma lawmakers vow more work on gay books policy, The Advocate, May 26
b. Louisiana
- Gay book not child’s play, says lawmaker, The Times-Picayune, May 20
- Book restriction motion rejected by House panel, The Times-Picayune, May 26
c. U.S. House
- Federal bill restricts access to gay books, Washington Blade, May 27
4. Oh I almost forgot, a quick plug for Walt Crawford’s comments on podcasting in the most recent Cites & Insights (now available either in its entirety as a pdf or chapterized in HTML)
Thanks to the handy podcast feed, I found all of the presentations from the recent NEASIST Syndicate, Aggregate, Communicate program waiting for me in my iTunes when I got home today. This includes presentations by Jenny Levine, Megan Fox and Michael Stephens, along with a panel discussion. For those of you not yet smoking the podcasting dope, you can get direct links to the mp3s from the event blog.
While I was over at Podscope, checking to see if they’ve indexed my content yet (nope!?!?!), I discovered another LIS-friendly podcast feed. From the Digital Media ZONE at the U. of Missouri’s School of Information Science & Learning Technologies comes the SISLT Library Science Hour feed. Unfortunately, the feed is a bit outdated and built in reverse, so the most recent episode in the feed is a) more than a month old, although there are newer shows and b) at the bottom of the feed rather than the top, which results in iPodder grabbing the oldest item rather than the newest. I gather that the end of the semester is responsible for the lack of updating, which is understandable.
This is ideal content to be distributed via podcast. The episode I’m listening to is an interview with a student who ended up on the Caldecott committee. Surprisingly interesting. I hope that, being a “Digital Media ZONE,” someone will ultimately pay a little more attention to the podcasting angle, but at least they’re already well on their way.
Now presenting: Open Stacks #12
Also available via the podcast feed.
A mere 12+ minutes this time. I must have been in a hurry. This week, I talk a bit about productivity and the pursuit of improving my own. For those of you who don’t listen to the show, but still read this blog, I asked people to share their approaches to project/time management. Give me a call (206-350-STAX) or perhaps post it on your blog. Thanks in advance.
Show Notes:
1. Productivity:
Getting Things Done by David Allen (related post at Library Supporter)
TiddlyWiki and GTDTiddlyWiki (Fiona posts about information management)
Ta-da Lists (Science Library Pad)
2. White supremacists in Somerville, MA (via LISNews):
Boston Globe article – White supremacists rally in Somerville
Travelin’ Librarian asks a good question
Somerville Journal article – White Revolution threatens to sue
Library Journal blurb
3. Condom Machines at Tucson PL? (also via LISNews)
4. Clermont County PL (OH) looks at charging fees for Internet usage (yes, also via LISNews)
5. My new hero, Diane Davis (see also remarks by KGS)
The Progressive Librarians Guild Student Chapter at the College of St. Catherine’s is now providing a podcast feed. Their first chunk of audio content features a discussion of homelessness and libraries, a topic I’ve harped on a few times already in the show. Now if only they could make the Q&A with Sandy Berman and Chris Dodge available. (Link via Library Juice)
Now presenting: Open Stacks #11
Also available via the podcast feed.
Show Notes:
1. Welcome to the NEASIST conference attendees (Note: link leads to the conference blog)
2. Correction regarding last week’s show
3. Why I’m Glad I Went to Illinois
4. Houston Public Library regulations
Houston Chronicle story
5. Fairfax County Public Library gets DRMed (courtesy of Boing Boing):
Washington Post article (I’m sure this requires registration)
Phil Shapiro’s screed and song
MAKE audio show
6. Podcasting at WebJunction?
