Michael Stephens had a great idea today. He suggested distribution of buttons that say "Blog People". And while I'd certainly buy a physical button, I immediately thought "Why not a virtual button?"
So here's my go at it: 
I encourage you not only to display it on your site (let your geek flag fly!), but also to link it to the Gorman piece at least until someone gives me a better idea. It'd be great if you could host the image on your own server, but if you have to leech onto this one, I'll survive.
Update: Better ideas abound. The majority seems to be linking to the great Revenge of the Codex People over at It's All Good. David King suggested "a page/post with all the relevant links". If only I had the time to put such a page together...
I want to take a moment to congratulate BiblioAcid both for reaching their first anniversary in the blogosphere, but more importantly, for taking that opportunity to enter the realm of the podcast. Sadly, as an ignorant American, I'll have to get someone else to listen and tell me what is being said, but maybe this would be a good excuse to pick up a little French.
Steven mentions the great wiki that brings together resources related to the recent Northern Voice conference (great presentations, by the way). I'd love to see something similar for Computers in Libraries, but first and foremost, I'd like to see us establish a common tag to use for sites like flickr, del.icio.us and Technorati. That would greatly aid the collocation of relevant content, as can be seen in the use of the northernvoice tag at Flickr or del.icio.us.
So what's it gonna be? Here's some possibilities:
computersinlibraries
computersinlibraries2005
cil
cil2005
Also, do we want to consider applying a broader tag, such as libraryconference? As good information professionals, shouldn't we begin to work out some preferred terminology? Let's show these folksonomies who's boss!
I'd be happy to help coordinate any decision-making about this, but it needs input from y'all. So how about you contact me with your opinion and I'll try to get a sense of which way the collective tide sways. Great, it's settled then.
Now presenting, warts and all: Open Stacks #6
Also available via the podcast feed.
Just under 17 minutes of rambling and unnecessary adverbs.
Show Notes:
Intro courtesy of Radio Daddy
Incoherent thoughts on Gormangate (see related links)
R-rated movie borrowing policy at the Omaha Public Libraries (some related links)
The death of federated search?
Related links:
The original LA Times op-ed as HTML or PDF
The source of the "Michael Gorman is an idiot" quote? (thanks to Seth Finkelstein)
The infamous LJ piece
There are too many responses from which to choose, so try this Feedster search on Michael Gorman.
Mr. Gorman's response on the ALA Council list
My comment on Web4Lib
Dorothea Salo on the blogosphere's missed opportunity
I mentioned in Open Stacks #4 that my old Webjunction article was in the process of being updated. That update is complete, online and with links that now lead to actual living blogs. Enjoy.
I'll be talking more about "the Gorman piece" in the next show, but in the meantime, I thought you might like to read Gorman's response.
Here's a fun quote: "I am surprised that people who attack an article as mine (LAtimes, Dec. 17th 2004) has been attacked should be as thin-skinned as some appear to be." Do I even really need to comment on this? No!
Updated 9:52 AM: You might enjoy the Slashdot take on the Gorman piece. Comments abound. You'll particularly like this one (noted by Steve Bollinger on Web4Lib).
On the show, I mention NPR inevitably jumping on the podcast wagon, but failed to mention that at least one show, On the Media, already offers a podcast feed. Apparently, they've doubled their online listenership since offering the feed a month ago. [Thanks to Tod Maffin for that story.] I'll also take this opportunity to point you towards the relatively new listing of public radio feeds.
First of all, in case you hadn't heard the tragic news, Hunter S. Thompson commmited suicide yesterday. May he rest in peace.
Now on with the business at hand: Open Stacks #5
Also available via the podcast feed.
Show notes:
Dave Sifry's Web 2.0 presentation
The Columbus Self-Checkout Story:
LISNews article (read the comments)
Article in Columbus' Alive
Electronic Petition
I react/respond to jessamyn's call for comments on podcasting. (Sorry jessamyn. No writing here.)
Just under 11 minutes this time. I make the bizarre statement "going to have to listen to what I write" which is at least partially apt, as I had some vague notes for that segment, but still. As always, comments are welcome.
Me and the library #2
Originally uploaded by planetneutral.
Just wanted to test out the "Blog This" feature at Flickr. So far, I've posted all of my pictures from Alaska, as well as my pictures from Monterey, which includes my pics from Internet Librarian 2004. So check it out, if you're so inclined.
Now presenting: Open Stacks #4
Also available via the podcast feed.
Show notes:
Two featured articles at Webjunction:
Library of the Month: How Do You Spell Blog?
Blog the Web with RSS: Is It Really Simple Syndication?
Follow-up on the Jenna Jameson book story (related article)
Jon Udell's Heavy Metal Umlaut @ Wikipedia screencast (and Jon's other screencasts - thanks to The Distant Librarian)
OCLC Symposium: Gaming and the Significance for Information Literacy (thanks to It's All Good)
Heather Wilson's Gaming for Librarians: An Introduction (pdf)
Jakob Nielsen's Usability of Websites for Teenagers
Comment on the Illinois shooting in a library parking lot
I kept it to 15 minutes this time around. One clarification: While talking about the Jakob Nielsen article, I suggest that the study produced no noticeable differences across socioeconomic lines. This is not accurate, as the article actually does not indicate one way or the other. Also, for some unknown reason, I twice pronounce OCLC as oh-see-ell-SEE, whereas I would usually say OH-see-ELL-see. Strange and altogether insignificant, yet curious.
Thanks for listening and for taking the time to cast your vote over at Podcast Alley.
For those of you wondering if podcasting is just a hyper-geeky tech trend to which you need not pay any attention, I offer this short, yet interesting statistical breakdown of a technology in its infancy, provided by the folks at Feedburner. Thanks to Steven for sharing the linkage.
Congratulations to David Free, reference librarian at the Georgia Perimeter College's Decatur Campus, for producing (what I believe to be) the first podcast that delivers library news. Here's a link to the podcast feed.
David talks about current and upcoming library events, as well as recent library acquisitions. This first cast is about 12 minutes long and worth a listen if you're interested in how syndicated audio content might be a good option for your library. Great job, David!
Updated 02/09/05: I just noticed that, by including the link to the mp3, those of you subscribed to my RSS 2.0 feed in a podcast aggregator received a download of David's cast automatically. That was not my intent, so I've removed the direct link.
First of all, check out the great review of my other podcast, Preserves, Jellies and Jams, over at podcrawl. Hilary talks about her favorite audio content and I'm honored to be considered in such elite company.
Most of you have probably already sampled the initial podcasting efforts of Karen Schneider (check our her presentation from the OLA conference) and Michael Stephens, but today David King posted his first (and what he claims will be the only) audioblogger post. I'm sure I don't have to say that I'd love to hear more. However, David, it's not truly a podcast until you podcast it, so if you're going to do more, perhaps grab yourself a Feedburner feed. Here's a quick tutorial on turning a Feedburner feed into a podcast.
Looks like the fever is catching!
It looks like Emily Alling (who's last name I sadly mangled on the last show) of Schoolhouse Rock is making the talk segments of her show (co-hosted by James Miller) available as mp3s from the blog. She's got two shows available already, dealing with the themes of plagiarism and geography. Although the music is sorely missed (I wonder if they could get away with longer sections), the banter and commentary is definitely entertaining and worthwhile. Emily, thanks for doing this for all of us out in the blogosphere!
Bob Jordan wrote to point out that if you are subscribing to the RSS 2.0 feed in a text-based aggie such as Bloglines or FeedDemon, you are only seeing one enclosure link in any given post. If there is more than one, the aggies seem to prefer the last one, which, in the case of the last post, is the podcast gif. So here's another post with the link you probably want. I don't believe this will result in a duplicate download for those of you with podcast aggregators, but let me know if I'm wrong. I strongly suggest only subscribing to the RSS 1.0 feed in your text aggie, as this will give you all of the linkage properly formatted for easy digestion. RSS 2.0, not so much.
Updated 02/08/05: I just fixed the RSS 2.0 feed, so that it displays links properly. Therefore, my last suggestion no longer applies.
Now presenting Open Stacks #3
Or grab the feed: 
Thanks to Paul Pival for suggesting that I encode this show at a lower bit rate, which has cut the file size in half. Yay! This show clocks in at 18 minutes.
Show notes:
Ways to contact me, including my new telephone comment line
A follow-up to the podcasting applications for libraries segment
Mentions of two LIS-related radio shows:Dan Carr's (Marin County Free Library) radio show (webcast on KWMR) and Springfield College's Schoolhouse Rock
Librarians in the 21st Century (particularly the Who Wants to Be a 21st Century Librarian? game)
Library Lounge and the need for new LIS virtual communites (or lack thereof)
Brewster Kahle's talk at the Web 2.0 conference (from October 2004, not November or December as I posit on the show), courtesy of the wonderful IT Conversations
Michael McGrorty's Endangered Libraries list
How to Get Your Patronage to Read Jenna Jameson
Thanks to everyone who has voted for Open Stacks over at Podcast Alley. Your support and positive comments are greatly appreciated.
It seems that Google no longer likes any of my sites that contain the openstacks.net domain. I could really use some help troubleshooting the problem, so if anyone has some experience with this, please contact me. Thanks. In the meantime, please choose another search engine.
I mentioned on the second show that, having reviewed the South Carolina study, I would like to see more states doing Return On Investment (ROI) analyses. Michael Pate pointed out that Florida has recently published a similar study. I haven't looked at the final reports closely yet, but here's what stands out right away: "Florida's public libraries return $6.54 for every $1.00 invested." Yeah, baby!
Updated 02/03/05: Alane Wilson sent along this bibliography of sources consulted for OCLC's Advocacy advertising effort. The list includes the Florida study along with other interesting papers on the valuation of library services.