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Mar 06 2025 148 ep. 68 mins 192

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147 - Patmos Public Library with Josh from TWOAPW

Mar 06 2025 80 mins

We’re talking with Josh from TWOAPW about Patmos Public Library, his personal connections to it, and the issues around public library funding and censorship of LGTBQ materials. https://www.worstpossible.world/ https://www.twitch.tv/traditional_scrench TWOAPW Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kp7xkxfutoinhqeg3sfswghd Media Mentioned Segment: https://www.kcrg.com/2025/02

146 - Overdose community response in libraries feat. Samantha and Nicole

Feb 27 2025 55 mins

We’re talking with Nicole of Brave Co-op about their overdose sensors, and Samantha of Guelph Public Library. Trigger warning: death by overdose is mentioned several times Media mentioned https://www.brave.coop/about Welcoming Streets Guelph: https://guelphchc.ca/welcoming-streets/ Hope House Guelph: https://www.hopehouseguelph.ca/ Facts on Narcan and fent test strips in Texas: h

145 - Queer Liberation Library with Avi and Amber

Feb 20 2025 61 mins

We're talking with QLL about who they are and what they do! Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/queerliblib Instagram https://www.instagram.com/queerliblib/?hl=en Bsky https://bsky.app/profile/queerliblib.bsky.social Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@queerliblib Media mentioned https://www.queerliberationlibrary.org https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/queer-liberation-library-offer

144 - BIBFRAME must die

Feb 14 2025 69 mins

It’s in the title. Media mentioned BIBFRAME Must Die,Jeff Edmunds https://scholarsphere.psu.edu/resources/fc19faee-70b9-44b3-9346-18e40a2cd990 BIBFRAME Must Die, Part II: the Official RDA Toolkit, JEFF EDMUNDS https://scholarsphere.psu.edu/resources/40be29ce-4342-475f-b380-d8ed065b3643 BIBFRAME Must Die, Part III: A Brief History of the Future of Cataloging https://scholarsphere

143 - Peer Mentoring (PeMento) and Your Growing Career feat. Rachel

Jan 26 2025 75 mins

We’re talking with Rachel about peer mentoring, networking, friend groups, and how we’re navigating the online social space. What experiences do we have with peers, how is engagement changing after COVID? Media mentioned “They didn’t teach this in Library School” Against The Grain 30, no. 6 (2019) https://issuu.com/against-the-grain/docs/atg_v30-6 https://pemento.org/ D

142 - Library publishing and NISO feat. Mike Nason

Dec 29 2024 95 mins

This week we have Mike Nason on to talk about open scholarship, publishing, Crossref, NISO, and decentralized publishing futures. Also Jay airs his grievances against Dublin Core. https://bsky.app/profile/ahemnason.bsky.social Media referenced Better Practices in Journal Metadata https://docs.pkp.sfu.ca/metadata-practices/en/ (NISO) JAV Revision + Draft https://www.niso.org/standa

141 - Library Futures feat. Jennie Rose Halperin

Dec 18 2024 113 mins

We’re talking about Library Futures! All of them! All at once! CDL, ebook contracts, opera, genAI, and some surprisingly deep Jennie-lore. https://www.libraryfutures.net/who-we-are https://bsky.app/profile/littlewow.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/libraryfutures.bsky.social Media mentioned The End of Ownership https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262535243/the-end-of-ownership/

140 - Metadata Related to Indigenous Peoples of the Americas feat. Katherine and Brandon

Dec 06 2024 73 mins

This week we’re interviewing Brandon and Katherine on metadata related to indigenous issues, but we of course stray into many other topics. Katherine: https://linktr.ee/katwitzig Brandon: bcastle [at] umass [dot] edu Media mentioned https://open.spotify.com/show/0ZtaU2XZlPEhmIW1OV7k8O PCC Task Group Charge: https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/taskgroup/Metadata-Related-to-Indigenous-Pe

139 - How library workers can provide community support during a Trump presidency

Nov 22 2024 64 mins

What can library workers actually do within their institutional limitations? Media mentioned https://www.404media.co/leaked-documents-show-what-phones-secretive-tech-graykey-can-unlock-2/ https://www.blackrosefed.org/anarchists-in-the-labor-movement-4/ https://github.com/rechelon/zine_library https://www.digitalrightsbytes.org/ https://ssd.eff.org/ Join the Discord: https://disc

138 - Hiring Librarians feat. Emily Weak

Oct 14 2024 64 mins

This week we’re talking with Emily Weak from Hiring Librarians and answering listener questions about getting the MLS, job hunting, and more! https://x.com/HiringLib https://emilyweak.com/ https://bsky.app/profile/hiringlibrarians.com https://livingwage.mit.edu/ Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/zzEpV9QEAG Transcripts: https://pastecode.io/s/rakyczca