librarypunk

We’ve got Sarah Lamdan on to talk about her new book Data Cartels: The Companies That Control and Monopolize Our Information! We talk about government contracting to third party data companies, legal loopholes, the connection to academic publishing and metrics, and the stranglehold the corporate duopoly has over access to US law by lawyers, citizens, and prisoners. Justin also advances his theory...

Docudrama time! We’re watching F for Fake (1973), the world’s first breadtube essay. We discuss the nature of art, lies, forgeries, markets, and how bad editing is ableism.  Readings S3E5: Elmyr de Hory F for Fake - Wikipedia Chokepoint Capitalism | Cory Doctorow's craphound.com

We’re talking with Beatrice Adler-Bolton from Death Panel and the author of Health Communism. We talk about accommodations, surplus populations, extraction, and communism.  https://twitter.com/realLandsEnd   https://www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Readings Health Communism (10/20/22) by Death Panel podcast   Death Panel Podcast Reddit Question Man's Search for Meaning - Wikipedia  ...

We’re doing metadata anarchy this week. Come for the creative destruction, stay for the Reddit questions.  Readings https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-on-order Eros in the Library   Metadata Anarchy Media mentioned Ask Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/Libraries/comments/xz0egf/ada_and_patron_question/   Adult males in the children’s department : r/Libraries   TX Library Professi...

We’re talking anime with Leslie from Fangs for the Memories! Click the link for a long list of all the anime we mentioned! https://twitter.com/FangsPodcast https://www.patreon.com/fangscast/posts https://twitter.com/dangitleslie Media mentioned Yaoi Paddle Kickstarter Faces Intellectual Property Dispute   Satoshi Kon - Wikipedia The Crow (1994 film) - Wikipedia Tomie - Wikipedia Russian Workout Ro...

This week Sadie is teaching Jay and Justin about cybersecurity. Phishing, bitcoin, CISA-lords, and more!  Readings https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/leading-library-services-firm-baker-and-taylor-hit-by-ransomware/ https://publiclibrariesonline.org/2021/05/ransomware-attacks-at-libraries-how-they-happen-what-to-do/ https://www.spiceworks.com/it-security/cyber-risk-management/guest-art...

Movie time! We're watching the 2018 heist film American Animals, based on the real theft of rare books from Transylvania University's special collections. We talk about libraries and the carceral state, the worth of library workers versus special collections, and birds.   Media Mentioned https://www.vulture.com/2018/06/the-real-life-heist-caper-behind-american-animals.html https://www.audubon.org/...

We’re talkin’ manga collections again! Ashley Hawkins comes on to talk about school libraries, manga collections, book challenges, and generally give us some reading recommendations! Ashley Hawkins (@manga_librarian) / Twitter   Manga Librarian Guide to Graphic Novels in Libraries   Manga Collection Development for Librarians: The Basics School Librarians United with Amy Hermon: 141 Manga Libraria...

This week we’re joined by Emily Knox! If you ever feel like books are conflated with ideas themselves, this is a good one to listen to. Why do books hold such power in a time where we assume nobody reads them?  https://twitter.com/ejmknox Book Banning in 21st-Century America - 9781442231689   Foundations of Intellectual Freedom | ALA Store Media mentioned Books, censorship, and anti-intellectualis...

We're talking with Scarlet Galvan, the new VPO for Negotiations at SPARC about how library contract negotiations work and can work better in the future!   https://twitter.com/panoptigoth   Media mentioned UNT Manifesto: Expectations for Library Vendors . https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5308322/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koko-di_Koko-da

This week we’re joined by Audrey and Donovan from Radio Free Tote Bag! We talk about the ever-important issue of sex and libraries. We finally have answers for the questions you were too afraid to ask! https://rftb.me   https://www.patreon.com/rftb   https://twitter.com/rftbPod   https://twitter.com/rftbAudrey   https://twitter.com/rftbdono   Media mentioned #212 A Badly Edited Collage of Disappoi...

This week we’re techin' it up about library labor.  https://twitter.com/adr - John’s Twitter https://twitter.com/elibtronic - Tim’s Twitter https://LISgrievances.com   Libraries as Dysfunctional Organizations and Workplaces - 1st Edition   Media Mentioned https://themaintainers.org The Part Played by Labour in the Transition from Ape to Man The Fragment On Machines - Karl Marx : Free Download, Bor...

This week we're talking about toxic productivity, bad bosses, and horror novels.    About – Productivity Alchemy What Is Toxic Productivity? 5 Tips To Overcome It | Trello Donate | Trans Lifeline   Find Your Local Food Bank | Feeding America     Media mentioned Episode 257 – Off to AnthroCon, Jay Colbert – Productivity Alchemy   Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves ‘A bigge...

This week we have Whitney Trettien to talk about John Bagford, a biblioclast of the early modern period and how changes in technology and access shape our interaction with information and its formats.  https://twitter.com/whitneytrettien “Cover” in “Cut/Copy/Paste” on Manifold @uminnpress   Media mentioned John Bagford, bibliophile or biblioclast? - Medieval manuscripts blog The Bagford Collection...

This week we have Kyle K. Courtney to talk about Controlled Digital Lending, Open Library, and the encroaching AI threat.  https://twitter.com/KyleKCourtney   Library Futures Releases Policy Statement and Draft eBook Legislative Language: Mitigating the Library eBook Conundrum Through Legislative Action in the States Ebooks Legislative Map   Copyright First Responders   Media mentioned If publishe...

This week we're diving into the OCLC lawsuit against Clarivate for its MetaDoor product, the implications of Roe being overturned, and ALAmageddon.  Becky Yoose (@yo_bj) / Twitter   Managing Data for Patron Privacy: Comprehensive Strategies for Libraries | ALA Store   About Us - LDH Consulting Services     Media mentioned Privacy Guides   https://gavialib.com/2022/06/stoning-goliath/ Library Loon...

We’re watching Justin’s favorite movie and brought on the Internet’s premiere smart thinky man, Kyle! We address the question: what if a Star Trek TOS episode was 97 minutes long?   https://twitter.com/laborkyle https://www.youtube.com/c/laborkyle   https://twitter.com/profaneshow https://twitter.com/agabpod   Media referenced: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_logico-epistemology   Community...

Movie night! We watch the sex and violence packed crime drama The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989). It’s got books in it.  https://twitter.com/kayteterry https://twitter.com/FangsPodcast https://www.patreon.com/fangscast   Media mentioned https://www.doubledialogues.com/article/traversing-the-alimentary-canal-peter-greenaways-the-cook-the-thief-his-wife-and-her-lover/ Girls, Guts, & Gi...

This week we’re going to talk about the scrapbooking industry, how information is saved and accessed in scrapbooking, the knowledge management aspects of your daily life, and what hides in Justin’s closet.    Kristin's instagram account with photos of lots of my Daily Pages -- my daily scrapbook practice This is a long-ish interview of me (by one of the big modern scrapbook people) and she does a...

We’re doing digital gardens again, this time with Deleuze. It’s rhizome time baby. Also we cover the Hoopla Slide and TikTok updates.    Readings Tensions Between Zettelkasten & the Productivity Scene https://writing.bobdoto.computer/tensions-between-zettelkasten-and-the-productivity-scene/ Misconceptions About the Relationship Between Permanent & Evergreen Notes https://writing.bobdoto.computer/m...

We’re talking about library socialism and the basic ideas that go into it such as usufruct, irreducible minimum, and what sex toys are best for circulating collections.   https://twitter.com/SrslyWrong   Episodes https://srslywrong.com/podcast/189-library-socialism-usufruct/ https://srslywrong.com/podcast/196-library-socialism-the-irreducible-minimum/ https://srslywrong.com/podcast/200-complementa...

Readings Video: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=455589028208337 I was a Stripper Librarian on Amazon and Barnes & Noble Kristy’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/librarydefend   https://www.kristycooper.com/ Lola Davina: https://www.loladavina.com/ https://www.sexworkinfoshare.org/   https://www.swopbehindbars.org/   Mutual aid https://twitter.com/LysistrataMCCF https://swopusa.org/

Readings Library Strategy and Collaboration Across the College Ecosystem - Ithaka S+R Huang, C., Samek, T., & Shiri, A. (2021). AI and ethics: Ethical and educational perspectives for LIS. https://doi.org/10.3138/jelis-62-4-2020-0106   A Comprehensive Primer to Library Learning Analytics Practices, Initiatives, and Privacy Issues | Jones   The Mixed-Method Library:  Qualitative Research and the Fu...

We talk with Haley from Q4Q: Queer Personals Podcast about how they came up with the idea for the podcast, how sourcing personal ads works, how niche podcasting is the new Tumblr side blog, and what a research project on personals would look like. We also do a mini Q4Q episode!  Q4Q: Queer Personal Ads Podcast Come on Q4Q as a guest   Q4Q: Queer Personals Podcast (@Queerpersonals) / Twitter   Medi...

luisa díez (@luisadieznuts) / Twitter   Why You Mad Pod  Why You Mad (@WhyYouMadPod) / Twitter   Party Girl (1995) - Full Movie Media mentioned:  Librarians and Party Girls: Cultural Studies and the Meaning of the Librarian   25 Years Later, the Makers of 'Party Girl' Reflect on the Cult Film's Fashion Legacy | Vogue   Party Girl  Episode 1 Pilot   Follow Friday