librarypunk

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/2025/02/25/bill-ban-obs...

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: https://www.trs.tex...

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-offers-free-lgbtq...

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.psu.edu/resources...

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/ Descriptive presentation a...

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/standards-committees/ja...

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/   UC AI-generat...

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-Peoples-Americas-TG...

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://discord.gg/zzEpV9Q...

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  

We’re getting into our favorite copyright myths and some copyright related news. Media mentioned Tattoo copyright news: https://apnews.com/article/kat-von-d-tattoo-trial-miles-davis-388d1831c0a065b096fe4f69fe8a224e Wiley news, sells rights to AI https://www.thebookseller.com/news/wiley-set-to-earn-44m-from-ai-rights-deals-confirms-no-opt-out-for-authors   https://fanlore.org/wiki/Disclaimer   http...

We’re joined by Adam Jones from Acid Horizon to talk about cybernetics and systems of control. We talk about how systems of control impact libraries, and how cybernetics can help us see the connections between different systems.  Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/zzEpV9QEAG   Media Mentioned Acid Horizon podcast: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/   Anti-Oculus https://www.penguinrandomhouse.c...

The gang talks about linked open data. What did we learn in library school? What’s the future? Where does it fall off a cliff?  Media mentioned https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/graph-types/ The Ethics of Sustaining Linked Data Infrastructure https://scholarsphere.psu.edu/resources/430f30bf-e029-483d-b1c8-d7e9bb430a8e   Aaron Swartz unfinished book https://web.archive.org/web/20220512132144/https:/...

This week we’re talking about museums, ethics, and taxonomy. Probably other stuff too! Media mentioned https://www.geocurator.org/images/resources/geocurator/vol7/geocurator_7_6.pdf#page=14 "FRONTIERS TO SCIENCE: FREE TRADE AND MUSEUM ETHICS"  by Tristram P. Besterman, 2001 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-69005527 "US curator denies smuggling scorpions and spiders from Istanbul" BBC News,...

We’re joined by All Gamers Are Bastards to talk about Pentiment, a mystery game with an opening similar to the novel/film Name of the Rose (1986) in many ways. Time for the history boys to drop some historiography. https://soundcloud.com/agabpod https://x.com/agabpod https://x.com/kayandskittles https://x.com/laborkyle Kay’s other podcast and YouTube show https://x.com/vgatwtoe   https://www.youtu...

This week we’re talking about digital remains and death! How do things get into archives? What happens to your social media accounts when you die? Should you be planning now? Mormon transhumanists! All this and more! Death Glitch: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300248272/death-glitch/   Media mentioned Tamara’s presentation at the Mormon Transhumanist Association: https://www.youtube.com/watc...

Movie night again! We’re talking about the film Close-Up about a strange case of fraud in Iran surrounding a film director, made by a film director who was part of the events because he wanted to make a movie about it. The layers! Media Mentioned https://web.archive.org/web/20120322165628/http://www.projectorhead.in/one/closeup.html https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1492-close-up-prison-and-...

This week we’re doing a news roundup on book bans. We also cover Gaza protests and radical literature as police propaganda, and what library workers can do to archive and support the current protests. Media mentioned https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/04/16/library-legislation-restrictions-protections/ https://x.com/librarypunk/status/1786563891893342537   LFP Vendor Scorecard: https://...

We’re talking with Ana Valens! Internet culture, learning about yourself, and vtubing.  https://twitter.com/acvalens   Readings Tumblr Porn by Ana Valens (Remember the Internet, Vol. 1): https://instarbooks.itch.io/tumblr-porn-by-ana-valens-remember-the-internet-vol-1   Trans Women and Smut: The 4 Worst Tropes From Porn Artists | [Sex Ed Video Essay]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jf_aLAuCtE  ...

In an ep to coincide with the release of Infra Finder, we’re joined by Chrys and Lauren from Invest in Open Infrastructure to talk about the release, open source challenges, IT supply chains, and more! https://investinopen.org/ https://infrafinder.investinopen.org https://investinopen.org/blog/blog-introducing-infra-finder/  Reasonable Costs projects:  https://investinopen.org/blog/the-cost-and-pr...

We’re talking with Quill and RiotDad about the community side of the response to the Fort Vancouver Regional Library and local school board issues surrounding transmisia, book bans in school and public libraries, and how to push back. Salary petition, board email/phone, and template email are in the notes. Email trustees@fvrl.org (Template email below) Trustees phone contact: 360-906-5011 Attend m...

Movie night. We’re learning about the cutting edge of postmodernist impact from the Internet in 2016.  Media mentioned https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5275828/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo_and_Behold,_Reveries_of_the_Connected_World https://walkerart.org/magazine/minnesota-declaration-truth-documentary-cinema-1999/   https://walkerart.org/magazine/werner-herzog-minnesota-declaration-2017-addendum...

This week we’re joined by Derya of the WPEA to talk about the Fort Vancouver Regional Library and the library staff represented by the union fighting for a living wage. Check the notes to see how you can help support them!   https://nwlaborpress.org/2024/03/low-paid-librarians-fed-up-in-vancouver/   https://www.thestand.org/2024/02/take-action-raises-for-sw-washington-librarians-overdue/   (articl...

We’re talking about Jon’s upcoming book on Bloch and how libraries are or are not models of utopia.  Pre-order Jon's book: https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/our-books/primer-utopian-philosophy-ernst-bloch Horror Vanguard: https://soundcloud.com/user-317910500   Media mentioned https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocational-awe/ https://www.akpress.org/resist-everything-exc...

We’re talking about how the book sausage gets made! Publishing, publishers, libraries, horror, queerness, and maybe even some literal human sausage making.  https://twitter.com/david_demchuk https://bsky.app/profile/daviddemchuk.com https://hazlitt.net/feature/where-monsters-are-made Media mentioned Cruising (1980) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080569/   Eric LaRocca, Things Have Gotten Worse Sinc...