We're doing a commentary track for Party Girl! Download this and manually sync up while you listen. You can also download a version with the Party Girl audio ducked while we talk here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/krw8v6bq8hh5d6b2svmif/149final.mp3?rlkey=925eywxqlana90acil7eeaqsd&st=hbgjxs3n&dl=0 You can also join the discord to see other ways to…

This week we’re talking with the editors of the new book Censorship is a Drag. We talk about putting yourself on the line, personal and professional risks, and reacting to the latest administration’s onslaught against queer people. Order Censorship is a Drag here: https://litwinbooks.com/books/censorship-is-a-drag/ Media mentioned The Joy of Gay Se…

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:…

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 …

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/…

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 C…

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 …

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 + …

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/97802625…

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/Met…

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/…

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/rak…

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-au…

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/…

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 htt…

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 smuggli…

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 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 Transhu…

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.cri…

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/17…

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]: h…

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 project…

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 [email protected] (Template email be…

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/we…

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-f…

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…

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/tt00805…

This week we’re talking to the world’s greatest author, what else is there to say? Pre-order Bury Your Gays: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250874658/buryyourgays Chuck’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chucktingle Media mentioned TLA post by Chuck: https://www.tumblr.com/drchucktingle/739065274126499840/the-texas-library-association-tells-chu…

It’s our Valentine’s Day episode! RFTB https://radiofreetotebag.castos.com/ Data Transfer https://open.spotify.com/show/71DUoMdvyGDfWqDx2uvTGC Bluesky @Aud Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/QTr6Tn6YMk Media mentioned Reddit segment: https://www.reddit.com/r/Library/s/lWgNJFVxif Coyne (2022) “We have to figure it out ourselves”: Transfeminine ado…

We're covering the British Library hack and its fallout. Media mentioned https://www.reddit.com/r/Libraries/comments/1aeq1ek/library_moral_dilemma_from_a_while_ago/ https://www.ft.com/content/4be5d468-0cc3-4881-a5fb-b5d0163de93e https://www.oclc.org/research/publications/2010/long-term-access-digital-information.html (Dorothea mentioned) https://ww…

This week we're talking about privacy literacy. Instruction, workshops, and how your data ends up all over the place. Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/QTr6Tn6YMk [shorter LOEX conference paper] Transforming Privacy Literacy Instruction: From Surveillance Theory to Teaching Practice [longer book chapter] The Promise of Theory-Informed Pedagogy: …

Download some sage jpegs and ponder the AI, we’re talking with Alex about queer Internet histories, LGBTQ2S+ archives, email archiving, feminist restaurants, and technopaganism. Be sure to check out the notes on this one! https://www.alexketchum.ca Register for the Queer Food Conference: https://www.queerfoodconference.com/p/registration.html Media…

We’re covering the Chuck Tingle thing. Also the damned mouse. Do we need DMCA for Trademarks? Who knows! Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/QTr6Tn6YMk UPDATE on Tingle story at TLA: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/01/book-event-disinvites-queer-author-because-his-disability-aid-makes-others-uncomfortable/ Media Mentioned https://boxreceiver.medi…

We’re talking about more issues in scholcomm. Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/QTr6Tn6YMk Media mentioned Hijacked journals: https://www.science.org/content/article/leading-scholarly-database-listed-hundreds-papers-hijacked-journals Hbomberguy video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDp3cB5fHXQ Weird MIT report on OA: https://access-to-science.p…

We’re infoshopping. What are they? Justin ponders if they can make leather vests for straight people. Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/QTr6Tn6YMk Media mentioned Street Libraries: Infoshops and Alternative Reading Rooms - Chris Dodge This City Is An Archive: Squatting History and Urban Authority - Samuel Burgum, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web…

We’re watching a documentary about Palestine! Libraries and museums are implicated in settler-colonialism and we’re gonna talk about it! Media mentioned Film: The Great Book Robbery: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/witness/2012/5/24/the-great-book-robbery Reddit Question: https://www.reddit.com/r/Libraries/comments/17w0bu8/other_trans_library_dir…

We’re joined to Becky to talk about the SPARC report on Science Direct! Data privacy, contracts, the big companies that have us over a barrel! Media mentioned https://zenodo.org/records/10078610 https://www.politico.eu/article/data-at-risk-amazon-security-threat/ https://librarytechnology.org/mergers/ https://journal.code4lib.org/articles/15122…

We let the ADD take over this episode. Media Mentioned https://newsguild.org/scholastic-workers-walk-out-to-protest-glaring-hypocrisy-by-the-childrens-publishing-powerhouse/ Join the discord: https://discord.gg/AJHpwx946By librarypunk

Cory Doctorow comes on to talk about his books The Internet Con and Chokepoint Capitalism and the applications to libraries. We talk interop, vendor contracts, and even writing productivity. Pre-order Cory’s new book The Lost Cause: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865939/thelostcause Media mentioned https://arstechnica.com/information-technol…

This week we’re joined by Anaya to talk about accessibility! Interwebs, Libguides, buildings, Braille Playboy magazines, swear words! We cover it all. Media mentioned https://www.reddit.com/r/Libraries/comments/17alk55/bookseller_turned_librarian_associate/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaU6tI2pb3M https://accessibility.umich.edu/assistive-techno…

Oh boy we’ve got something special! We’re joined again by laborkyle to talk about Walter Benjamin and his essay The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Also AI, fascism, and dreams. Kyle’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/laborkyle Profane Illuminations: Theology for Militants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeV314axro4 All Gamers …

Same thing as with Jay, but now featuring Justin. Also some news. Discord: https://discord.gg/7WcvM7Xdq Media mentioned https://www.applevalleynewsnow.com/news/court-blocks-push-to-close-dayton-library/article_b73f99a8-58bf-11ee-98ed-efcddf58abbd.html https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/26/fcc-announces-plans-to-reinstate-net-neutrality/…

We’re covering updates on the Mütter Museum’s exhibits, digital collections, and human remains policies. Media mentioned Segment: https://www.wired.com/story/prisoners-training-ai-finland/ Article that named Mütter Museum as one of Philly museums still holding indigenous remains: https://www.inquirer.com/news/native-american-remains-penn-temple-mut…

We’re going over the daily life of a library worker for those who are interested! First up: Jay! Media mentioned Segment:https://journal.radicallibrarianship.org/index.php/journal/article/view/96 https://youtu.be/v1eWIshUzr8?si=jc3ouGYgcJIlfJsx https://www.dukeupress.edu/complaint Discord: https://discord.gg/qTMg4v7Xu…

This week we’re joined by Jon and Ash from Horror Vanguard to talk about the spookiest movie of the summer: Storm Center (1956). Horror Vanguard: https://linktr.ee/HorrorVanguard Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/jY4jaNgan Media Mentioned https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhLP8M9eXD8 https://www.culturematters.org.uk/index.php/arts/poetry/item/272…

Justin and Jay both had to talk about this for work, so why not do an episode? Discord: https://discord.gg/jY4jaNgan Media mentioned https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2023/08/29/appeals-court-rules-against-mandatory-deposit/#:~:text=In%20a%20decision%20handed%20down,violation%20of%20the%20takings%20clause. The Fear Of AI Just Killed A Very Useful Too…

We’re doing another bad news roundup. And you know we’re Bataille posting! https://discord.gg/jY4jaNgan Media mentioned Justin https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2023/07/26/hisd-to-eliminate-librarians-turn-libraries-into-discipline-centers-at-28-campuses/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/publishers-booksellers-sue-texas-over-public-school-bo…

Part 2! https://discord.gg/jY4jaNgan Media mentioned https://jon-e.net/surveillance-graphs/ https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/17/microsoft-lost-keys-government-hacked/ https://dustycloud.org/blog/on-standards-divisions-collaboration/ https://jon-e.net/infrastructure/#forums--feeds (applicability of AP to publishing) https://mayfirst.coop/en/ https://w…

A two parter because we had so much to cover! Jonny joins us to explain Fediverse, ActivityPub, Bluesky, and other mysterious hives of villainy. How do preservation? Also: Microsoft lost the keys to their cloud. Also we started a discord! https://discord.gg/jY4jaNgan Media mentioned https://jon-e.net/surveillance-graphs/ https://techcrunch.com/2023…

We do the closest thing to a bonus episode. We get meta: lifting the veil on how we do the podcast, what we listen to, and the friends we’ve made along the way. Also lots of copyright, AI, and Georges Bataille. Media mentioned https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/08/the-fear-of-ai-just-killed-a-very-useful-tool/ https://blog.shaxpir.com/taking-down-pro…