Bibliotech show #16 for Monday February 13, 2012

Looking for Lights

Hosts: Kayhan B., Erin Anderson and Doug Mirams

Guests: Sue Polanka

Topics: Sue Polanka, Head of Reference and Instruction at Wright State University Libraries and Editor/Blogger of the No Shelf Required book series/blog, talks about ebooks and their future in our libraries. Other topics include streaming of econtent, Amazon's meteoric rise and more.

Bibliotech show #15 for Monday January 30, 2012

Library Automation for the Rest of Us

Hosts: Kayhan B. and Erin Anderson

Guests: Marshall Breeding

Topics: Marshall Breeding, renowned expert on library automation and Director for Innovative Technologies and Research for the Vanderbilt University Libraries in Nashville, TN, discusses key issues in library automation systems, and why they are so vital to the proper functioning of a library. Other topics include upcoming technology trends, ebooks and more.

Bibliotech show #14 for Monday January 16, 2012

Writing Recipes from Planet Akron

Hosts: Kayhan B., Erin Anderson and Doug Mirams

Guests: Stephen Abram

Topics: Stephen Abram, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and Markets for Gale Cengage Learning, discusses general library technology topics including research databases and crowd sourcing, ebooks, library innovation, websites, transliteracy, and more.

Bibliotech show #13 for Monday January 9, 2012

Show Me the Money!

Hosts: Kayhan B., Erin Anderson and Doug Mirams

Guests: Michael Porter

Topics: Michael Porter (a.k.a. Libraryman), CEO of Library Renewal, a non-profit organization dedicated to finding new econtent solutions for libraries, discusses why a project like Library Renewal is so important to the future survival of libraries, and why funding it is so vital. Other topics include the failure of academia, Amazon's rise and more.

Bibliotech show #12 for Monday December 19, 2011

Transliterize Me!

Hosts: Kayhan B., Erin Anderson and Doug Mirams

Guests: Buffy J. Hamilton

Topics: Buffy J. Hamilton, high school librarian and teacher at "The Unquiet Library" in Canton, Georgia and creator of The Unquiet Librarian blog, discusses what is the Unquiet Library, technology play time for staff and clients, transliteracy, Kindles and Nooks at the library and more.

Bibliotech show #11 for Monday December 12, 2011

Be a Lover, Not a Hater

Hosts: Kayhan B., Erin Anderson and Doug Mirams

Guests: Paul Biba

Topics: Paul Biba, Editor-in-Chief of TeleRead.com, discusses e-books and e-publishing, the rise of Amazon, the future of libraries in the new e-content landscape, and why publishers hate libraries.

Bibliotech show #10 for Monday November 28, 2011

Digitized and Virtualized

Hosts: Kayhan B., Erin Anderson and Doug Mirams

Guests: David Lee King

Topics: David Lee King, Digital Branch and Services Manager for Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, author, social web expert, video blogger and creator of davidleeking.com, a well known library blog, discusses the social web and new media, importance of well designed library websites and virtual branches.

Bibliotech show #9 for Monday November 14, 2011

Welcome to the New Normal

Hosts: Kayhan B., Erin Anderson and Doug Mirams

Guests: Michael Stephens

Topics: Dr. Michael Stephens, Assistant Professor at the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University and creator of Tame the Web, a well known library blog, discusses general trends with regards to libraries and technology, Library 2.0, the "New Normal" and much more.

Bibliotech show #8 for Monday November 7, 2011

Dude, Where's My Privacy?

Hosts: Kayhan B., Erin Anderson and Doug Mirams

Guests: Sarah Houghton

Topics: Sarah Houghton, Acting Director for the San Rafael Public Library in California and creator of the Librarian in Black, a well known library blog, discusses intellectual freedom and privacy issues in the wake of the recent Overdrive / Amazon Kindle compatibility launch.

Bibliotech show #7 for Monday October 17, 2011

We're Alive!

Hosts: Kayhan B., Erin Anderson and Doug Mirams

Topics: The post-apocalyptic show. Quora, Siri, and the concept of crowd sourced digital reference services. UCLA DVD streaming. Amazon announces new Kindles and a new tablet called the Kindle Fire. Ebooks and privacy issues. Do E-Readers Make it Harder to Ban Books?