librarypunk

020 - Proprietary formats, a podcast where we will yell at you

This week we’re talking with John Fink about open standards (a little bit) and open source (a lot) in libraries. Also libertarians. 

John’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/adr 

John’s internet famous presentation: Stop Using Proprietary Document Formats; A Lightning Talk Where I Will Yell At You 

Article we read (post-print): https://asu-ir.tdl.org/bitstream/handle/2346.1/36134/PDF_Proof2.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

019 - I Simp for Concrete

We’re talking buildings! Are you ready for some Brutalism? Learn about the trauma room at SPL, the joys of concrete, and Jay’s ideas for hate scissoring fanfic.

 

Library lists

Beautiful Libraries Around the World Every Booklover Should Visit

The World's Most Beautiful Libraries | Condé Nast Traveler 

The 20 most beautiful libraries in the U.S. 

The 25 Most Beautiful Libraries in America

Best Libraries in the World - Ranking The Top 35

Best Libraries in The World | Coolest Libraries 2020

Visit 28 of the Best Libraries in the World

The Case For Saving Atlanta's Ugliest Library

National Library of Kosovo – Pristina, Kosovo

 

Readings

How Andrew Carnegie Built the Architecture of American Literacy   

11 replies on “Grate Job, Guys: Cornell Fine Arts Library Privileges Architecture Over People” 

Carrie’s post on library furniture: https://seadoubleyew.com/598/the-librarys-furniture/ 

Ending music: https://pixabay.com/music/metal-ultra-metal-253/

018 - Sacred Titties

Movie night! We’re watching The Name of the Rose (1986) about a mystery in an abbey that has scriptoriums, lost books, and twinks. 

Missing Eco: On Reading "The Name of the Rose" as Library Criticism 

https://libraryofbabel.info/

017 - Technoprivacolutionism

We’re talking about surveillance, ubiquitous computing, AI, printer problems, and labor with this week’s guest Callan (eminencefont).

https://twitter.com/eminencefont

Outback Wish House https://bkfst.org/ 

Users at the Center of Everything: Service Design in Rapidly Changing Libraries 

Responding to Rapid Change in Libraries: A User Experience Approach | ALA Store

 

Articles and other links

Goodbye, ALA | At The Intersection 

https://seadoubleyew.com/630/maintaining-curation-lessons-from-an-ipod-in-2021/ 

https://abolitionistlibraryassociation.org/ 

Critical Library Performativity: Toward Progressive Change in Academic Library Management and Organizations https://cjal.ca/index.php/capal/article/view/34402 

Allied Media Conference: AMC2022 

Defend Dissent – Open Textbook  

https://www.versobooks.com/books/3717-automation-and-the-future-of-work 

https://twitter.com/lib_rev 

https://libraryfreedom.org/

016 - Wherefore MLS, or, Degrees for Exceptional Women

This week we’re talking about the history of the MLS degree, why do we do it, and how does it exacerbate all those pesky contradictions that keep dialecting off themselves? 

Draft 6: Radical Empathy Report 

Accomplices Not Allies: Abolishing the Ally Industrial Complex 

Harris, R. M. (1992). Librarianship : the erosion of a woman’s profession. Ablex Pub. Corp. 

https://www.worldcat.org/title/librarianship-the-erosion-of-a-womans-profession/oclc/25832854/editions?referer=di&editionsView=true

http://mauraseale.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Seale-Mirza-Empty-Presence-final-manuscript.pdf

015 - Snake Science

This week we’re celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Sokal Affair by talking about academic hoaxes. What are they? What qualifies as a hoax? Will the Leather Archives be our next guest on the podcast? Find out! All hail the snake science. 

The “grievance studies” hoax does not reveal what its authors think.

Editor response to Sokal http://linguafranca.mirror.theinfo.org/9607/mst.html 

https://twitter.com/dwschieber/status/1047497301021798400 < Reviewer for one of the papers

Opinion: I Published a Fake Paper in a 'Peer-Reviewed' Journal

Please Commit More Blatant Academic Fraud (jacobbuckman.com)

https://twitter.com/450Movement 

"Robo-snakes" by jurvetson is licensed under CC BY 2.0

014 - Manga

This week we’re talking with Matthew Murray, co-host of the Book Club for Masochists podcast, about manga in libraries! We covered a lot of ground so shonen jump in!

https://twitter.com/MidniteLibrary 

https://bookclub4m.libsyn.com/ 

 

Links referenced:

Ohio Lawmakers Attempt to Ban Anime Book, Author Susan J. Napier Responds

The Plight of Translation In America - In 2018 47 books were translated from Japanese into English (this number does not include manga or light novels)

Manga in Libraries: Why Manga?

Mangasplaining podcast

YALSA’s Great Graphic Novels for Teens

GNCRT’s Best Graphic Novels for Adults Reading List

GNCRT’s Best Graphic Novels for Children Reading List

Manga Plus

013 - Anarchivists

This week we’re joined by Mark Matienzo to talk about archives access, mousework, digitization gig economics, and skin suits.

Mark’s Sourcery post: https://matienzo.org/2021/on-sourcery-or-the-enclosure-of-remote-access/ 

Caswell/Cifor article Mark mentions: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/687705/pdf 

Mark’s Twitter: @anarchivist 

Mark’s Bandcamp: https://blacktent.bandcamp.com 

012 - PORN

We’re finally at the porn episode! Bri Watson is here to talk about all things libraries and porn: metadata, collections, web filtering, Mormons, and more!

NYT video: https://www.nytimes.com/video/nyregion/100000004108501/x-rated-at-the-library.html?action=click>ype=vhs&version=vhs-heading&module=vhs®ion=title-area&cview=true&t=4

http://homosaurus.org/ 

http://www.brimwats.com/ 

Charitable Non Profit | SWAN Vancouver Society | British Columbia

AI porn TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMetpXWce/ 

011 - Preserving Gamer Rights

This week we’re joined by Mitchell Zemil from the documentary series Preserving Worlds on Means.tv! We talk about the series, gender online, preserving and interacting in open and closed online spaces, and material/virtual worlds. 

https://means.tv/programs/preservingworlds 

A.L.T. Doom WAD article: https://www.vice.com/en/article/paq5bz/alt-doom-mod-stalker

https://twitter.com/MitchellZemil

https://twitter.com/DerekLMurphy