Library Bytegeist

Data artist Jer Thorp has a dream of putting an artist in every library. In this episode we explore the benefits and challenges of hosting artist residencies in libraries through open conversations with Jer Thorp, Ben Vershbow, Jenny Odell, Steve Keene, Trent Miller, and Laura Damon-Moore about the artist residencies that have been hosted at NYPL, Brooklyn Public Library, and Madison Public Library.

Audio Mastering by Dalton Harts

Links

“An Artist in Every Library” by Jer Thorp: https://medium.com/@blprnt/an-artist-in-every-library-c0df05bf3c9

“Art at the Edge of Tomorrow” by Jer Thorp:

https://medium.com/@blprnt/art-at-the-edge-of-tomorrow-b78ad9302abe

“Peripheral Landscapes: The Art of Maps: A conversation with artist Jenny Odell and geospatial librarian Matt Knutzen” https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2015/05/01/peripheral-landscapes-art-maps?hspace=299647

“Brooklyn Public Library Names Steve Keene as Artist-in-Residence for NYC Debut:” https://www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/brooklyn-public-library-names-steve-keene-artist-residence-nyc-debut

The Bubbler at Madison Public: http://madisonbubbler.org/

Library As Incubator Project: http://www.libraryasincubatorproject.org/

Music and Soundtracks:

Opening and closing track: “Magic” by Otis MacDonald

“Simple Complex” by Uncle Bibby

“Act One Tenebrous Brothers” by Kevin Macleod

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What is it like to restore audio on classic films? For this bite-sized Bytegeist we sat down with Gabe Liberti to talk about his time as an audio restoration engineer at the Criterion Collection. These days Gabe uses his sound engineering skills to design interactive installations as part of the design duo, Dave and Gabe: http://www.daveandgabe.care/

For more about the degradation and obsolescence of magnetic media, check out episode 4, where we talk to Rachel Mattson about the XFR Collective: https://soundcloud.com/librarybytegeist/rachelmattson

Audio mastering by Dalton Harts

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Music and Soundtracks:

Opening and closing track: “Magic” by Otis MacDonald

This podcast uses these sounds from freesound:

Katana by Halleck (http://www.freesound.org/people/Halleck/)

Flute by Uncle Sigmund (http://www.freesound.org/people/UncleSigmund/ )

Taiko by dirtydowntowner (http://www.freesound.org/people/dirtydowntowner/ )

bnpppjd.aif by dropthedyle (http://www.freesound.org/people/dropthedyle/ )

Libraries have always been places for free and unfettered intellectual exploration. But how is this threatened by the inherent leakiness and insecurity of the networks we use to access information these days? In this episode we talk to Alison Macrina, Bill Marden, Melissa Morrone, Chuck McAndrew, and Phoebe Stein about privacy policies, CryptoParties, Tor relays, and other adventures.

CORRECTION: The episode says that Chuck's surveillance self-defense courses can be found at leblibrary.org -- the website is actually leblibrary.com. Here is a link: https://leblibrary.com/online-self-defense

Related Articles and Resources:

BPL's Digital Privacy Curriculum: http://www.dataprivacyproject.org/

Protecting Patron Privacy, Library Journal, July 14, 2016 by Alison Macrina

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2016/07/digital-resources/protecting-patron-privacy/

ALA Questions and Answers on Privacy and Confidentiality

http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=interpretations&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=15347

Library Patron Privacy in 2014 - Honoring the Legacy of Zoia Horn, CUNY School of Law, 2014, by Sarah Landon

http://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1060&context=cl_pubs

A Flaw in the Design, by Craig Timberg, May 30, 2015, The Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/business/2015/05/30/net-of-insecurity-part-1/?utm_term=.036cf687d2ce

Library Freedom Project: https://libraryfreedomproject.org/

State Privacy Laws Regarding Library Records http://www.ala.org/advocacy/privacyconfidentiality/privacy/stateprivacy

EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense: https://ssd.eff.org/en

Tactical Tech's Security-in-a-box: https://tacticaltech.org/projects/security-box

Down the Security Rabbit Hole: http://podcast.wh1t3rabbit.net/

Privacy Paradox podcast: https://project.wnyc.org/privacy-paradox/

TechSNAP podcast: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/techsnap/

Music and Soundtracks:

Opening and closing track: “Magic” by Otis MacDonald

This podcast uses these sounds from freesound:

probe1gain by pheonelai (http://www.freesound.org/people/phoenelai/)

Intro 1L72 by Setuniman (http://www.freesound.org/people/Setuniman/)

etc..

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Saving love letters in the digital age can be tricky. Iris Lee, a metadata analyst at the American Museum of Natural History, came up with a clever solution for saving the text messages between her and her partner off her old cell phone. Dr. Michelle Janning, professor of sociology, and Davy Rothbart, founder and editor of FOUND Magazine, weigh in with their thoughts about how and why people save love messages.

Episode transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/154QxtwOIHHkDCmLb8qzS1ijS2N6ZpJyKlZFWyCxRKXU/edit?usp=sharing

Related Books, Articles, and Links:

Dr. Michelle Janning’s upcoming book, The Stuff of Family Life: How Our Homes Reflect Our Lives published by Rowman & Littlefield: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442254794/The-Stuff-of-Family-Life-How-Our-Homes-Reflect-Our-Lives

FOUND Magazine: http://foundmagazine.com/

FOUNDpodcast: https://www.facebook.com/FOUNDpodcast/

Cassettes from My Ex: Stories and Soundtracks of Lost Loves, by Jason Bitner, co-founder of FOUND Magazine: https://www.amazon.com/Cassette-My-Ex-Stories-Soundtracks/dp/0312565526

“Archiving Cell Phone Text Messages” by Mike Ashenfelder on the Library of Congress’ blog The Signal: https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2012/04/archiving-cell-phone-text-messages/

“Total Recall: How to Back up all the text message on your iPhone” in Wired: https://www.wired.com/2013/11/backup-sms-iphone/

Music and Soundtracks:

Opening and closing track: “Magic” by Otis MacDonald

“Scissor Vision” by Letter Box

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In this episode, Molly talks with Dr. Rachel Mattson about her work as a member of the XFR Collective, an all-volunteer group of over 14 members, does the work that it does, partnering with artists, activists, individuals, and groups to preserving at-risk audiovisual media – especially unseen, unheard, or marginalized works, like this gay wedding celebration – by providing low-cost digitization services. Please read below for more information about the XFR Collective and the tools we used to produce this podcast.

Here is a link to a rough transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yf3iDqDTA9sw_YfEpS-c-m4kTiLzR03wIy7IKszuY1M/edit?usp=sharing

Related Articles and Links

XFR Collective’s website: https://xfrcollective.wordpress.com/

“At a Queer Film Festival, a Collective Offers to Digitize Your Videos for Free” by Sarah Cowan, published November, 2015 in Hyperallergic http://hyperallergic.com/253658/at-a-queer-film-festival-a-collective-offers-to-digitize-your-videos-for-free/

“Preserving that Great Performace: XFR STN Offers a Digital Update at the New Museum” BY Melena Ryzik, published on August 11, 2013 in The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/12/arts/design/xfr-stn-offers-a-digital-update-at-the-new-museum.html

https://archive.org/details/2015_MIX_Ingall_001

“Remembering My Father, Who Sang at My Brother’s Big Gay Jewish Wedding: How far we’ve come, and how far we’ve yet to go, when it comes to LGBT rights” by Marjorie Ingall, published on June 16, 2016 in Tablet

http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/205426/remembering-my-father-who-sang-at-my-brothers-big-gay-jewish-wedding

“Art is Long, Life is Short: the XFR Collective Helps Artists Preserve Magnetic and Digital Works” by Mike Ashenfelder, published on July 29, 2014 on the Library of Congress’ blog The Signal

https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2014/07/art-is-long-life-is-short-the-xfr-collective-helps-artists-preserve-magnetic-and-digital-works/

Music and Soundtracks

Cardboard Air Band / part 2: https://archive.org/details/XFR_2013-07-26_1B_02

Andy and Neal's Pre-Wedding Dessert Reception: https://archive.org/details/2015_MIX_Ingall_001

Opening and closing track: “Magic” by Otis MacDonald

Cassette Tape Rewind from YouTube Audio Library

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In this episode, Molly talks with Dr. Shannon Mattern about New York City's LinkNYC program and the troubles it has faced in trying to provide public access to the internet on the city streets. The discussion revolves around how involving librarians and archivists in the planning process could bring some wisdom to smart city developments.

Here is a link to a rough transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12rbIr4PFTEqf2Bgv9fBqWNDF1dfnWuAUQTK-M11Ww3w/edit?usp=sharing

Village Voice article: http://www.villagevoice.com/news/google-is-transforming-nycs-payphones-into-a-personalized-propaganda-engine-8822938

Shannon Mattern's article "Public In/Formation in the journal Places: https://placesjournal.org/article/public-information/#ref_4

Mayor DeBlasio on shutting off LinkNYC browsing privileges for WNYC: http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/741-16/transcript-mayor-de-blasio-appears-live-wnyc

Nick Pinto's article "Google Is Transforming NYC's Payphones Into a 'Personalized Propaganda Engine'" for the Village Voice: http://www.villagevoice.com/news/google-is-transforming-nycs-payphones-into-a-personalized-propaganda-engine-8822938

Article by Elinor Ostrom about the knowledge commons: https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/titles/content/9780262083577_sch_0001.pdf

More information about LinkNYC: https://www.link.nyc/index.html

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Intro Music is "Magic" by Otis MacDonald from the YouTube Audio Library

In this episode of Library Bytegeist, we sat down with Ben Fino-Radin, a Media Conservator at MoMA, to talk about his approach to media conservation, what to do when art installations involve super computers, and his favorite old medium. Many thanks to Kate Lewis, Ben Fino-Radin, Peter Oleksik, and the Time-Based Media Art team at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum for their online writings that gave me the background information for this podcast. All who are interested in further reading about media conservation should check out the following links:

Posts in "Media Conservation" on the Inside/Out blog: https://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/category/media-conservation/

Time-Based Media Conservation at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: https://www.guggenheim.org/conservation/time-based-media

Matters in Media Art: https://www.moma.org/explore/collection/conservation/media_art

Intro and closing music is "Magic" by Otis McDonald.

This is an introduction and discussion with the three METRO fellows: Katie Martinez, Karen Hwang, and Molly Schwartz. They talk about why Google searches don't take you inside library catalogs, how email preservation is becoming more of a priority, and what the opportunities are for libraries and archives to adopt new media for storytelling.

Intro and closing music is "Magic" by Otis McDonald.