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  • 022 - Nonfiction Comics

    Repeat guest! We’re joined by Matthew Murray of the Book Club for Masochists podcast to talk about nonfiction comics. What are they even for in libraries? Was Full House a comic book? Find out on this exciting episode of librarypunk. 

    http://bookclub4m.com  

    https://twitter.com/bookclub4m

    https://twitter.com/MidniteLibrary

    Articles on collection development for graphic novels

    Collection development for graphic novels in academic libraries: results of a national survey

    Graphic Novels: Collecting, Cataloging and Outreach in an Academic Library. 

    Japanese manga in translation and American graphic novels: A re-examination of the collections in 36 academic libraries ten years later

    Things mentioned:

    Global Webcomics

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisner_Award_for_Best_Reality-Based_Work

    1 hr 2 min
  • 021 - QZAP

    This week we’re talking with Milo from the Queer Zine Archive Project (QZAP) to talk about what the most goth holiday is. Along the way we talk about zines, metadata for zines, DIY, fairies, and butts.

    https://qzap.org/v9/index.php

    https://twitter.com/qzap

    https://www.instagram.com/queerzines/ 

    1 hr 2 min
  • 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

    1 hr
  • 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/

    1 hr 8 min
  • 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/

    1 hr 8 min
  • 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/

    1 hr 14 min
  • 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

    1 hr 2 min
  • 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

    57 min
  • 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

    1 hr 16 min
  • 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 

    1 hr 12 min

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