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  • 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/ 

    1 hr 36 min
  • 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

    55 min
  • 010 - Information Shitteracy

    This week we’re talking disinformation and misinformation. Also we feature a new segment! 

    Diary of a wimpy kid getting arrested 

    Santa Monica Library Branch to Reopen Under Self-Service Model - SM Mirror 

    Moving Forward, critically (handbook):  Critical Disinformation Studies 

    librarypunk on twitter.

    1 hr 27 min
  • 009 - Movie time

    This week we talk about library worker representation in media! Movies, webcomics, TV, and more! 

    Study Finds Librarian Saying "Shh" Directly to Camera Still Most Effective Music Video Element for Conveying Pop-Punk Bands' Distaste for Authority

    Perceptions of a Profession: Librarians and Stereotypes in Online Videos   

    16 Great Library Scenes in Film

    Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian

    Cover image: "Day 12 - Jan 12: Madame Librarian" by Paul Howard Photo is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

    1 hr 28 min
  • 008 - Making spaces

    This week we’re joined by temporary replacement Jay, Peter Woods, to talk about makerspaces, Maker (™) movements, gender, and education. We also get into who would be the best nu-metal library rockstar.

    You can follow Peter on Twitter at @PeterJWoodsPhD. His DIY Peloton stream https://www.twitch.tv/xpelotonx. 

    (PDF) (Re)making Whiteness: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Equity-Based Maker Literature

    Articles Peter referenced:

    Funds of knowledge and discourses and hybrid space

    Creating Hybrid Spaces for Engaging School Science Among Urban Middle School Girls 

    Stem-Rich Maker Learning: Designing for Equity with Youth of Color

    DIY Skateparks as temporary disruptions to neoliberal cities: informal learning through micropolitical making

    Weird makerspace cult Jay wanted to talk about https://lassonde.utah.edu/studios/ 

    Image credit: "Milwaukee Makerspace at the 2011 Frolics Parade" by plural is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

    1 hr 13 min
  • 007 - Transmorpher Agreements

    CONTENT WARNING: We briefly mention events at Charlottesville during Unite the Right. 

    We are joined by Dave @saggiotipo to talk about so-called transformative agreements. What are they? How to they affect everything in the library? We get into the specifics of the University of California deal (as far as we have them). 

    Read Dave’s musings prior to the UC announcement here: https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:35125/

    Ginny Steel criticism in 2016: https://www.library.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/Ginny-Steel_open-letter_OA2020-PIF_October-2016_0.pdf 

    Full UC MOU with Elsevier here: https://ucsf.app.box.com/s/gb2zj4dmk3h11p4munjvt9gsvtxr84qw 

    And UC’s description of their deal: https://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/uc-publisher-relationships/elsevier-oa-agreement/#basics 

    We also answer a superfan’s question! So keep writing in on Twitter @librarypunk.

    1 hr
  • 006 - Commulism

    This episode we are joined by Sam Popowich to talk about ideology, specifically the liberal kind, and how it permeates libraries and library workers. We also talk dual power, and ask if libraries would exist after the revolution? Plus we finally talk about anime again.

    Buy Sam’s book: Confronting the Democratic Discourse of Librarianship: A Marxist Approach. 

    Follow Sam on Twitter, @redlibrarian 

    More to read:

    Professionalism and Labour Aristocracy

    The Social Theory of Neutrality — Sam Popowich

    1 hr 3 min
  • 005 - career>path ft. Luisa Díez

    CONTENT WARNING: We discuss stories of people involved in 9/11 and its aftermath.

     

    We’re joined by anthropologist Luisa Díez to talk about labor in museums and libraries, navigating college, winding career paths, and specifically the 9/11 museum where Luisa worked for six years. Luisa and Carrie also get into what makes a good museum experience. 

     

    Follow Luisa at @luisadieznuts on Twitter and her podcast Why You Mad. 


    Warm up article: https://themarkup.org/news/2021/03/02/major-universities-are-using-race-as-a-high-impact-predictor-of-student-success

    1 hr 41 min
  • 004 - copywrong - fair use edition

    It's Fair Use Week! We talk about copyright, music, movies, and gay porn. Find out what AFAB really means, how to behave in Kmart, and why library workers are not cops. 

     

    Is This Beverly Hills Cop Playing Sublime's 'Santeria' to Avoid Being Live-streamed?

     

     

    1 hr 56 min
  • 003 - LearningAnalytics.js

    We're joined by Dorothea Salo to talk about learning analytics! Learn more about the Data Doubles project at https://datadoubles.org

    Add your pay: https://bit.ly/libsal 

    THE BIO BUTTON: https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-surveilled-student

     

     

    1 hr 45 min

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