Bibliotech show #20 for Monday April 23, 2012

The Amazing LibraryBox

Hosts: Kayhan B., Erin Anderson and Doug Mirams

Guests: Jason Griffey

Topics: Jason Griffey, Associate Professor and Head of Library Information Technology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, talks about the open source LibraryBox device project, ebooks, the digital divide, future tech trends and more.

Please visit his blog at http://jasongriffey.net

Bibliotech show #19 for Monday April 2, 2012

Transliterize This!

Hosts: Kayhan B., Erin Anderson and Doug Mirams

Guests: Bobbi Newman

Topics: Bobbi Newman, Consultant-Speaker-Trainer and Author at Librarian by Day, talks about transliteracy and its applications in librarianship, should libraries pull out of current ebook deals and more.

Bibliotech show #18 for Monday March 12, 2012

The Wizard is In!

Hosts: Kayhan B., Erin Anderson and Doug Mirams

Guests: David Rothman

Topics: David Rothman, author-journalist-blogger and founder of TeleRead.com and Librarycity.org, talks about ebooks, why Overdrive should sell itself to a library consortia, the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) initiative, surviving Amazon's surge and more.

Bibliotech show #17 for Monday February 27, 2012

Be Kind, Please Rewind

Hosts: Kayhan B., Erin Anderson and Doug Mirams

Guests: Lisa Carlucci Thomas

Topics: Lisa Carlucci Thomas, librarian-writer-speaker and Director of design think do, a library technology and creative services firm, talks about mobile library services and social platforms and the impact of mobile technologies on libraries.

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.