Infospeak.org

I found this great podcast done by the University of Washington: http://www.infospeak.org/index.htm. It's called Infospeak.

I love the audio, it's echoy quality resembles the old Sherlock Holmes recordings I used to listen to growing up. I also love the content. I had to put my MLIS plans on hold last year and even though there are not too many casts on the site, it's been a wonderful part of my MLIS self preparation.

The first one I listened to was the interview with Michael Gorman. Wow, what a great introduction to one of the major debates in the librarian/information world. I certainly see Gorman's concerns, but as I continue to learn, one truth always seems to be prevalent: success comes from a balance of two opposites.

A few notes from the interview:
Literacy is engaging with complex text
Librarians teach
Books are meant to be read sequenceally and accumulatively: I agree, one source is one point of view
Is a library part of information or is information part of a library? Chicken or the egg??ha
Claiming that by labeling everything 'information' (ex. David) we are dehumanizing
Mental laziness: Modern undergraduate students avoid printed resources: true.
Why do people fall for advertising? Because they aren't intellectually there
Google v the librarian

Christmas

A long time ago I heard an NPR podcast (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5673332) about Edward Tufte's book Beautiful Evidence. I got the book this Christmas and have yet to read it, but am excited about what it has to offer. Hopefully will be posting my review and ponderings soon now that the holiday season is wrapping up!