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