The Silverfish Podcast

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This is the official podcast of the University of Washington iSchool's student newspaper, the Silverfish. We cover current events and historical trends in the Library and Information Sciences.

Episodes

  1. 03/25/2011

    Silverfish #006 -- Dr. Janes vs The Year 2525

    The Cyberpunk Librarian and Dr. Janes forcast and prognosticate on the future of printed matter! In the year 2525, will print still survive? Find out here! This podcast is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License and is dedicated to the memory of Samuel Butler. All profits go to the Erewhonian legal defense fund.

  2. 03/20/2011

    Silverfish #005 -- David Laskin and The Long Way Home

    The Cyberpunk Librarian sits down with the historian and biographer David Laskin. We talk about The early 20th century emigrant experience, the horrors of 'the war to end all wars' and the struggle for legitimacy by conscientious objectors during that war. Also, weather. This podcast is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License and is dedicated to the memory of Corporal Frank Buckles, the last American Doughboy.

  3. 03/10/2011

    Silverfish Supplemental -- 9 March 2011 -- Joseph Janes, MLIS Program Chair

    Hi all--it's been a while, so I've made a new podcast! Topics include: MLIS curriculum review, Academic Planning Day update, admissions process, my front garden (OK, I strayed a bit, sorry...) Plus a word or two here and there about recent events about the school...Have a listen, have a great last few days of the quarter, have a great break! Joe © Joseph Janes 2011

  4. 03/09/2011

    Silverfish #004 -- Dr. Janes vs Watson and The End Of Days

    Karl and Dr. Janes discuss the implications of IBM's Jeopardy playing supercomputer. Will some clever assemblage of Big Data and Natural Language Processing spell the end of the Librarian as a profession? Find out here first!

  5. 02/11/2011

    Silverfish #003 -- iConference Conversation

    Two roving reporters compare notes.

  6. 02/11/2011

    Silverfish Shorts! -- "A Call to Awesomeness"

    This is not a commercial spot. Fnord.

  7. 02/10/2011

    Silverfish Supplemental -- 10 February 2011 -- Joseph Janes, MLIS Program Chair

    The iConference is off to a great start, and I thought there might be some interest in what's going on down there, so here's a special podcast of my day yesterday. (If my voice seems to have a little more gravel in it than usual, it's early morning...and I did a lot of talking yesterday!) Back to "regular" podcasts soon. Enjoy! Joe © Joseph Janes 2011

  8. 01/27/2011

    Silverfish Supplemental -- 26 January 2011 -- Joseph Janes, MLIS Program Chair

    Hi again--the lovely break in the weather has inspired another podcast! Topics include: An update on MLIS curricular review, scheduling changes for Spring '11 a thought or two on technology and flexibility, and a plug for for the ALISS open meeting held on the 4th of February from 1pm to 2pm in Room 420 MGH. Enjoy! Joe. © Joseph Janes 2011

  9. 01/10/2011

    Silverfish Supplemental -- 7 January 2011 -- Joseph Janes, MLIS Program Chair

    A few quick updates (class cancellations, admissions, MLIS curriculum survey), mostly on feedback from our advisory boards on fostering leadership and job-search-readiness among students. Have a great weekend--enjoy! Joe. © Joseph Janes 2011

  10. 01/09/2011

    Silverfish #002 -- Conor Casey, Labor Archivist

    This episode features an interview with Conor Casey, Labor Archivist for the University of Washington. Conor walks us through his personal and family involvement with labor, as well as its the influence on Pacific Northwest Culture. His library guide-page can be found at: "http://guides.lib.washington.edu/profile.php?uid=31886". The Labor Archives of Washington State at: "http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/laws/" is the long URL he mentioned at the end of the interview.

  11. 12/20/2010

    Silverfish #001 -- John Gibbs, Special Projects Librarian

    Our first podcast features an interview with John Gibbs, Special Project librarian for the University of Washington.

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This is the official podcast of the University of Washington iSchool's student newspaper, the Silverfish. We cover current events and historical trends in the Library and Information Sciences.

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  • Creator
    The Silverfish Staff
  • Years Active
    2011
  • Episodes
    11
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    © Copyright 2010-2011, The Silverfish
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