Latest Librarieslead Podcast Episodes
Episode 31 (March 2024) Ack! School Libraries Under Attack!
Libraries Lead! - March 27, 2024 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhat could be less controversial than school libraries? School libraries - dedicated to children and American values. School libraries- keeping school information collections & technology up-to-date and secure. School librarians - seeking to promoting literacy and ensuring that students gain es...
Episode 30 (February 2024): INFORMATION Everywhere All At Once
Libraries Lead! - March 01, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsInformation and technology are a ubiquitous part of our lives. We cannot escape. Many of us walk around with multiple devices, receiving hundreds of notifications, emails, alerts, texts each day. Much like the 2022 film Everything Everywhere All at Once we are all navigating a multiverse of dev...
Episode 29 (Jan 2024) Deaths of Despair: Isolation and Despondency
Libraries Lead! - February 05, 2024 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsContentWarning: This episode includes discussions about mental health, addiction, and suicide. Listener discretion is advised. If you or someone you know is struggling with these issues, please seek professional help. It is important to prioritize your well-being and the well-being of those arou...
EPISODE 28 (Dec 2023): More AI: 'I’m Afraid I CAN do that, Dave'
Libraries Lead! - December 20, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn recent weeks, Dave's gone down the AI rabbit hole and, in this episode, we’re following him. Besides using AI for creating graphics, Dave’s is using an AI app called Poe to create “answer bots” – AI chats based on one's own content. This differs from ChatGPT and others which are based on larg...
EPISODE 27 (Nov 2023): EDUCATION IS THE ANSWER! Now, what was the question?
Libraries Lead! - November 05, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWe - Beth, Mike, & Dave - are educators, so naturally we all believe deeply in the value of learning at all stages of life. We advocate for “education” as an answer to many if not most questions, problems, concerns, and issues that people face individually and collectively. But, let’s get more s...
EPISODE 27: EDUCATION IS THE ANSWER! Now, what was the question?
Libraries Lead! - November 05, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWe - Beth, Mike, & Dave - are educators, so naturally we all believe deeply in the value of learning at all stages of life. We advocate for “education” as an answer to many if not most questions, problems, concerns, and issues that people face individually and collectively. But, let’s get more s...
EPISODE 26 (October 2023): Pitchforks and Torches and So Much More!
Libraries Lead! - October 11, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWe’re back and where do we begin? Beth, Dave and Mike return to the podcast microphones after a summer break from recording, but certainly not a break from incredible developments in the library, information, and technology worlds. Headlines include: Not just censor, but actually close libraries...
Episode 25 (May 2023): Celebrating Libraries
Libraries Lead! - May 28, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsEnough of the downer, doom, the sky is falling mentality that seems to pervade our lives and media. Let’s celebrate! Join us as we highlight libraries and librarians and their role in our lives. Libraries are great. Libraries are thriving. Libraries are cool. Beth, Mike, & Dave talk about why we...
Episode 24 (April 2023): The New AI...It's Complicated
Libraries Lead! - April 24, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this podcast episode, Beth, Mike, and Dave dive into the latest advancements in AI, including ChatGPT, Bing, Dall-E, and others. They acknowledge that the new AI technologies are complex and not simply good or bad, black or white. Instead, they explore the nuanced capabilities of these tools ...
Episode 23 (March 2023): March Info Madness – Sports, Information, and Libraries
Libraries Lead! - March 25, 2023 15:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIt’s March Madness, and we both readily admit it – we are sports junkies. We are VERY dedicated fans taking our teams’ successes (or lack thereof) way too seriously. But we also enjoy looking at sports through our “information-colored” glasses. Sport has always been an information as well as phy...
Episode 22 (Feb 2023): Higher Education: For Better, Not Worse!
Libraries Lead! - February 13, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn our last episode, #21 – January 2023, we articulated our concerns about what’s going on in higher education. We lamented the striving for status and money instead of access and affordability for students. We also felt that there’s an over-emphasis among students and families on jobs and finan...
Episode 21 (Jan 2023) Higher Education: Please Come to Your Senses!!
Libraries Lead! - January 11, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe three of us are proud academics. While we come from very different backgrounds, we are all examples of the power of higher education to change lives. Furthermore, each of us has dedicated our lives to “paying it forward” through teaching, mentoring, research, and professional practice. How...
Episode 20 (Dec 2022): Ding Dong The Twit is Dead?
Libraries Lead! - December 11, 2022 18:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMeltdown at Twitter? Advertisers leaving, Apple may delist the Twitter app, many have canceled their Twitter accounts. What does this mean? Is there something more meaningful, valuable, and humane to replace it -perhaps a trustworthy, digital platform for the exchange of information and ideas m...
EPISODE NUMBER 19: OCTOBER 2022
Libraries Lead! - October 11, 2022 22:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsEpisode 19: WHAT????? February 21st. 2022 Beth Patin, Dave Lankes, & Mike Eisenberg What is going on in this world? Librarians in the crosshairs! Book censorship and actual book burnings! Heavy-handed government control of schools, curriculum, higher education, libraries! Handmaid’s Tale-like n...
Episode 19 (Oct 2022): What in the World?
Libraries Lead! - October 11, 2022 22:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsEpisode 19: WHAT????? February 21st. 2022 Beth Patin, Dave Lankes, & Mike Eisenberg What is going on in this world? Librarians in the crosshairs! Book censorship and actual book burnings! Heavy-handed government control of schools, curriculum, higher education, libraries! Handmaid’s Tale-like n...
Episode 18: The Censors are Coming! The Censors are Coming!
Libraries Lead! - April 27, 2022 02:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsEpisode 18: The Censors are Coming! The Censors are Coming! February 21st. 2022 Beth Patin, Dave Lankes, & Mike Eisenberg It is happening here. Again. There’s a huge increase in efforts to censor what is taught or even discussed in school along with banning, and in some cases even burning books...
Episode 18 (May 2022): The Censors are Coming! The Censors are Coming!
Libraries Lead! - April 27, 2022 02:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsEpisode 18: The Censors are Coming! The Censors are Coming! May 2022 Beth Patin, Dave Lankes, & Mike Eisenberg It is happening here. Again. There’s a huge increase in efforts to censor what is taught or even discussed in school along with banning, and in some cases even burning books in schools...
Episode 17: Video Sharing & So Much More
Libraries Lead! - March 28, 2022 17:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsEpisode 17: Video Sharing & So Much More February 1st, 2022 Beth Patin, Dave Lankes, & Mike Eisenberg YouTube has more than 2 billion active users collectively viewing over 5 billion videos totaling a combined 1 billion hours of video viewing every day!! Tik Tok is the new kid on the block, jus...
Episode 17 (April 2022): Video Sharing & So Much More
Libraries Lead! - March 28, 2022 17:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsEpisode 17: Video Sharing & So Much More April 2022 Beth Patin, Dave Lankes, & Mike Eisenberg YouTube has more than 2 billion active users collectively viewing over 5 billion videos totaling a combined 1 billion hours of video viewing every day!! Tik Tok is the new kid on the block, just 4 year...
Episode 16 (March 2022): FACEBOOK: The Good, Bad, and the Ugly
Libraries Lead! - March 02, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsEpisode 16: FACEBOOK: The Good, Bad, and the Ugly March 2022 Beth Patin, Dave Lankes, & Mike Eisenberg This episode continues our conversation about social media. We zero in on the 800 lb gorilla – make that the 1.6 BILLION pound gorilla that dominates social media, FACEBOOK. That’s 1.6 billio...
Episode 16: FACEBOOK: The Good, Bad, and the Ugly
Libraries Lead! - March 02, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsEpisode 16: FACEBOOK: The Good, Bad, and the Ugly January 18th, 2022 Beth Patin, Dave Lankes, & Mike Eisenberg This episode continues our conversation about social media. We zero in on the 800 lb gorilla – make that the 1.6 BILLION LB gorilla that dominates social media, FACEBOOK. That’s 1.6 b...
Episode 15 (Feb 2022): Life, the Universe and Everything Social Media.
Libraries Lead! - February 02, 2022 04:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsEpisode 15: Life, the Universe and Everything Social Media. February 2022 Beth Patin, Dave Lankes, & Mike Eisenberg This is the first of a series of episodes about the phenomenon of social media. Social media dominates and affects almost all aspect of life and society, sometimes purposefully a...
Episode 15: Life, the Universe and Everything Social Media.
Libraries Lead! - January 31, 2022 04:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsEpisode 15: Life, the Universe and Everything Social Media. December 21st, 2021 Beth Patin, Dave Lankes, & Mike Eisenberg This is the first of a series of episodes about the phenomenon of social media. Social media dominates and affects almost all aspect of life and society, sometimes purposef...
Episode 14 (Jan 2022): Info Literacy - Now More Than Ever!
Libraries Lead! - January 12, 2022 04:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsEpisode 14: Info Literacy - Now More Than Ever! January 2022 Beth Patin, Dave Lankes, & Mike Eisenberg Information literacy relates to every aspect of human existence – individually or in communities. Almost all human activities and endeavors are information-based, especially in our turbocharge...
Episode 14: Info Literacy - Now More Than Ever!
Libraries Lead! - January 12, 2022 04:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsEpisode 14: Info Literacy - Now More Than Ever! November 17th, 2021 Beth Patin, Dave Lankes, & Mike Eisenberg Information literacy relates to every aspect of human existence – individually or in communities. Almost all human activities and endeavors are information-based, especially in our turb...
Episode 13: Politics R Us?
Libraries Lead! - December 16, 2021 23:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsEpisode 13: Politics R Us? November 13th, 2021 Beth Patin, Dave Lankes, & Mike Eisenberg Aughhh! The po·lit·i·ci·za·tion of everything! We don’t seem to be able to escape increasing polarization and the division into rival groups identified by politics and worldviews as well as the demonization...
Episode 13 (Dec 2021): Politics R Us?
Libraries Lead! - December 16, 2021 23:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsEpisode 13: Politics R Us? December, 2021 Beth Patin, Dave Lankes, & Mike Eisenberg Aughhh! The po·lit·i·ci·za·tion of everything! We don’t seem to be able to escape increasing polarization and the division into rival groups identified by politics and worldviews as well as the demonization of t...
Episode 12 (Nov 2021): Truth or Dare: A New Normal in Education and Human Services?
Libraries Lead! - November 20, 2021 02:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsEpisode 12: Truth or Dare: A New Normal in Education and Human Services? Nov 2021 Beth Patin, Dave Lankes, & Mike Eisenberg Starting this, our second season, we have a huge change to the Libraries Lead podcast. In the last episode (#11) of the first season, Beth Patin, assistant professor at th...
Episode 12: Truth or Dare: A New Normal in Education and Human Services?
Libraries Lead! - November 20, 2021 02:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsEpisode 12: Truth or Dare: A New Normal in Education and Human Services? October 13, 2021 Beth Patin, Dave Lankes, & Mike Eisenberg Starting this, our second season, we have a huge change to the Libraries Lead podcast. In the last episode (#11) of the first season, Beth Patin, assistant profess...
Episode 11: Emergency! Being Prepared in the New Normal.
Libraries Lead! - November 01, 2021 19:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsEpisode 11: Emergency! Being Prepared in the New Normal. October 1, 2021 Beth Patin, Dave Lankes & Mike Eisenberg Unfortunately, the dire future predictions of crises due to environment and climate change, disease, poverty, and social justice are today’s realities. This new normal requires com...
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