The subject of this Talking with Talis podcast is Marshall Breeding, of Vanderbilt University. He is well known in the world of Library automation for his conference presentations, writings and, the Library Technology Guides site.

In the latter part of 2007 he conducted a survey of the opinions of libraries, which was published a few days ago.

We discuss the the survey, which attracted some 1,700 responses from 47 countries, the results and what they may be telling us about the current state of library automation.

Referenced in this conversation:

• Perceptions 2007: An International Survey of Library Automation
• Libwebcats
• Interactive interface in to Perceptions 2007 results.
• Talis Insight Conference - Marshall’s presentation [November 7th Track 1, 12:30]

This conversation was conducted as a SkypeOut call on Thursday 17th January 2008, recorded with Ecamm Network’s Call Recorder for Skype, and edited on a Mac with Garageband.

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