Success! - I have managed to sit the elusive Ian Davis, CTO here at Talis, in front of a video camera to have a conversation about the Talis Platform.
Take this seven minute not-to-be-missed opportunity to see Ian discuss the Platform, its benefits, and the motivations behind it.
Resources referenced in the conversation:
Executive Director of the Digital Library Federation, Peter Brantley is the guest on this Talking with Talis podcast. Speaking from the Berkeley campus in the San Francisco bay area, he talks about his background and the activities and role of the Federation before moving to the challenges of libraries in the digital world.
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This conversation was conducted as a SkypeOut call on Thursday 26th July, recorded with Ecamm Network’s Call Recorder for Skype, and edited on a Mac with Garageband.
Joan Lippincott, Associate Executive Director - Coalition for Networked Information, a librarian, with a career in University libraries, that has been with the CNI since the beginning.
Joan talks through how the Net Generation of students now using our universities are creating challenges for libraries and librarians.
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During our conversation we reference these resources:
Peter Morville’s career started with an advanced degree in library and information science from the University of Michigan’s School of Information. He has since become an internationally recognized consultant and thought leader in Information Architecture and Findability.
In this free ranging conversation we discuss some of the issues that his books Information Architecture for the World Wide Web and Ambient Findability, address, and the way search and findability are handled on the web today. The conversation is even more interesting because of Peter’s library science background.
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During the conversation we reference the following:
Tony Durcan, President of the Society of Chief Librarians, joins me for the latest in the mini-series of podcasts on future of Public Libraries in England.
Tony who is Head of Culture and Lifelong Learning, for the City of Newcastle, has only recently become the Society President.
We discuss his background in Libraries, the challenges a public library service of today faces, and the role of the Society of Chief Librarians. Our conversation moves on to the way forward for public libraries in England, and the current associated debate.
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During the conversation, we refer to the following resources:
The conversation conducted by telephone on Monday 9th July 2007, edited in Garageband.
This episode in a mini-series of Talking with Talis podcasts for and about those with opinions and interest in the future of Public Libraries in England is with Richard Ward, Head of Library services for the county of Hampshire.
We talk about the challenges of providing library services to a diverse population in a large English county; Hampshire’s Discovery Centres; and how being the case study for Tim Coate’s controversial “Who’s in Charge?” report impacted on the library service.
We then move on to discuss the future of Public Libraries and the debate between those concerned about that future.
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During the conversation, we refer to the following resources:
The conversation conducted by telephone on Thursday 5th July 2007, edited in Garageband.
In this Talking with Talis podcast, I talk with Trevor Owens, Technology Evangelist at Zotero.
Zotero, is a simple free web browser plug-in for capturing and organizing citations and other web resources. The Zotero project has its home at the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University in Fairfax Virginia.
Trevor discusses the plug-in tool, its use and the community that supports it. We then move on to future releases of which will include access to servers, and hence the development of shared data.
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The conversation was conducted as a Skype call on Thursday July 5th, recorded with Ecamm Network’s Call Recorder for Skype, and edited on a Mac with Garageband.
In this Talking with Talis podcast, I talk with John Dolan, Head of Library Policy at the MLA - the strategic body for museums libraries and archives in England.
We discuss his career in libraries, the MLA and they way public libraries serve their communities. We then move on to discuss A Blueprint for Excellence document and the public consultation process which has followed its publication.
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During the conversation, we refer to the following resources:
The debate about the future of public libraries in England is at times a passionate one, with the protagonists often having greatly differing but no less strongly held views. With this series of podcasts I am attempting to provide a balanced view of those opinions and the people behind them. To that end I have approached several people both within and outside the library establishment with an invitation to record a conversation. Whilst awaiting responses and scheduling recordings I would love to hear from others who believe they have something to add. Contact me (richard.wallis@talis.com) if you want to suggest a possible interviewee, or wish to be considered yourself.
The conversation with John Dolan was conducted by telephone on Friday 22th June 2007, edited in Garageband.
In this Talking with Talis podcast, I talk with Tim Coates. This is the first in a series of podcasts looking at the landscape of opinions about the future of public libraries.
Tim’s history is as an author and bookseller - he was with WH Smith, and became Managing Director of Waterstone’s.
Over the last few years he has become very well known for having strong opinions about, and proposals for, the way the public library service in England should be structured and run. Tim produced the report “Who’s in charge - Responsibility for the Public Library Service” in 2004, which sparked much debate, that is still rumbling on today.
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During the conversation, we refer to the following resources:
The debate about the future of public libraries in England is at times a passionate one, with the protagonists often having greatly differing but no less strongly held views. With this series of podcasts I am attempting to provide a balanced view of those opinions and the people behind them. To that end I have approached the MLA and others with an invitation to record a conversation. Whilst awaiting responses and scheduling recordings I would love to hear from others who believe they have something to add. Contact me (richard.wallis@talis.com) if you want to suggest a possible interviewee, or wish to be considered yourself.
The conversation with Tom Coates was conducted by telephone on Friday 8th June 2007, edited in Audacity.
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