Interview: Steven Bell, keynote speaker at Library Entrepreneurial Conference

In this podcast Steven Bell discusses being a library entrepreneur and what it means to the profession. Bell, Associate University Librarian for Research and Instructional Services at Temple University, was the keynote speaker at the Inspiration, Innovation, Celebration: an Entrepreneurial Conference for Librarians held June 4, 2009. This interview is based on his lecture "Librarian Entrepreneurs: Demystifying A Professional Oxymoron."

Hosts: Irma Minerva and Steven Bell and Hannah Winkler

Time: 16:03 |Size: 15.05 MB | Download .mp3 | No transcript available

Music/Sounds: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro)

Links:

• Inspiration, Innovation, Celebration: an Entrepreneurial Conference for Librarians
• Photos of the conference on Flickr
  
• The Kept-Up Librarian
  
• Steven Bell website
  
• ACRL Blog
  
• Designing Better Libraries
  
  
  

Interview: Joyce L. Ogburn, keynote speaker at Library Entrepreneurial Conference

Inspiration, Innovation, Celebration: an Entrepreneurial Conference for Librarians Risk and Entrepreneurship in a Time of Uncertainty. Joyce L. Ogburn is the University Librarian and Director of the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah..

Hosts: Irma Minerva and Joyce L. Ogburn and Hannah Winkler

Time: 7:06 |Size: 6.5 MB | Download .mp3 | no transcript available

Music/Sounds: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro)

Links:

• Inspiration, Innovation, Celebration: an Entrepreneurial Conference for Librarians
• Photos of the conference on Flickr

Mobile Information Services

In this podcast we are going mobile. Hear about ways to get answers using your mobile device.

Hosts: Irma Minerva and Beth Filar Williams

Time: 2:27 |Size: 2.25 MB | Download .mp3 | Transcript

Music/Sounds: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro), FreqMan's Canon DOS D30, and pryght's harp.wav

Links:

• PEW Internet Study
• Library's Worldcat Database
• WorldCat Mobile
• mobile.usa.gov
• m.reference.com
• mobifusion.com
• cnnmoney.mobi
• businessweek.mobi
  
  
  

Old Time Ensemble @ UNCG

In this podcast we chat with members of the Old Time Ensemble, a traditional American music group consisting of students and faculty at UNCG who will be preforming (for FREE) Saturday April 18 5:30pm at the School of Music Organ Hall and Tuesday April 21 at 5pm at Tate Street Coffee House, Greensboro.

Hosts: Irma Minerva, Beth Filar Williams, Sarah Dorsey (sarah_dorsey@uncg.edu ), & J. Revell Carr (jrcarr2@uncg.edu)

Time: 8:57 |Size: 8.2 MB | Download .mp3 | Transcript

All music by Old Time Ensemble: "Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss" - Ensemble; "Cindy" - Ensemble, with Revell Carr, vocal; " Sweet Betsy From Pike" - Sarah Dorsey, cello and lead vocal, D. Travis Clem, mandolin; Gavin Douglas, penny whistle; Nicole Peregine, viola; "Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy" - Nicole Peregine, viola and lead vocal; D. Travis Clem, mandolin; Christen Blanton, fiddle; Mark Dillon, banjo; Revell Carr, hambone; Gavin Douglas, hand claps; "Sail Away, Ladies" - Ensemble, with Travis Clem, lead vocal

Links:

• School of Music
• Music Library
  
• Music Library Streaming Music Databases

Earth Week Events @ UNCG

In this podcast Jenny Paige, Environmental and Sustainability Manager of UNCG's Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling(OWRR), discusses Earth Week Events at UNCG as well as information on other sustainable events and what exactly the OWRR does to make UNCG a "green" place to be!

Hosts: Irma Minerva, Beth Filar Williams, & Jenny Paige

Time: 7:25 | Size: 6.8 MB | Download .mp3 | Transcript

Music: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro)

Links:

• Earth Week Events
• UNCG Sustainability Committee
• UNCG Sustainability Film Series
  
• UNCG Green
• OWRR Staff
  

Shakespeare's Birthday Celebration

In this podcast, we interview Dr. Hephzibah Roskelly, professor in English and Women & Gender Studies at UNCG, who came up with the idea to work with the library to host a reading of all Shakespeare's sonnets for William Shakespeare's Birthday Celebration. Drop by the lawn in front of the University Libraries on April 24, 2009, from 2-5:30pmwith cake served at the end of the readings.

Hosts: Irma Minerva, Beth Filar Williams, & Dr Hephzibah Roskelly

Time: 5:28 |Size: 5 MB | Download .mp3 | Download .wav | Transcript

Music: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro); sonnet reading from LibriVox read by Nikolle Doolin (end)

Subject Specialists @ the library

Coming back from spring break, two students talk about the papers they have to get done -- and how to use a subject librarian to help find information.

Hosts: Irma Minerva, students Jeremy Washburn and Natalia Davis-Whitehorn

Time: 2:15 |Size: 2.05 MB | Download .mp3 | Download .wav | Transcript

Music: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro), "crowd sm conf rm jumbled conversations" by cognito perceptu at freesound.org (crowd chatter)