by Derek Morrison, 9 January 2010 The BBC’s Radio 4 transmits the 10 minute programme A Point of View which they describe as “a weekly reflection on a topical issue”. The 8 January 2010 reflection was on ebooks and offered by Lisa Jardine under the title A Page Turning Passion. The transcript and MP3 download […]
Archive for the ‘Podcasts’ Category
My mind is going, going, gone … oh no it hasn’t
November 14th, 2009
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by Derek Morrison, 14 November 2009 Here’s definitely one for my techno-dysfunctions category. At 18m 30s into The World’s technology podcast 263 there was an interesting interview with Viktor Mayer-Schönberger about his book Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age (Princeton University Press, 2009). The Princeton Press site also offers a link to […]
Google as the digital ‘Library of Alexandria’?
November 3rd, 2009
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by Derek Morrison, 3 November 2009 There’s an interesting On the Media item called The Infinite Shelf (27 March 2009) about Google’s vision of creating the digital equivalent of the Library of Alexandria. I think it’s well worth listening to the MP3 download of this interview with Harvard’s Robert Darnton author of Google & the […]
The World does the Google Generation
October 25th, 2009
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by Derek Morrison, 25 October 2009 The BBC has many irons in many fires but one of its more understated initiatives is The World which is a collabration with WGBH Boston and the US PRI. The World also produces a technology podcast which quite frequently contains some gem informed by scholarly work. Such was the […]
JISC eBooks and Google Generation podcasts
October 15th, 2009
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JISC offers a growing archive of podcasts. The 15 September 2009 podcast e-Books provide ‘safety valve’ for librarians caught my eye (and ears). Those interested in how ebooks may impact on scholarly information sharing and dissemination may find the findings of the underlying research by the National E-Books Observatory Project most interesting. Key points of […]
Cincinnati Edition podcast strikes clear note for iTunes U
October 13th, 2009
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by Derek Morrison, 13 October 2009 Here’s an example from the world of podcasts. WVXU Cincinnati has a weekly programme called Cincinnati Edition with a Focus on Technology item also offered as a podcast. The 24 August 2008 edition in particular was of note (MP3). Its strapline says “More and more colleges and universities are […]
ALT-C 2009: Michael Wesch podcast
September 8th, 2009
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by Derek Morrison, 8 September 2009 For ALT-C 2009, ALT’s Seb Schmoller asked me and a few other long term ‘e’ commentators and bloggers attending or presenting at the conference if we would take part in a bit of an experiment by also assuming a ‘journalistic’ role (with editorial control remaining in our own hands). […]
