LISNews: Librarian News

This week's slightly delayed episode contains a piece of media criticism by Madam Producer and a news miscellany.

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Related links:
Peter Murray: Reflections on Little Free Libraries
FutureOfCapitalism.com: Ebook Antitrust
TheNextWeb: Iran’s government to shut down access to the Internet by August
The Register: Iran's plan to UNPLUG the INTERWEBS back from the dead
Ars Technica: Iran moving ahead with plans for national intranet

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This week's episode is most definitely NOT an April Fool's Day prank like last week's. We discuss an operational matter about the possibility of a live show in the English community of Liverpool and go through a news miscellany.

As noted, you can click here to open your e-mail client to contact the Producer, Gloria Kellat, about the Liverpool matter.

Direct episode download link: MP3

Related links:

Buzz Out Loud 1586: Announcing the end of Buzz Out Loud (podcast)
Pope Benedict XVI's Easter Vigil 2012 Homily
Coyle's InFormation: Can libraries change?
Coyle's InFormation: Content and carrier
Internet radio usage way up, driven by smartphone rush
U.S. Barely Cracks List of Countries With Top Wi-Fi Penetration
This Week in Censorship: UK, UAE, Pakistan, & Bangladesh
Iran to roll out 'halal' internet by May
Boing Boing: When you share with Facebook friends, you share with all the apps they use
Arby’s resorts to blocking conservatives on Twitter

LISTen: An LISNews.org Program -- Episode #193 by The Air Staff of Erie Looking Productions is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. -- Read More

This week's episode brings a conference report from Blake Carver followed by a bit of a news miscellany.

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Related Links:
Human trafficking 'hiding in plain sight' in northern Ohio, U.S. Attorney says
Facebook removes page paying homage to Toulouse killer
Toulouse gunman dies in hail of bullets during police raid
French officials under fire over Toulouse gunman
French president promises law to make viewing "hate sites" an offense
Don't rush to shut down hate on the web
FOIA data suggests FCC more secretive than CIA
Verizon Data Breach Report Offers Scary Truths About Security
'Hacktivists' Lead Data Breach Threats, Study Finds
Pirate Bay plans to build aerial server drones with $35 Linux computer
Pirate Bay plans sky-high flying proxy servers
US broadcasters put the squeeze on small-town cable TV
Conservatives hijack #ILikeObamacare hashtag on Twitter

LISTen: An LISNews.org Program -- Episode #191 by The Air Staff of Erie Looking Productions is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. -- Read More

Programming will resume from Erie Looking Productions on March 19th barring any unforeseen disruptions. In the mean time, here is a raw track where engineer Mike Kellat performs What Do You Do With A Drunken Sailor.

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