Infopeople Podcasts

The last economic upsurge was driven by lawyers, bankers, accountants and the like. What will drive the next wave? Some say it will be a "creative economy." Some qualities of a creative worker: curiosity, humor, quirkiness. How does this potentially impact libraries? Listen to George and Joan's latest podcast and find out!

In his latest podcast, Infopeople’s resident book reviewer, Michael Cart, talks about the curious history of the review and its even more improbable prospects for the future (get out your hankies for this one!). Oh, and welcome back, Kirkus!

In this podcast, Joan and George use their considerable brainpower to look at ways to improve the Infopeople brand. As usual with them, it's scintillating stuff!

Thanks to Chuck O'Shea for his help producing this podcast.

In his latest podcast, Infopeople's unofficial ambassador to the book world, Michael Cart, reports on an official ambassador (you'll have to listen to find out who it is) and then shifts gears to talk about the world's first consulting detective -- you won't need to listen to know that was Sherlock Holmes!

George and Joan's latest podcast may not sound like a high interest topic but in a time where more and more libraries are being called on to justify their existences, you'd do well to pay attention!

In this welcoming-in-the-new-year podcast, Michael discusses the top words & phrases of 2009). He also looks at the problems (and trauma) of downsizing, or de-acessorizing book collections. How do you decide what to keep or discard? Michael shares how he does it.

In this podcast, Infopeople's book guy takes a look at the world of audio and other multmedia-type books. From Simon & Schuster's "vooks" to Playaway audio books, it's a brave new world of listening (and reading) out there. Is print dead? You decide (with some help maybe, from Michael!).

In this edition of Thinking Out Loud, George and Joan share their thoughts about some of the discussions they participated in during ALA Midwinter in Boston. One of the big topics of conversation: alternative revenue streams for libraries.

In this podcast, Infopeople’s book guy Michael Cart offers a light-hearted salute to the American short story in his latest podcast – at least, he says, that’s his story and he’s stickin’ to it! The book he mentions that he recently had published is How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity. Check it out!