Talis Podcasts

The [Conservative] Future of Libraries - Ed Vaizey Talks with Talis

11th July 2008

In this Talking with Talis podcast Richard Wallis meets Ed Vaizey, Conservative MP and Shadow Minister for Culture.

The next UK general election is probably only a couple of years away and there is a serious possibility that we could see a change of governing party. Against this background Ed Vaizey, Conservative MP for Wantage & Didcot and Shadow Minister for Culture is beginning to shape his thoughts and future policy with respect to libraries.

This podcast conversation, recorded in Ed Vaizey’s office in the Houses of Parliament, explores Ed’s thinking as to the way Government should influence library services provided by local authorities; is the MLA as an organisation the appropriate way to promote libraries at a national level; and even is the Department of Culture the right place for libraries to be represented.

With a guest appearance of Big Ben, chiming the hour, this is an interesting insight into the thoughts of a senior opposition politician on the future of libraries.

Ed Summers Talks with Talis about the Semantic Web and the Library of Congress

30th June 2008

Ed Summers joins Richard Wallis in this latest Talking with Talis podcast. Ed has recently been active in exposing Library of Congress Subject Heading data as Linked Data using Semantic Web technologies and RDF, through his experimental service at lcsh.info.

In this conversation we find out how Ed’s career, not always on a traditional library path, has led him to his work in the Library of Congress, his pragmatic interest in things Semantic Web, and why he has needed to experiment outside of the LoC.

Karen Schneider Talks with Talis about libraries and Open Source technology

9th June 2008

Richard Wallis talks to Karen Schneider in this latest Talking with Talis podcast. Karen has had a varied career in libraries, she is best known as an entertaining and informative speaker at library conferences, author of many articles, and prolific blogger as Free Range Librarian.

Karen recently announced another career move to become Community Librarian, for Open Source library software support company, Equinox.

We discuss her career and her view of libraries that have lead to her move to an open source organisation, and what Open Source has to offer.

JISC & SCONUL Talk with Talis about Library Management System Study

12 May 2008

Rachel Bruce of JISC and Anne Bell of SCONUL join Richard Wallis in the latest Talking with Talis podcast to discuss the recently published JISC & SCONUL Library Management Systems Study - An Evaluation and horizon scan of the current library management systems and related systems landscape for UK higher education.

We discuss the report, the reasons for commissioning it, how it will inform the on going debate about the future of academic libraries, and how libraries could use it.

Talis talks with the New Media Consortium about Horizon Report 2008

31 March 2008

Our guests for this Talking with Talis Podcast are Larry Johnson, Alan Levine and Rachel Smith of the New Media Consortium. We discuss the 2008 edition of their Horizon Report, exploring both their methods and the wide-ranging implications for Higher Education of their findings.

Fiona Bradley Talks with Talis about the Semantic Web and Libraries

26 March 2008

The guest for this Talking with Talis Podcast is Fiona Bradley, Australian Librarian working for IFLA in the Netherlands.

Fiona Launched the blog Semantic Library, to help her find out more about the Semantic Web. We discuss what she has discovered from the blog and the relevance of the Semantic Web to libraries.

SLIC's Elaine Fulton Talks with Talis

13 March 2008

Elaine Fulton Director, Scottish Library and Information Council/CILIP in Scotland is the subject of this Talking with Talis Podcast.

From library assistant in East Kilbride to Director of SLIC, Elaine has had a long career in and around Public Libraries in Scotland. For a significant amount of that time she was associated with library systems, which has been a great help in her current position.

Mark Leggott Talks with Talis

5 March 2008

For this Talking with Talis podcast Richard Wallis is joined by Mark Leggott from the University of Prince Edward Island in Canada.

Mark an avid promoter of Open Source solutions, talks about the need for an open shared knowledgebase for journals, before moving on to describe his work at UPEI.

With the aid of Open Source software such as Drupal and Fedora, Mark has enabled the delivery of a holistic solution to learning, administration and research across the University.

Brad Lajeunesse Talks with Talis about Evergreen

22 February 2008

This Talking with Talis podcast is with Brad Lajeunesse, President of Equinox Software. Equinox was founded by the software team that developed Evergreen, the open source integrated library system (ILS).

Richard Wallis and Brad talk about the origins and development of Evergreen, and the setting up of Equinox. They then go on to discuss some of the issues associated with Open Source Library Systems in general.

Candy Zemon from Polaris Library Systems, Talks with Talis about NCIP

15 February 2008

Joining Richard Wallis for this Talking with Talis podcast show is Candy Zemon. Candy from Polaris Library Systems is Chair of the NCIP Implementers Group.

In the show they discuss NCIP (NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol) which was first published in 2002. We discuss the standard, its evolution, why it has not been as broadly adopted as some have hoped, and its future in the Library System Environment.

They then move on to talk about the wider library standards process and how it is evolving, changing and new initiatives, such as the DLF ILS and Discovery Systems Group.

Open Source Evangelist Nicole Engard Talks with Talis

4 February 2008

2007 Library Journal Mover & Shaker, Nicole C. Engard known for her work at Jenkins Law Library and more recently Princeton Theological Seminary Library, is on the move in to a new and interesting role.

Nicole is joining LibLime, the open software company behind Koha, as their Open Software Evangelist.

In this Talking with Talis show, Richard Wallis talks with Nicole about her career so far, the challenge of her new role, and her view of the library systems landscape.

Bill Schickling, CEO of Polaris Library Systems Talks with Talis

30 January 2008

In this Talking with Talis episode, Richard Wallis is in conversation with President and CEO of Polaris Library Systems, Bill Schickling.

Polaris scored well in the recent International Survey of Library Automation, Perceptions 2007, published in Library Technology Guides by Marshall Breeding. The survey was the subject of a previous Talking with Talis podcast with Marshall Breeding.

As well as discussing what may lie behind Polaris' strong results in the survey, we open out the conversation to Bill's view of the ILS sector in general.

Terry Reece shares his Top Tech Trends on Talking with Talis

24 January 2008

Oregon State University's Terry Reese could not easily get in to the LITA Top Tech Trends session at ALA Midwinter, so he drafted his own non-LITA Top Tech Trends and posted them on his blog Terry's Worklog.

Terry joins us on this Talking with Talis podcast to describe and expand upon his five top tech trends.

Bob McKee, Chief Executive of CILIP (UK) Talks with Talis

23 January 2008

In this Talking with Talis podcast episode Richard Wallis is in conversation with Bob McKee, Chief Executive of CILIP - the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in the UK.

Bob, a librarian with a long career in public libraries and local government, shares his interesting and entertaining views and opinions about the challenges faced by his organisation and the professionals it supports. He also discusses his experience of blogging From the Chief Executive's Desk.

Marshall Breeding talks about his International Survey of Library Automation

22 January 2008

Perceptions 2007 - Marshall Breeding from Vanderbilt University Talks with Talis about his International Survey of Library Automation

The subject of this Talking with Talis podcast is Marshall Breeding, of Vanderbilt University. He is well known in the world of library automation for his conference presentations, writings and the Library Technology Guides site.

In the latter part of 2007 he conducted surveyed the opinions of libraries, which was published just a few days ago.

Richard Wallis discusses the survey with him, which attracted some 1,700 responses from 47 countries, the results and what they may be telling us about the current state of library automation.

Microsoft Evangelist Jon Udell Interviews Talis

22 December 2007

In this second part of a pair of interviews Richard Wallis, Talis Technology Evangelist, is interviewed by Microsoft Evangelist Jon Udell. Jon, author, information architect, software developer, new media innovator, and Internet commentator, produces the Interviews with Innovators series of podcasts on IT Conversations.

This series of two Talking with Talis conversations is the result of a novel call between Jon and Richard in which they interviewed each other.

100 Days at the MLA - Roy Clare talks with Talis

19 December 2007

Departmental right-sizing, transferring functions out of London to Birmingham, placing programs on hold, and even an appearance at a Talis Conference have all been part of Roy Clare’s first 100 days.

The MLA’s enthusiastic new Chief Executive talks with Richard Wallis in this podcast, about the place and purpose of the organization, it’s challenges, and the opportunities for England’s Museums Archives and Libraries. Coming from several years working with biodegrading monuments at the National Maritime Museum, Roy is obviously up for the challenge.

Richard Wallis Interviews Jon Udell

12 December 2007

In this first part of a pair of interviews Richard Wallis, Talis Technology Evangelist, interviews Microsoft Evangelist Jon Udell. Jon, author, information architect, software developer, new media innovator, and Internet commentator, also produces the Interviews with Innovators series of podcasts on IT Conversations.

This series of two Talking with Talis conversations is the result of a novel call between Jon and Richard in which they interviewed each other.

In this first episode, Richard interviews Jon about his interest in the world of libraries and the LibraryLookup Project. We go on to discuss the place of libraries and librarians with the increasingly interconnected mass publishing environment.

The Library 2.0 Gang talk about the relationship between Libraries and Software Vendors

11 December 2007

In this week's discussion, the recent publishing of the Library Software Manifesto by OCLC's Roy Tennant is used as a starting point about the state of the relationship between Libraries and Library Software Vendors. Are the current business models sustainable? How has the emergence of Open Source alternatives effected this? Can improvements to the RFP process be found?

NCSU's Emily Lynema & Tito Sierra Talk with Talis

11 December 2007

In this Talking with Talis conversation Emily Lynema and Tito Sierra from North Carolina State University Libraries, talk with Richard Wallis about the Endeca based OPAC launched nearly two years ago.

Tito Sierra We then move on to discuss several of the projects from the Digital Libraries Initiatives Department of NCSU including the Catalog Availability Web Service and CatalogWS.

A conversation with LibLime's Joshua Ferraro

28 September 2007

Joshua Ferraro President, Technology for LibLime discusses Open Source library systems in this Talking with Talis podcast. The Open Source alternative to the traditional model of library system purchase has attracted much interest over recent months. Joshua dispels a few myths and clarifies what it is like for a library to go OS.

The Idea behind Idea Stores - A conversation with Zoinul Abidin

14 September 2007

In the latest Talking with Talis podcast Richard Wallis is in conversation with Clore Fellow and librarian from Tower Hamlets in London, Zoinul Abidin. Zoinul is manager of one of Tower Hamlets' four Idea Stores.

They discuss how being a Clore Fellow is helping him in his career. We discover his passion for Idea Stores and how they can engage libraries with the community, without loosing sight of the fact that "books are core". Idea Stores have much to offer as examples of innovation in the approach to delivering public library services.

Young Librarian of the Future, Michael Stead Talks with Talis

17 August 2007

This Talking with Talis podcast conversation is with Michael Stead of Bolton Libraries. Michael was one of last year’s winning MLA ‘Young Librarians of the Future’, who were rewarded for their passion and commitment to the library service.

Richard and Michael discuss the impact of being a Young Librarian of the Future, this year's competition, the challenges of libraries in Bolton, and Public libraries in general.

George Kerr talks with Talis about Evidence Based Stock Management

16 August 2007

George Kerr's early career in libraries lead him to develop Evidence Based Stock Management (EBMS), this eventually lead to the development of a software product SmartSM. In this podcast with Richard Wallis, they discuss this process of evolution for EBSM, and the state of Stock Selection and Stock Control within Public Libraries in general.

Peter Brantley talks with Talis

14 August 2007

Executive Director of the Digital Library Federation, Peter Brantley is the guest on this Talking with Talis podcast. Speaking to Richard Wallis from the Berkeley campus in the San Francisco bay area, Peter talks about his background and the activities and role of the Federation before moving to the challenges of libraries in the digital world.

Joan Lippincott talks with Talis about the Net Generation

19 July 2007

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.

In this podcast with Richard Wallis, Joan talks through how the Net Generation of students now using our universities are creating challenges for libraries and librarians

Talis - Talking with Peter Morville about Ambient Findability

17 July 2007

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 recognised consultant and thought leader in Information Architecture and Findability.

In this free ranging conversation they 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.

Tony Durcan talks with Talis

16 July 2007

Tony Durcan, President of the Society of Chief Librarians, joins Richard Wallis for the latest in the mini-series of podcasts on the 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.

They discuss his background in Libraries, the challenges a Public Library service of today faces, and the role of the Society of Chief Librarians. The conversation moves on to the way forward for Public Libraries in England, and the current associated debate.

Hampshire's Richard Ward talks with Talis

10 July 2007

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.

Richard Wallis talks with Richard 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. They then move on to discuss the future of Public Libraries and the debate between those concerned about that future.

Talis talks with Trevor Owens from Zotero

9 July 2007

In this Talking with Talis podcast, Richard Wallis talks 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.

Frances Hendrix in conversation

29 June 2007

In this Talking with Talis podcast, Richard Wallis talks with Frances Hendrix, of the Laser Foundation. They discuss the work of the Laser Foundation and the projects and reports that it funded from 2002 until its closure earlier this year. The conversation moves on to discuss the state and structure of Public Libraries in England, the current debate on the subject and some options for the future.

John Dolan Talks with Talis

27 June 2007

In this Talking with Talis podcast, Richard Wallis talks with John Dolan, Head of Library Policy at the MLA - the strategic body for museums libraries and archives in England. They 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.

OCLC's Eric Hellman talks with Talis

15 June 2007

In this Talking with Talis videocast, Richard Wallis talks with Eric Hellman, Director of OCLC's Openly Informatics Division. Openly Informatics are responsible for the 1Cate service for access to e-Journal lists, links and locations. During our short conversation we discuss the new OCLC xISBN Web Service which is also from the Openly Division.

Tim Coates talks with Talis about Public Libraries

13 June 2007

In the first of a series of Talking with Talis podcasts, looking at the landscape of opinions around the future of public libraries, Richard Wallis talks with Tim Coates.

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.

Diane Hillman talks with Talis about metadata and standards

11 June 2007

In this Talking with Talis podcast, Richard Wallis talks with Diane Hillmann of Cornell University.

Diane has been associated with library metadata standards, such as Dublin Core and RDA for many years. They discuss these and other standards and the recent meeting, held at the British Library which recommended the bringing together of work on RDA and DCMI. They also go on to discuss the work of the National Science Digital Library Metadata Registry, RDF and how the Semantic Web will influence library metadata and the way it is produced and shared.

Richard Cameron talks with Talis about Citeulike

9 May, 2007

In our latest Talking with Talis podcast, Richard Wallis talks with Richard Cameron about Citeulike. Citeulike started as a personal project to help Richard with work towards his PhD. On the day he turned it on, nine people found it and signed up. Today 37,000 others have joined them.They discuss the site, its users and uses, now and in the future.

Bess Sadler talks with Talis about eIFL and Library-in-a-box

26 April, 2007

In our latest Talking with Talis podcast, Richard Wallis talks with Bess Sadler of the The University of Virginia Library, about her involvement with eIFL and the Library-in-a-box project.

Library-in-a-box is the first project of the Free and Open Source Software division of eIFL. It seeks to enable the development and use of Open Source Library Systems in developing and transition countries.

Dan Champion talks with Talis about Revish

30 March, 2007

In our latest Talking with Talis podcast, Richard Wallis talks with Dan Champion founder of Revish.

Revish is a book review community site which was launched on Friday 30th March 2007. We talk about Dan's career and how the idea of Revish took shape and developed in to a reality. How Revish differs from other book sites such as Shelfari and LibraryThing is also discussed as well as the motivations of the type of person that would want to be a member of the Revish community.

The Future Librarians Gang Discuss "The Reader Offer"

15 March, 2007

The Future Librarians gang consider what is meant by reader development ("The Reader Offer") in the modern library service. We talk about what reader development means, the scope of the service, and what differentiates the reader offer provided by libraries from other non-library sources. The gang discuss what comprises the ideal virtual reader environment and what libraries should consider within the physical space, before debating how we move forward with the ideas discussed. Throughout, participants give informative examples about initiatives they have been involved with or encountered during their careers. Listen to the Podcast

Library 2.0 Gang Discusses Changing Library Buildings

15 January, 2007

In this Library 2.0 Gang discussion, we talk about the changing role of the library building in delivering a range of services. As more material moves online, and as a growing number of those using library services are remote from their physical library, how do we adapt the services that are offered, and how do we transform the buildings for the 21st century?

Programme participants were drawn, as usual, from the full list of Gang members, and a forum is available for discussion of issues raised during the recording.

As Talis continues to expand the Talis Platform activity, bringing an increasingly rich suite of new technologies to fruition, we are interested in talking to organisations that might be capable of carrying the Library 2.0 Gang forward in a manner that maintains the group's objectivity in this rapidly evolving environment.

Introducing the Future Librarians Gang

20 November, 2006

In this discussion, we introduce the Future Librarians Gang, with attendees drawn from the Love Libraries campaign to find the top young librarians in the country.

We talk about perceptions participants have encountered of their new profession, how we can challenge the traditional librarian stereotypes, the role of professional bodies, career development, attracting talent to the profession, exposing the value of libraries, the challenges participants have faced and how we attract new users to our service.

Programme participants were drawn from the full nominee's list, available on the Love Libraries Web site, and a forum is available for discussion of issues raised during the recording

The Library 2.0 Gang on Open Access and Web 3.0

20 November, 2006

In this Library 2.0 Gang discussion, Gang members discuss a number of Open Access-related topics from recent conferences around the world, including South Africa, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The discussion concludes with some thoughts on the recent arrival of 'Web 3.0' as a term.

Programme participants were drawn, as usual, from the full list of Gang members, and a forum is available for discussion of issues raised during the recording.

The Library 2.0 Gang on Open Data and conferences

7 November, 2006

In this Library 2.0 Gang discussion, Gang members select some key points from the recent round of conferences, and explore the increasingly significant notion of 'open data' in the library domain. Programme participants were drawn, as usual, from the full list of Gang members, and a forum is available for discussion of issues raised during the recording.

As Talis continues to expand our Platform activity, bringing an increasingly rich suite of new technologies to fruition, we are interested in talking to organisations that might be capable of carrying the Library 2.0 Gang forward in a manner that maintains the group's objectivity in this rapidly evolving environment.