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Michael Cart discusses the new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature

Infopeople — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:28:11 +0000

In this podcast, Infopeople’s book guy Michael Cart reports on the appointment of America’s new
National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Walter Dean Myers. He also looks at some new words and phrases that entered our vocabulary in 2011, and talks about the great mystery writer Agatha Christie!

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Michael Cart talks about the best books of 2011

Infopeople — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:45:06 +0000

In this podcast, Michael Cart, Infopeople’s resident book maven, talks about the best books of the year 2011.

Titles and articles mentioned:

Best Books: Ann Patchett. STATE OF WONDER Stephen King. 11/22/63 Robert K. Massie. CATHERINE THE GREAT My favorite: Carol Birch. JAMRACH’S MENAGERIE Review in Booklist, 5/15/2011 George R. R. Martin: A [...]

Michael Cart looks at some recent award winning writers & books

Infopeople — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:56:40 +0000

In this podcast, Infopeople’s indefatigable book reviewer Michael Cart looks at the 2011 Nobel Prizewinner for literature, Sweden’s Tomas Tranströmer. He also takes a look at the National Book Awards and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, and some other odds and ends (a Mister Ed movie?!).

George and Joan, Thinking Out Loud with a twist for the new year

Infopeople — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:00:50 +0000

For this installment of “George and Joan Thinking Out Loud,” Joan was unable to make the recording session, so George interviews a veteran librarian.

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Michael Cart reads from his book in progress, just in time for the holidays!

Infopeople — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:24:31 +0000

In this podcast, Infopeople’s resident book maven Michael Cart offers an original twist to this podcast reading a holiday chapter from his novel in progress. Happy Holidays!

Michael Cart remembers writer Anne McCaffrey

Infopeople — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:37:23 +0000

In this podcast, Michael Cart reflects on the writing of the late Anne McCaffrey, best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series. Switching topics, he then discusses who really wrote the Shakespeare canon, along with some other interesting tidbits.

Other books and articles mentioned in this podcast:

The Ship Who Sang [...]

George and Joan, Thinking Out Loud about the Great Tech War of 2012

Infopeople — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:21:55 +0000

In this edition of Thinking Out Loud, George and Joan discuss an article that George recently read in the magazine Fast Company, The Great Tech War of 2012. The article predicts an upcoming battle for supremacy among Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook in the markets for smartphones, tablets and more.

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Michael Cart looks at the digital future of books

Infopeople — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:31:15 +0000

In this podcast, Infopeople’s book guy Michael Cart discusses the digital future for books. Hint: He’s not happy.

Mentioned:

Bosman, Julie. “E-Book Revolution Upends a Course,” New York Times, July 17, 2011.

George and Joan, Thinking Out Loud about Libraries and Entrepreneurs

Infopeople — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:27:27 +0000

This edition of Thinking Out Loud was originally broadcast as a live webinar on November 16.

Times are tough, unemployment is up, and libraries have responded by expanding services to people who are looking for jobs. But how about addressing the needs of people who are creating jobs? Entrepreneurs, especially the “new [...]

George and Joan, Thinking Out Loud about IT and the Five Laws of Library Science

Infopeople — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:43:52 +0000

In this edition of Thinking Out Loud, George and Joan take a look at IT in libraries – more specifically, about the relationship between library culture and IT culture. What do libraries look for when hiring IT people? What sorts of skills are needed? What might be reasonable expectations for libraries to have? [...]