Archive of Previous Interviews

• A Conversation with George Buys, co-founder and CEO of Talking Communities, conducted on December 15, 2009
  
  
  • Full streaming audio of the conversation with George Buys (runtime 55:28)
  
  
  • Downloadable MP3 audio recording of the conversation with George Buys (16.6 MB file; runtime 55:28)
  
  

• A Conversation with Gary W. Moore, author of Playing with the Enemy, conducted on January 30, 2009
  
  
  • Full streaming audio of the conversation with Gary W. Moore (runtime 54:25)
  
  
  • Downloadable MP3 audio recording of the conversation with Gary W. Moore (15.9 MB file; runtime 54:25)
  
  

• A Conversation with Paul Malmont, author of the historical novel Jack London in Paradise, conducted on January 22, 2009
  
  
  • Full streaming audio of the conversation with Paul Malmont (runtime 56.50)
  
  
  • Downloadable MP3 audio recording of the conversation with Paul Malmont (18.1 MB file; runtime 56:50)
  
  

• ALA Connections Salon: Gaming, with special guest Scott Nicholson, held on December 19, 2008.
  
  
  • Streaming audio (runtime 55:00)
  
  
  • downloadable MP3 audiorecording (20.9 MB; runtime 55:00)
  
  

• A Casual Conversation with John Budd Professor at the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri - Columbia, held on December 5, 2008.
  
  
  • Streaming audio (runtime 53:42)
  
  
  • downloadable MP3 audiorecording (21.5 MB; runtime 53:42)
  
  

• ALA Connections Salon: Politics, with special guests Emily Sheketoff, Director of the ALA Washington Office, and Vic Klatt, held on November 21, 2008.
  
  
  • Streaming audio (runtime 55:00)
  
  
  • downloadable MP3 audiorecording (22 MB; runtime 55:00)
  
  

• ALA Connections Salon: Kids, with special guest Pat Scales, President of the Association for Library Services to Children, held on October 17, 2008.
  
  
  • Streaming audio (runtime 61:38)
  
  
  • downloadable MP3 audiorecording (19.2 MB; runtime 61:38)
  
  

• ALA Connections Salon: Making Connections, with special guest Jim Rettig, President of the American Library Association, held on September 26, 2008.
  
  
  • Streaming audio (runtime 56:17)
  
  
  • downloadable MP3 audiorecording (22.5 MB; runtime 56:17)
  
  

• A Casual Conversation with Greg Schwartz from the Louisville Public Library, held on July 11, 2008.
  
  
  • Streaming audio (runtime 52:40)
  
  
  • downloadable MP3 audiorecording (21.1 MB; runtime 52:40)
  
  

• A Casual Conversation with Marshall Breeding, the Director for Innovative Technologies and Research for the Jean and Alexander Heard Library at Vanderbilt University, held on March 28, 2008.
  
  
  • Streaming audio with text chat (runtime 57:23)
  
  
  • downloadable MP3 audiorecording (17.7 MB; runtime 57:23)
  
  

• A Casual Conversation with Michelle Boule, librarian and blogger extraordinaire, held on February 15, 2008.
  
  
  • Streaming audio with text chat and a little co-browsing (playback time 55:01)
  
  
  • downloadable MP3 audiorecording (17.5 MB; playback time 55:01)
  
  

• A Casual Conversation with Curtis Rogers, the Director of the Division of Statewide Library Services at the South Carolina State Library in Vermont. Curtis also blogs at Libraries & Life. Held on January 18, 2008.
  
  
  • Streaming audio with text chat (playback time of 56 minutes)
  
  
  • downloadable MP3 audiorecording (17 MB; playback time of 56 minutes)
  
  

• A Casual Conversation with Meredith Farkas, the Distance Learning Librarian at Norwich University in Vermont. She also blogs at Information Wants to Be Free. Held on December 7, 2007.
  
  
  • Streaming audio with text chat (playback time of 55 minutes)
  
  
  • downloadable MP3 audiorecording (17.2 MB; playback time of 55 minutes)
  
  

• A Casual Conversation with Aaron Schmidt, the Director of the North Plains Public Library in Oregon and a blogger at Walking Paper, held on November 30, 2007.
  
  
  • MP3 audiorecording (19.8 MB; playback time of 49 minutes)
  
  

• An interview with David Weinberger, author of the book Everything is Miscellaneous, conducted on June 6, 2007.
  
  
  • Downloadable MP3 audiorecording of the interview with David Weinberger (17.5 MB file; playback time of 57 minutes)
  
  

• First Fridays Conversation with Writer Hampton Stevens, held on August 4, 2006. Hosted by the Johnson County Library.
  
  
  • Streaming audio and text chat of the conversation with Hampton Stevens (Playback time of 52 minutes)
  
  
  • Original WMA audiorecording of the conversation with Hampton Stevens (7.7 MB file; playback time of 52 minutes)
  
  
  • Converted MP3 audiorecording of the conversation with Hampton Stevens (20.8 MB file; playback time of 52 minutes)
  
  

• Interview with Bob Askey, a prolific and award-winning narrator of audio books, recorded on June 15, 2006.
  
  
  • Streaming audio, text chat, and webpages visited of the Askey interview
  
  
  • Original WMA audiorecording of the Askey interview (7 MB file; playback time of 47 minutes)
  
  
  • Converted MP3 audiorecording of the Askey interview (18.9 MB file; playback time of 47 minutes)

• Interview with Paul Cappuzzello from OCLC and Gillian Harrison from netLibrary regarding the new digital audiobook service from netLibrary and Recorded Books, LLC, recorded on June 13, 2005.
  Audio recording of netLibrary interview (8.5 MB WMA file; playback time of 57 minutes)

• Interview with Kerri Regan, a high school senior who is blind and appeared on the 2005 Jeopardy Teen Tournament. Kerri was interviewed by Diana Brawley Sussman.
  
  
  • Audiorecording only of the Kerri Regan interview (5.2 MB WMA file; playback time of 43 minutes)
  
  
  • Audiorecording, text chat, and webpages visited of the Kerri Regan interview

• Interview with Jim Scheppke, State Librarian of Oregon, recorded on March 30, 2005.
  Audio recording of Jim Scheppke interview (6.4 MB WMA file; run time of 53 minutes)

• Interview with Arlis Dittmer, Director of Blessing Health Professions Library about famous women nurses and physicians of Quincy, Illinois, recorded on March 22, 2005.
  Audio recording of Arlis Dittmer interview (7 MB WMA file; run time of 58 minutes)

• Interview with Iris Nelson from the Quincy Public Library about famous women of Quincy, Illinois, recorded on March 16, 2005.
  Audio recording of Iris Nelson interview (7 MB WMA file; run time of 57 minutes)

• Interview recorded on December 13, 2004 with Ron Zevy of Tumbleweed Press, developer of several ebook and digital audio book initiatives, including Tumble Books for kids, TumbleReadables, large print ebooks for all ages, and Tumble Talking Books, digital audio books for adults.
  Audio Recording of Ron Zevy interview (7.2 MB WMA file; run time of 56 minutes)

• Interview with Lori Bell, Director of the Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center, recorded on October 26, 2004.
  Audio Recording of Lori Bell interview (7.8 MB WMA file; run time of 64 minutes)

• Interview with Dan Moore from Phoneticom, recorded on September 23, 2004.
  Audio Recording of Dan Moore interview (large WMA file; run time of 60 minutes)

• Interview with George Kerscher, Senior Officer for Accessible Information at Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, Secretary General of the DAISY Consortium, Co-Chair of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), a division of the W3C, and Chairperson of the Open eBook Forum. recorded on August 26, 2004.
  Audio Recording of George Kerscher interview (large WMA file)

• Interview with Geoff Freed, Project Manager of the Beyond the Text Project at the CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM), recorded on July 22, 2004.
  Audio Recording of Geoff Freed interview (large WMA file)

• Interview with Michael Moodie, Deputy Director of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, a division of the Library of Congress, recorded on June 17, 2004.
  Audio Recording of Michael Moodie interview (large WMA file)

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