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American Libraries editor in chief Leonard Kniffel offers a compelling collection of interviews with prominent figures--all of whom have special connections to libraries. From President Barack Obama to actress Julie Andrews; from basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to former First Lady and librarian Laura Bush and many others, stars of literature, politics, entertainment, and the public arena speak with Kniffel about the ways libraries have been critical in their lives.

John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid show us how to look beyond mere information to the social context that creates and gives meaning to it. Arguing elegantly for the important role that human sociability plays, even - perhaps especially - in the digital world, The Social Life of Information gives us an optimistic look beyond the simplicities of information and individuals.

Control F is a podcast about data — hard, fuzzy, surprising, and sometimes unreliable data — and all the ways it influences our daily lives. In each episode, we dig deep on a topic and search through research, algorithms, and assumptions to bring you insights on how stuff works. In a world ruled by numbers, Control F reads between the (spreadsheet) lines to find the bigger story.

From the bestselling author of Blood, Sweat, and Pixels comes the next definitive, behind-the-scenes account of the video game industry: how some of the past decade's most renowned studios fell apart—and the stories, both triumphant and tragic, of what happened next. Jason Schreier's...

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One of the least understood countries in the world, North Korea has long been known for its repressive regime. Yet it is far from being an impenetrable black box. Media flows covertly into the country, and fault lines are appearing in the government's sealed informational borders. Drawing on deeply personal interviews with North Korean defectors from all walks of life, ranging from propaganda artists to diplomats, Jieun Baek tells the story of North Korea's information underground.

Afroscopie Radio est une radio digitale panafricaine indépendante dédiée à l’actualité africaine et internationale, à l’analyse politique et sociale, à la culture, au sport et aux enjeux de la diaspora africaine. Portée par Afroscopie Media Group, Afroscopie Radio propose des programmes réguliers d’information, de décryptage et de débats, avec une attention particulière portée à la jeunesse africaine, aux voix marginalisées et aux initiatives positives du continent. Afroscopie News est l’émission phare de la radio. Elle offre des chroniques quotidiennes, des reportages ...

In this timely, provocative, and ultimately hopeful book, a widely respected government and tech expert reveals how Facebook, Google, Amazon, Tesla, and other tech giants are disrupting the way the world works, and outlines the growing risk they pose to our future if we do not act to contain...

Hello, Neighbor! — and welcome to the podcast that feels like catching up on the front porch with your best friends. Hosted by St. Louis natives, Carlie Lawrence & her cast of misfit crew Grant Salman & Matthew Rocchio, we’re talking neighborhood news, pop culture breakdowns, questionable dating choices, and whatever else we can’t keep to ourselves. Whether it’s what’s happening in STL or in our group chats, nothing’s off-limits. Think: voice memos you didn’t ask for, porch talk with opinions, and a weekly reminder that oversharing is a love language. Door’s open. Come on in.

In June 2015 Alberto Manguel prepared to leave his centuries-old village home in France's Loire Valley and reestablish himself in a one-bedroom apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Packing up his enormous, 35,000 volume personal library, choosing which books to keep, store, or cast out, Manguel found himself in deep reverie on the nature of relationships between books and readers, books and collectors, order and disorder, memory and reading.

Inviting listeners to explore a modern field of study with deep historical foundations, the book begins by considering the complexities of the term "information" and the information life cycle from classification to preservation. Each chapter examines a different area within IS, surveying its history, technologies, and practices with a critical eye.

Information is power. It drives commerce, protects nations, and forms the backbone of systems that range from health care to high finance. Yet despite the avalanche of data available in today's information age, neither institutions nor individuals get the information they truly need to make well-informed decisions. Faulty information and sub-optimal decision-making create an imbalance of power that is exaggerated as governments and corporations amass enormous databases on each of us.

Using information in its everyday, nonspecialized sense, Michael Buckland explores the influence of information on what we know, the role of communication and recorded information in our daily lives, and the difficulty (or ease) of finding information. He shows that all this involves human perception, social behavior, changing technologies, and issues of trust.

Small Wars, Big Data provides groundbreaking perspectives for how small wars can be better strategized and favorably won to the benefit of the local population.

Irregular Information is a podcast about everything & nothing at all. Less depressing than the news, we might even help you win bar trivia. Each week a new topic is picked at random from a jar. Co-hosts and best fiends Kailey & Meara deep dive their own surprise subcategories of the weeks topic to give you information you had no idea you were missing.

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A love letter to the country that drives us mad. Bad Information is hosted by Paige Nichols, who has been lucky (or deluded) enough to call Argentina home for the last 18 years. Each episode explores the aspects of life abroad with an analytical eye, a sense of humor, and a tendency to blame any failures on the astros. From therapy to fashion to diet trends and everything in between, Paige's perspective resonate with expats and locals alike. Tune in to hear about the ups and downs of a cross-cultural lifestyle.

CDAC Network is the global alliance committed to ensuring people can access safe, trustworthy information during crises. In our podcast we'll have conversations about the big issues in communication, accountability, community engagement and participation. We'll talk about topics, such as how harmful information is impacting communities and aid responses, how digital innovations in community engagement are shifting the power, and if AI advancements in humanitarian action are including communities affected by crisis - CDAC speaks to the key experts and members who are dealing with these critical...

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