The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #275: September 13, 2007

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #275: September 13, 2007

Content summary: Shel’s on his own while Neville is at a speaking engagement. Neville discusses a new (and ridiculous) study claiming Facebook causes productivity loss; Shel follows up with a post Daniel Cornwall shared and some of his own observations. The Media Monitoring Minute focuses on the A&P grocery store kerfuffle. Shel talks about college students’ use of social media based on his visit to Towson University in Baltimore. Dan York reports. Wachovia Bank is introducing an internal social network. Listener comments. The music is Cielo Sin Sol by The Influence, from the Podsafe Music Network.

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Posted by shel on 09/13 at 04:31 PM

  1. Hi Shel,

    In show 275 you asked when it starts snowing up here in Juneau. Normally it doesn’t snow till the first part of November, but we’ve had snow as early as October 1st. We usually see the last snow some time in March.

    I’m glad you found the Stephen Abram post about banning technologies interesting. Stephen Abram is a vice-president at SirsiDynix and his bio is interesting for a library vendor executive:

    “Stephen Abram, a leading international librarian and lighthouse thinker in the North American library community, leverages his extensive experience in library technology and trend forecasting, new product conceptualization, and market development to ensure that SirsiDynix products and services continue to be the most innovative in the library market and meet the needs of library directors, library staff members, and library users. Working closely with other members of the SirsiDynix management team, Abram works on strategic projects in all areas to advance SirsiDynix’s vision. Abram has more than 25 years in libraries as a practicing librarian and in the information industry. His most recent role was as vice president of corporate development for Micromedia ProQuest. Abram’s other roles include publisher for Thomson Carswell and director of Information Resources for the Hay Group. He is a frequent keynote speaker on issues that affect libraries, their communities, and librarians. In addition, Abram was named by Library Journal in 2002 as one of the key people who are influencing the future of libraries and librarianship. He is the past president of the Canadian Library Association and was president of the Ontario Library Association in 2002. He has also served on the international board of directors of the Special Libraries Association. Abram is a Fellow of SLA; and, in June 2003, he was awarded SLA’s highest honor, the John Cotton Dana Award. In 2001, Abram was presented with the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information Studies Jubilee Award.”

    Source: http://www.sirsidynix.com/Company/leadership.php

    In addition to his Stephen’s Lighthouse post, Mr. Abram writes extensively about the intersection of libraries, emerging technologies and users. Some of his articles can be found at http://www.sirsi.com/Resources/abram_articles.html.

    Posted by Daniel Cornwall  on  09/15  at  12:20 PM

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