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Michael Cart talks about “The Lost Symbol” and other book reviews

Infopeople — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:43:31 +0000

In this podcast, Infopeople’s resident book maven Michael Cart talks about books, book reviews, and Dan Brown’s new and breathlessly awaited (by some but not by him!) novel The Lost Symbol. Oh, what does it all mean?! Favorite quote: “plot makes perverts of us all.”

Citations from this podcast are here.

Michael Cart on the current condition of pop culture

Infopeople — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:04:22 +0000

In his latest podcast, Infopeople’s book guy Michael Cart muses about the current condition of pop-culture, Dan Brown, “Twilight,” old-time radio, and makes a case (sort of) for Tarzan of the Apes being the greatest literary pop culture icon of them all. Does he try to do Tarzan’s savage war cry, too? Take a listen.

Here is a list of cites mentioned in the podcast.

Michael Cart talks about Archie, ComicCon and Kids’ Books

Infopeople — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:24:00 +0000

In his latest podcast, Infopeople’s book maven and master of the trivial, Michael Cart, wonders about the impending marriage of Archie Andrews and Veronica Lodge, speculates about the future of ComicCon, and shares his reservations about summer reading programs AND New York Times’ op-ed columnist Nicholas D,. Kristof’s pick of the Best Kids’ Books Ever.

Here is a list of citations from the podcast (in PDF).

Michael Cart: cleaning out the in-basket

Infopeople — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:03:26 +0000

In this summer podcast, Michael covers a potpourri of topics – things that he didn’t get a chance to talk about in earlier podcasts. It’s fun stuff!

Here is a list of citations mentioned in this podcast (in PDF format).

Michael Cart looks at comix at BEA

Infopeople — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:00:42 +0000

In a previous podcast, Michael Cart talked about this year’s Book Expo America, and how it was in many ways a somewhat lackluster affair.

In his latest Infopeople podcast, he talks about what he sees as the real stars of this year’s BEA: comics and graphic novels.

Citations for this podcast are here (in PDF format).

Michael Cart on Poetry and the Teen Reader

Infopeople — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:45:47 +0000

What is it about poetry and kids? They hate to read it but they love to write it. What’s up with that? In In this podcast, Infopeople’s book maven Michael Cart muses about that and other pressing issues relating to that craft and sullen art…

Cites mentioned in this podcast are here (in PDF format).

Michael Cart takes a look at the 2009 Book Expo America

Infopeople — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:34:47 +0000

In his latest podcast, Infopeople’s book guy Michael Cart reports on a strangely subdued 2009 Book Expo America, the publishing industry’s annual trade show and convention. And he offers some speculative (and not altogether sanguine) thoughts on the future of the book biz.

Here are cites Michael mentions in this podcast (in PDF format).

Michael Cart on the life and times of John Cheever

Infopeople — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:00:09 +0000

In this podcast, Infopeople’s resident book guy Michael Cart reviews the definitive new biography of John Cheever by Blake Bailey and talks about the life, times, and works of Cheever, truly an American master.

Here is a list of cites mentioned in this podcast (in PDF format).

Michael Cart talks about Reading the World XI

Infopeople — Sat, 23 May 2009 23:34:04 +0000

Infopeople’s book maven Michael Cart reports in his latest podcast on the recent Reading the World XI conference held at the University of San Francisco and muses about the importance of multicultural literature.

Here is a list of cites mentioned in the podcast (in PDF format).

George & Joan, Thinking Out Loud: A Checklist for Strategic Thinking, Part Three

Infopeople — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:14:15 +0000

In this podcast, George & Joan conclude their three-part series discussing a checklist they’ve developed on strategic thinking.

The first podcast addressed the question, “Will it show?” The second podcast asked, “Can it grow?” This third podcast addresses the question, “Does it flow?”

Questions asked in this podcast:
• Is it equitable (not necessarily identical) across our entire service area?
• Is it conveniently accessible to community members?
• Can most members of the community use it without specialized instruction or extensive assistance?
• Is it compatible with tools – especially non-library tools – the community already uses?
• Is the format based on community demand rather than library tradition?
• Does it value “yes” over “no”?

Here is the checklist they’ve been using in this series.