Cyberpunk Librarian

The Cyberpunk Librarian returns with a show about new year’s goals and self improvement! Find out what he’s got on the agenda for 2016 and stay...

The Cyberpunk Librarian returns with a show about new year’s goals and self improvement! Find out what he’s got on the agenda for 2016 and stay tuned throughout the year to see how he’s doing with his resolutions! YouTube Listen to the show on YouTube Links Hearing Voices: Librarian Produced Podcasts – A feature in American Libraries magazine by the amazing Steve Thomas, of Circulating Ideas. Circulating Ideas on Patreon – Check out the Patreon for Circulating Ideas and give ’em your love and support! ASP.Net MVC – So I need to learn more about this. Python – And I need to learn some more of this. The View from Amalthea – My album of ambient and space music. Listen to it and/or buy it on Bandcamp or download everything for free from my SoundCloud. Drone Zone – Pure ambient awesomeness from Soma FM. Mission Control – Ambient tunes with communications from space. It’s like space nerd paradise. Hyperlinked History – A popular history book I wrote a while back. (That’s “popular” as in Popular Science not “popular” as in top ten.) All My Rattling On – A collection of essays on libraries, tech, and science. Music Echo Mirage – By Daniel Messer Star Drift – By Daniel Messer Starshine – By Daniel Messer Bellydance at Ebisu – By Ryo Miyashita Numbers 1_02 Counting CIA – The Conet Archive

Join the Cyberpunk Librarian and dive into the weird world of the Integrated Library System. Sometimes, librarians are called on to help set up libraries for...

Join the Cyberpunk Librarian and dive into the weird world of the Integrated Library System. Sometimes, librarians are called on to help set up libraries for small organizations, non-profits, and schools. There’s rarely a lot of money to throw at an ILS so, if you’re looking for free, open source alternatives, Dan’s got your back. YouTube Listen to the show on YouTube Links Web Librarian Plugin on WordPress – Set up a free, easy to use ILS using WordPress! Web Librarian website – Get more information on the Web Librarian plugin. Web Librarian documentation – While the docs aren’t 100% complete, they’re still very helpful Example Web Librarian PAC – A simple example of a WebLibrarian PAC on the Cyberpunk Librarian website. OpenBiblio – A free, open source ILS with many of the features you’ll find in a proprietary ILS. OpenBiblio documentation -You’ll need this, but it’s not a gargantuan undertaking to get it up and running. OpenBiblio Add Ons – Get yourself some Z39.50. Classify by OCLC – Need a Dewey number? Look it up on Classify. MARC records – Get basic MARC records from LoC. MARC records from library PACs – Polaris PowerPACs can provide MARC records under the Librarian’s View. Try the link for MARC data from the PowerPAC at Maricopa County Library District, or check out an example, or try other PACs in the area. Mesa Public Library Phoenix Public Library Chandler Public Library Amazon to MARC converter – Want to make a MARC record with a minimum of fuss, this Amazon to MARC converter can help. MarcEdit – If you must use MARC, use this. phpMyAdmin – Because writing SQL by hand is tedious. Koha – A FOSS ILS used by libraries large and small. Fully functional, completely awesome, and hard as nails. Evergreen – Another excellent, fully featured FOSS ILS used by libraries all over the world. About MARC – In case you really want to learn more about MARC records. About Z39.50 – Z39.50, the standard for bibliographic lookup and retrieval 7 Apps for Cataloging Your Home Library – A great article with some excellent recommendations. Music Starlight by Psychadelik Pedestrian Readers! Do You Read? by Chris Zabriskie Note Drop by

From the frozen north of Flagstaff, AZ — the Cyberpunk Librarian talks digital signage and setting it up at your library! Join Dan for a special...

From the frozen north of Flagstaff, AZ — the Cyberpunk Librarian talks digital signage and setting it up at your library! Join Dan for a special episode of the show, recorded live during his talk at the 2015 Arizona Library Association Annual Conference! YouTube Listen to the show on YouTube. Music and Sound New Life by Teen Daze Catching Rays by Psychedelik Pedestrian Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Crowd chatter and talking from Freesound.org

Sometimes you need an eBook, article, musical track, movie, or something like that. Sometimes that thing isn’t available through the normal channels. You’ve tried, but you...

Sometimes you need an eBook, article, musical track, movie, or something like that. Sometimes that thing isn’t available through the normal channels. You’ve tried, but you just can’t put your hands on it. The system is letting you down. Facing a time crunch, trying to help, you need to go outside and around the system. And for that, there’s the Cyberpunk Librarian. Links The Pirate Bay is the World’s Most Efficient Public Library by Zacqary Adam Xeper. The New Yankee Workshop with Norm Abram. Private Internet Access – My preferred VPN provider. ClamWin Portable – Portable virus scanner that lives on a USB drive. uBlock Origin for Firefox – Memory friendly ad blocking for Firefox. uBlock Origin for Chrome – Memory friendly ad blocking for Chrome. The Proxy Bay – Because sometimes The Pirate Bay moves around. Transmission – Transmission BitTorrent client. Cross platform and works everywhere. HexChat – Free, open source and cross platform IRC client that works on Windows, OS X, and Linux. LimeChat – Free, open source IRC client for OS X. Also available for iOS. mIRC – Non-free IRC client for Windows that’s been around for a long time. ManWithoutModem’s excellent post on how to find eBooks through various sources. Calibre – Sure, there are other software solutions for managing eBooks, but who cares? This is the real deal, free and open source, and 100% cross platform. You cannot beat the feature set and you cannot beat the plug-ins. DeDRM Tools – A Calibre plugin that strips DRM whenever you import an eBook. Google Scholar – If you’re looking for scholarly articles, try this first. Library Genesis Database – Feed your DOI to LibGen and see what happens. Oh, wait, what’s a DOI? – Wikipedia has a fantastic explanation. CrossRef.org – When you need a DOI, CrossRef has your back. r/Scholar – The Scholar subreddit, ask and you may receive. Music Leviathan by André Uhl Der Plug by D-Echo Project Folha Negra by D-Echo Project Funkind 2 by Vincenzo A track from Cannery Row, one of the most sorely underrated films of all time.

Awww yiss, chummers! Cyberpunk Librarian is back from an unexpected hiatus with a new show about notebooks! Wait, notebook computers? No, paper notebooks! But there is...

Awww yiss, chummers! Cyberpunk Librarian is back from an unexpected hiatus with a new show about notebooks! Wait, notebook computers? No, paper notebooks! But there is a tech twist to my notational madness as we get into how to keep a notebook where you can actually find the information you wrote down, even if it’s months or years ago. Welcome back to Cyberpunk Librarian! Links Pen Addict Moleskine notebooks Picadilly notebooks Black n’ Red notebooks Field Notes Mead notebooks A little known hack from Japan to get your notebook organized Music and Sounds Zon by Gorowski Sands of Time by Psychadelik Pedestrian Convalescence II: Love Again by Anima Pencil on Paper on Wood Writing from Freesound

After an unexpected hiatus, the Cyberpunk Librarian is back with a show on Getting Things Done! Discover the tools, tips, and tricks for getting the job...

After an unexpected hiatus, the Cyberpunk Librarian is back with a show on Getting Things Done! Discover the tools, tips, and tricks for getting the job done and not working so hard to do it! Links Getting Things Done by David Allen – The book that started it all. How to be Productive and Get Things Done Using GTD by Ramesh Natarajan – An excellent overview without slogging through the book. Inbox Zero – Merlin Mann’s methodology for mail management. The Pomodoro Technique – Work a little less, do a little more. Productivity 101: A Primer to the Pomodoro Technique by Alan Henry – Read a little less, learn a little more. How I Work – A great series of articles about how people get things done. Interviews on Letters to a Young Librarian A growing series of posts about how librarians get things done! Outlook.com – One of the best mobile apps I’ve ever used for email. Works for Exchange, Gmail, Yahoo, IMAP, and more! Get it on iOS and Android Wunderlist – My go to for to do. Also available on iOS and Android. OneNote – Cross platform, use everywhere note taking. Get it on Windows or OS X or iOS or Android. Cortex – A entire podcast series about how YouTube video maker, podcaster, and GTD adherent CGP Grey gets things done. Hello Internet – A podcast featuring more about life and work from CGP Grey and Brady Haran. A Pomodoro timer for iOS or Android. And, you know, not meaning to brag or anything, but this stuff really works! Music Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Ambient by Project Divinity Walking on the Seaside by Sunstroke lex g alex 3 by Lex g Alex Sound Effects Dropforge.mp3 Typing

Join us for a new episode of Cyberpunk Librarian where we dig into the markup language that is Markdown. You too can write rich text in...

Join us for a new episode of Cyberpunk Librarian where we dig into the markup language that is Markdown. You too can write rich text in a plain text editor and easily share it online! It’s easy to learn and easy to use and will change the way you look at plain text! Correction: In the episode I credit Aaron Swartz as a co-creator of Markdown, working with John Gruber. In reality, Swartz was an important early tester, but not a co-creator of Markdown. Thanks to Steve Thomas of Circulating Ideas for the correction! Links Markdown Syntax by John Gruber – This is where it all begins. A bunch of great tutorials and information about Markdown from Design Shack Dillinger.io – An online Markdown editor. (Special thanks to Knight Wise of the Knightwise.com podcast for the tip!) MarkdownPad – For Windows MacDown – For OS X Haroopad – For Linux Byword – For iOS Draft – For Android My shownotes in raw Markdown Music Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Infinitive Sight by Fortadelis Lullaby by _ghost Under Whispering Trees by Fonogeri

Drink the Kool Aid, or take a bite of the Apple, or something like that! Dan gets into the nitty gritty of how he gets it...