Mike Eisenberg

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Episode 41 (May 2025): IMLS-The Little Agency That Could

Episode 41 (May 2025): IMLS-The Little Agency That Could

Beth Patin, Dave Lankes, and Mike Eisenberg,  May 29, 2025

In this episode, we share our disgust and anger at the devastating actions by the Trump administration. This is a gut punch and we need to catch our collective breaths, celebrate this outstanding agency, and then figure out what we can do individually and together to fight back.

Episode 40 (April 2025): March Madness – Info Style

Episode 40 (April 2025): March Madness – Info Style

Mike Eisenberg,  Apr 01, 2025

It’s March Madness time! So, check your brackets, grab a beverage and snacks, root for your favorite teams, and join Beth & Mike as they share and challenge each other’s perceptions and predictions with their library & information science perspectives on the whole phenomenon.
Episode 39 (March 2025):  Looking at the World Through Information-Colored Glasses

Episode 39 (March 2025):  Looking at the World Through Information-Colored Glasses

Mike Eisenberg,  Mar 03, 2025

Find out what's it like to look at the world from an information perspective, to put on your"information colored glasses!
AI Watch | Libraries Lead Podcast

AI Watch | Libraries Lead Podcast

Mike Eisenberg, David Lankes, and Beth Patin,  Feb 17, 2025

In this AI Watch, we discuss:

  • The State Libraries and AI Technologies Working Group Gathering
  • Violet Fox—anti-AI crusader
  • AI accuracy for factual questions
  • AI tools for everyday people in everyday situations (music/audio, transcription, and image)
BONUS VIDEO (AI Watch Feb 2025): Go Deep into DeepSeek

BONUS VIDEO (AI Watch Feb 2025): Go Deep into DeepSeek

Mike Eisenberg,  Feb 02, 2025

From the Libraries Lead Podcast - February 2025, AI Watch Segment. Dave Lankes explains and demonstrates DeepSeek - the Chinese-based AI system. Go "under the hood" on DeepSeek and see how it performed better than any other current AI on Beth's query about integration in Alabama schools.
EPISODE 38 (February 2025) Stop Calling Them Customers!!

EPISODE 38 (February 2025) Stop Calling Them Customers!!

Mike Eisenberg,  Feb 02, 2025

Maybe it’s time to move on from a piecemeal “customer” focus, and consider to a more complete “whole people in communities” approach.
Libraries Lead Podcast: AI Watch

Libraries Lead Podcast: AI Watch

Mike Eisenberg, David Lankes, and Beth Patin,  Jan 21, 2025

Welcome to our first AI Watch column! The three of us talk monthly in the Libraries Lead Podcast (available at librarieslead.libraryjournal.com), and now we share content from that segment of the podcast in digital and print form through Library Journal.

Episode 37 (January 2025) Show Me the $$

Episode 37 (January 2025) Show Me the $$

Mike Eisenberg,  Jan 01, 2025

ENSHITTIFICATION. It’s a real thing—the purposeful degradation of the quality in systems in order to maximize profits. And we saw ICT as a boon to society, liberating not oppressing. Sigh. Listen in as we explore enshittification and the implications of all this profit-seeking across all types of information systems.
Bonus Episode 36+: NotebookLM

Bonus Episode 36+: NotebookLM

Mike Eisenberg,  Dec 03, 2024

Dave explores NotebookLM’s podcasting feature. NotebookLM is an AI system from Google that lets you create a workspace around documents that summarizes, creates study guides, and much more. One of the features is creating an “Audio Overview” that transforms your notes and documents into a two person podcast. Dave was impressed, see what you think.
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