So What? Library and Information Science Podcast

If a Troll is only semi-reformed are they now neutral? What would cause a person to turn neutral... Lust for gold? Power? Or were they just born with hearts full of neutrality? We join Yimin Chen as he describes his relationship with trolling in the context of modern issues like cyberbullying. This episode tracks Yimin’s evolving understanding of trolling, both for himself and others, and what it may mean for the future of our online lives. A transcript of this episode is available from our website: http://sowhat.fims.uwo.ca/1-4-memoirs-of-a-semi-reformed-troll/ Episode producer: Alex Mayhew

LIS has been described as everyone's second career. Today we are joined by Brooke Brassard, a new Library Science student who has previously earned a PhD in the field of Religious Studies. She describes her research into the Latter-Day Saints movement in Canada, the process of translating a thesis into a book, and her observations of the intersection of LIS and Religious Studies. Transcript: https://sowhat.fims.uwo.ca/2-4-religious-studies-and-lis/

The Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA) was created in 2016 following the demise of the Canadian Library Association. Why do libraries and library workers need CFLA? At the 2018 CFLA Annual Forum held in Regina, Mike Ridley, a PhD student at FIMS, Western University and a former Board member of the Canadian Library Association, attended the wine and cheese social event do ask those present that question. The pinot noir and brie were good, but the responses were excellent. A transcript of this episode is available from our website: http://sowhat.fims.uwo.ca/0-3-why-cfla/ Episode producer: Mike Ridley

To what extent are children’s picture books containing LGBTQ+ representations being included in the collections of Ontario public libraries? Jamie Orr sat down with Alyssa Duke, Melissa Martin, Danielle Betteridge, and Ashley Yeats-McKay, fellow MLIS grad students at FIMS, Western University, to talk about their research project which asks that exact question. This episode describes the nature of their research, some early findings, and their reflections on the implications of their work. A future episode will provide more detailed results from their research. A transcript of this episode is available from our website: http://sowhat.fims.uwo.ca/0-1-lgbtq-stories/ Episode producer: Jamie Orr

Why is it so difficult to describe people in social classification? This podcast examines this topic through the warrant, meaning the lens used to make decisions about how to describe things in a classification system. Specifically, the experience of disabled people is explored using some of the most common sources of warrant, including literary and scientific warrant. https://sowhat.fims.uwo.ca/3-6-warrant-and-disability/