Library Futures' Halperin joins 404 Media on libraries' future
TL;DR
- The 404 Media Podcast this week features Jennie Rose Halperin, executive director of Library Futures, on the future of libraries.
- Host Emanuel Maiberg frames the conversation around censorship, AI, and the role of librarians in a country with crumbling public institutions.
- Maiberg says he ran the full discussion because much of what he and Halperin talk about never makes it into his written articles.
The 404 Media Podcast this week hands the microphone to Jennie Rose Halperin, executive director of Library Futures, for a long conversation on where U.S. libraries go from here. Host Emanuel Maiberg introduces the guest's organization as "a non-profit that advocates for a fair digital future for libraries and the communities they serve," and frames the episode around "censorship, AI, and the role of librarians in a country with crumbling public institutions."
Maiberg says he has "written a bunch of stories about libraries over the years" and has spoken with Halperin repeatedly for that reporting, but much of their conversation "never makes it into my articles." That, he tells listeners, is why he wanted to publish the full discussion, which he says covers censorship "but also many other subjects."
The episode is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube, with early access and an extended video version reserved for paid subscribers.
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