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Library Bytegeist

This podcast is a collection of audio stories from the libraries, archives, and museums of New York City. It is brought to you by the Metropolitan New York Library Council, where the libraries and arc... Read more

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#18 Presenting Preserve This Podcast!

#18 Presenting Preserve This Podcast!

Enjoy this clip from a new podcast that Library Bytegeist host and producer, Molly Schwartz, has been working on! It's c... Read more

23 Apr 2019

6mins

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#17 At Home in the Library

#17 At Home in the Library

This episode of Library Bytegeist is all about New York’s public libraries and the people who inhabit them. In a city th... Read more

13 Sep 2018

31mins

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#16 Collectors, Keepers, and a Kitchen Sister

#16 Collectors, Keepers, and a Kitchen Sister

This episode of Library Bytegeist is all about collectors and keepers. The people who go through life gathering and capt... Read more

10 Jul 2018

39mins

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#15 Classifying Books, Classifying People

#15 Classifying Books, Classifying People

The Dewey Decimal System is the most popular library classification system in the world. It was created by a man, named ... Read more

3 May 2018

22mins

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#14 Bye bye Bytegeist ... a year in review!

#14 Bye bye Bytegeist ... a year in review!

One year ago today, we post the first episode of Library Bytegeist. Molly Schwartz, METRO’s Studio Manager who also host... Read more

15 Nov 2017

11mins

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#13 Talking GitHub with Dinah Handel and Ethan Gates

#13 Talking GitHub with Dinah Handel and Ethan Gates

GitHub is a great tool for collaborating and providing access to content -- which makes it a great tool for libraries an... Read more

5 Sep 2017

12mins

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#12 Talking Project Code with NYPL’s Brandy McNeil

#12 Talking Project Code with NYPL’s Brandy McNeil

Brandy McNeil is the Associate Director for Technology Education at the New York Public Library. Over 100,000 New Yorker... Read more

27 Jul 2017

21mins

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#11 Talking Internet Filters in Public Libraries with Westchester Library System's Rob Caluori

#11 Talking Internet Filters in Public Libraries with Westchester Library System's Rob Caluori

Public libraries are important access points to the internet. But sometimes people use library computers to engage in ac... Read more

5 Jul 2017

21mins

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#10 Talking Libraries in the EU with Ilona Kish

#10 Talking Libraries in the EU with Ilona Kish

Ilona Kish is the program director of Reading & Writing Foundation in Brussels, Belgium. She stopped by METRO's offi... Read more

22 Jun 2017

7mins

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#9 Talking Mesh Networks with Raul Enriquez and Mario Peart [LIVE RECORDING]

#9 Talking Mesh Networks with Raul Enriquez and Mario Peart [LIVE RECORDING]

In this live recording at BRIC Media Arts for the Public Access / Open Networks exhibit, Molly was joined by the New Ame... Read more

30 May 2017

29mins

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