Hugh speaks with “notorious metadata pain in the arse” Alissa McCulloch about what it was like to develop a professional identity at the height of “Library Twitter”. What was it that made the experience so intoxicating, and so powerful? What did it do for the Australian library profession? And what dangers were already lurking there, unnoticed? Cat…

For a few years, Twitter was the place to be if you wanted to keep up with the latest professional developments in GLAM. But just like the saying about going bankrupt, Twitter got worse “slowly, and then suddenly”. In our upcoming series we will talk to four GLAM workers about what made GLAM Twitter so great, and the benefits and possible futures o…

Our special series on bespoke and unusual GLAM collections continues, with Ray Langenfelds from CSIRO’s Aspendale atmospheric science laboratories. Ray spoke with Hugh Rundle about the Kennaook/Cape Grim Air Archive – how it started, the surprising back-story of the canisters used to store the original samples, and why this very unusual archive is …

For this encore presentation we have reached back into the cardiCast archive to an interview we originally broadcast back in 2017. Justine Hanna interviews culinary librarian Sarah Quiroz on site at the International Culinary Center (ICC) in New York City. The ICC is no longer accepting enrolments, but the dream of managing an enormous library of c…

Clare Presser interviews museum owner, writer and perfumer, Mandy Aftel. Nestled in Berkeley, California, the Aftel Archive of Curious Scents is a micro museum that offers a unique olfactory experience curated by Mandy Aftel, a renowned figure in natural perfumery. With exhibits ranging from rare botanicals to ancient artifacts, the museum invites …

After a 12 month break (almost to the day), we are are getting back in game with a bit of a reboot to cardiCast. Shorter seasons that focus on specialist subjects and a touch of project development time in-between. Good quality conversations that, hopefully, spark community conversation with a framework that will allow a little more consistency for…