Library Bytegeist

In this episode, Molly talks with Dr. Shannon Mattern about New York City's LinkNYC program and the troubles it has faced in trying to provide public access to the internet on the city streets. The discussion revolves around how involving librarians and archivists in the planning process could bring some wisdom to smart city developments. Here is a link to a rough transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12rbIr4PFTEqf2Bgv9fBqWNDF1dfnWuAUQTK-M11Ww3w/edit?usp=sharing Village Voice article: http://www.villagevoice.com/news/google-is-transforming-nycs-payphones-into-a-personalized-propaganda-engine-8822938 Shannon Mattern's article "Public In/Formation in the journal Places: https://placesjournal.org/article/public-information/#ref_4 Mayor DeBlasio on shutting off LinkNYC browsing privileges for WNYC: http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/741-16/transcript-mayor-de-blasio-appears-live-wnyc Nick Pinto's article "Google Is Transforming NYC's Payphones Into a 'Personalized Propagand