You can stay updated with monthly audio stories from the libraries, archives, and museums of New York City by following our podcast on SoundCloud, iTunes, or Stitcher. Here are summaries of our last three episodes, produced and hosted by Molly Schwartz as part of her METRO fellowship project:

Episode: #4 Talking Pop-up Media Migration with the XFR Collective’s Rachel Mattson

In this episode, Molly talks with Dr. Rachel Mattson about her work as a member of the XFR Collective, an all-volunteer group of over 14 members, does the work that it does, partnering with artists, activists, individuals, and groups to preserving at-risk audiovisual media – especially unseen, unheard, or marginalized works, like this gay wedding celebration – by providing low-cost digitization services. Please read below for more information about the XFR Collective and the tools we used to produce this podcast.

Here is a link to a rough transcript of the episode: docs.google.com/document/d/1Yf3iD…/edit?usp=sharing

Related Articles and Links

• XFR Collective’s website: xfrcollective.wordpress.com/
• “At a Queer Film Festival, a Collective Offers to Digitize Your Videos for Free” by Sarah Cowan, published November, 2015 in Hyperallergic hyperallergic.com/253658/at-a-quee…videos-for-free/
• “Preserving that Great Performace: XFR STN Offers a Digital Update at the New Museum” BY Melena Ryzik, published on August 11, 2013 in The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2013/08/12/arts/d…e-new-museum.html
• archive.org/details/2015_MIX_Ingall_001
• “Remembering My Father, Who Sang at My Brother’s Big Gay Jewish Wedding: How far we’ve come, and how far we’ve yet to go, when it comes to LGBT rights” by Marjorie Ingall, published on June 16, 2016 in Tablet
  www.tabletmag.com/scroll/205426/re…y-jewish-wedding
• “Art is Long, Life is Short: the XFR Collective Helps Artists Preserve Magnetic and Digital Works” by Mike Ashenfelder, published on July 29, 2014 on the Library of Congress’ blog The Signal
  blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2014/07/…and-digital-works/
• Cardboard Air Band / part 2: archive.org/details/XFR_2013-07-26_1B_02
  Andy and Neal’s Pre-Wedding Dessert Reception: archive.org/details/2015_MIX_Ingall_001

Episode #3 Talking Smart Cities with the New School’s Shannon Mattern

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: docs.google.com/document/d/12rbIr…/edit?usp=sharing

Related Articles and Links

• Village Voice article: www.villagevoice.com/news/google-is…engine-8822938
• Shannon Mattern’s article “Public In/Formation in the journal Places: placesjournal.org/article/public-i…formation/#ref_4
• Mayor DeBlasio on shutting off LinkNYC browsing privileges for WNYC: www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayo…-appears-live-wnyc
• Nick Pinto’s article “Google Is Transforming NYC’s Payphones Into a ‘Personalized Propaganda Engine'” for the Village Voice: www.villagevoice.com/news/google-is…engine-8822938
• Article by Elinor Ostrom about the knowledge commons: mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/fi…577_sch_0001.pdf
• More information about LinkNYC: www.link.nyc/index.html

Episode #2: Talking Media Conservation with MoMA’s Ben Fino-Radin

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