LibVibe: the library news podcast LibVibe

Click here to listen to the five-minute newscast, anytime. Stories reported: Library will not privatize; Library director's job in jeopardy (1, 2); Did he spray toes at the library?; Library has turned into a shelter for the homeless; Library-a-Go-Go (1, 2); Central library turns new page.

Click here to listen to the six-minute newscast, anytime. Stories reported: Library: a study in bad behavior (1, 2); Council to reconsider policy on porn filters at libraries; Grand jury urges library chief's ouster over alleged billing scheme; Council members say votes are there to save library branches.

Click here to listen to the five-minute newscast, anytime. Stories reported: Congressman takes aim at Second Life in libraries (1, 2); Downtown library plan scrapped in favor of luxury hotel; Arson at library; Cuts may add layer of dust to library shelves; Man charged with stealing $24K in library books and CDs; Library gets $25M donation.

Click here to listen to the five-minute newscast, anytime. New ALA president-elect tells LibVibe - and you - about the impact she hopes to make Stories reported: Library cuts 94 part-time jobs; Penguin tale tops list of challenged books (1, 2); Library patron arrested after bomb threat (1, 2); Town library picking up the pieces; Camila Alire elected 2009-2010 ALA president.

Click here to listen to the five-minute newscast, anytime. Stories reported: Patron beaten, raped outside library (1, 2, 3); District to lay off 70-plus at school; District seeks alternatives to plan to eliminate librarians (1, 2); New ARL executive director announced; Library keeps storehouse of world news stories on film (story, library).

Click here to listen to the seven-minute newscast, anytime. Stories reported: State of Libraries (1, 2); Officials: library cuts devastating (1, 2, 3, 4); Library visitor arrested in child porn probe; Librarians target of ID theft; Library of Congress Experience (1, 2); Library of Congress partners with History Channel; Seattle City Librarian resigns; Cleveland PL director to retire; Saying goodbye to the old library.