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Cyberpunk Librarian

Daniel Messer

Join Daniel Messer, the Cyberpunk Librarian, as he talks about ideas, trends, and cool stuff for technologically minded librarians who are high tech and low budget! Occasionally, we'll dive...

Episodes

20 of 76 episodes

Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 70 – Tales from the Dark Side

Dan dives into the past and brings you a talk that was the genesis of his Defcon 32 presentation. We’re going to talk about shadow libraries...

49:12Feb 12, 2026

Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 69 – Electric Libraryland

It’s time for something a little different and this time around, Dan brings you a presentation from IUG 2025! We’re going to dive into AI, c...

49:24Sep 16, 2025

Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 68 – Come With it Now

Episode 67 leads right into episode 68 as Dan takes on the theory and practice of underground librarianship, anarchivism, and shadow librari...

46:10Aug 5, 2025

Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 67 – Rise Above

Libraries are in danger and Dan is angry. There have been more books banned in the last two years than ever before. Censorship and attacks o...

35:12Nov 19, 2024

Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 66 – The Radical Act of Self-Hosting

You can have it your way, on your hardware, with software you prefer. Your little free Cyberpunk Librarian gets into the philosophies and ba...

43:19Jun 11, 2024

Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 65 – Infopump

It’s a full episode follow up and we’re gonna talk about a free and open source library project that Dan is building with his ow...

39:36Dec 29, 2023

Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 64 – Catching Up

The Cyberpunk Librarian is back! Again! I think? Anyway, Dan finally got some time to make podcasts again so welcome back to the high tech,...

44:13Nov 22, 2023

Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 63 – My Favourite Operating System

Holy crap! The Cyberpunk Librarian is back with a new episode about his favourite operating system that’s not actually an operating system....

54:41Aug 31, 2022

Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 62 – Cyberpunk Community Librarian Part Three

Build your own Netflix with free, open source software and the Cyberpunk Librarian. Join Dan for part three of the cyberpunk community libra...

36:33Dec 20, 2021

A Second Very Special Episode – Cyberpunk Librarian and the L0WL1F3 Podcast

You thought it was done. You thought it was over. But it’s not over, and nothing is ever done. The Cyberpunk Librarian and the L0WL1F3...

2:37:52Jun 4, 2021

A Very Special Episode – Cyberpunk Librarian and The L0WL1F3 Podcast

Join me for a special crossover episode with the L0WL1F3 gang from the LOWL1F3 Podcast! We dive into a forgotten piece of cyberpunk media, s...

2:53:14May 28, 2021

Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 61 – Cyberpunk Community Librarian Part Two

You're a librarian for a small community and someone hands you an SSD. Opening it up you discover three folders named eBooks, Magazines, and...

35:25Feb 15, 2021

Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 60 – Cyberpunk Community Librarian Part One

Your community, your library. Whether you’ve got a small group of friends, or a small town, the Cyberpunk Librarian has the solutions for yo...

35:05Jan 25, 2021

Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 59 – Situation: Offline

Whether you’re disconnecting out of necessity or choice, you don’t have to shut down when you go offline! Join the Cyberpunk Librarian for t...

1:11:26Jun 8, 2020

Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 58 – Static, Not Stagnant

Oh my god, he's back! After over a year of craziness and massive life changes, the Cyberpunk Librarian is back! Join Dan in this comeback ep...

30:10Jan 15, 2020

Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 57 – A Prescription for Your Subscription Addiction

Are you tired of paying for content? Do you have four or five services you subscribe to for music, eBooks, or movies? Maybe even more than f...

47:36Sep 26, 2018

Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 56 – The FOSSiL Projects

The Cyberpunk Librarian is back and he’s talking about software… His own software! Join Dan for a look at The FOSSiL Projects an...

37:27Jul 30, 2018

Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 55 – At Odds With Odds and Ends

Holy crap! Cyberpunk Librarian is back! On this episode, Dan talks about the projects that have been holding up the show and what’s go...

44:19Mar 5, 2018

Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 54 – Nexus and Empathy

Join Dan for a special episode of Cyberpunk Librarian where he looks at what it is to be human in an increasingly technological world, and w...

39:33Oct 6, 2017

Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 53 – Free and Mine

Sometimes it’s far harder than it should be to find that academic paper or research article. Papers and journals are locked behind pay...

29:26Sep 19, 2017