# Episode 687: Clickbait

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Podcast: [Lost in the Stacks: the Research Library Rock'n'Roll Radio Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/lost-in-the-stacks-the-research-library-rock-n-roll-radio-show-390345)
Published: 2026-06-12T19:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3695

## Resource

The show team discusses the 2013 blog post " The End of the Library " by M.G. Siegler, clickbait that argued that the economics of ebooks and the existence of the Internet meant that libraries had to change or disappear. First broadcast June 12 2026. Transcript at https://hdl.handle.net/1853/81848 Playlist "Today's episode is called 'The End of the Library.' No it's not, it's called Clickbait."

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