Hold on, Sam Helmick is coming.  In this episode of Rogue Librarians, we speak with Sam Helmick, president-elect of the American Library Association, for a second time.  We explore the many challenges facing libraries, the upcoming ALA Annual Conference, and ways you can advocate for your library.

Here are links to some things we talk about in the interview:

Stand Up For Libraries: an ALA program where you can donate to support libraries.

Show Up For Libraries: an ALA web page that suggests ways to advocate for your local library.

Free People Read Freely Summit: an event that took place at the Library of Congress in September of 2024. 

The Waking: a poem by Theodore Roethke

Literal:  a poem by Ani DiFranco which you can find in her book Verses. 

Hold On, I’m Coming: a song by Sam and Dave

Banned Together, edited by Ashley Hope Perez

Let them, by Mel Robbins

milk and honey, by Rupi Kaur

Sam Helmick’s contact information:

@geometric rabbit  or @shelmick on Instagram

@samhelmick on Bluesky

@samhelmick on Facebook

“I wake to sleep and take my waking slow

I learn by going where I have to go”

                                                 ~Theodore Roethke