Beyond the Stacks: Innovative Careers in Library & Information Science

Spring is finally in the air, as is the 24th and final episode of Beyond the Stacks: Innovative Careers in Library and Information Science podcast. To mark the end of such a special show, we spoke with Kim Dority of Dority & Associates, who reflected on the broad field of alternative LIS careers and the possibilities … Continue reading Episode 24: Kim Dority, Alternative LIS Career Paths → The post Episode 24: Kim Dority, Alternative LIS Career Paths appeared first on Beyond the Stacks: Innovative Careers in Library and Information Science.

    Happy Spring! For this month’s episode, I spoke with Kelli Bogan, the Photo Archivist at the National Baseball Hall of Fame.  Listen to this month’s episode to hear about one of the many paths one can take to enter the field of librarianship. Sometimes, it takes being accepted into an English PhD program to … Continue reading Episode 23: Kelli Bogan, Photo Archivist at National Baseball Hall of Fame → The post Episode 23: Kelli Bogan, Photo Archivist at National Baseball Hall of Fame appeared first on Beyond the Stacks: Innovative Careers in Library and Information Science.

For March’s episode, I spoke with David Selden, the Library Director for the National Indian Law Library (NILL) of the Native American Rights Fund (NARF). David is the first law librarian to be interviewed for Beyond the Stacks!  Listen to this month’s episode to hear about one of the many paths one can take to enter … Continue reading Episode 22: David Selden, National Indian Law Library → The post Episode 22: David Selden, National Indian Law Library appeared first on Beyond the Stacks: Innovative Careers in Library and Information Science.

Welcome back to Season 5 of Beyond the Stacks! For this month’s episode, I had the pleasure to interview Taylor Kirch, the Lead Librarian at Pandora Media. Tune in to learn about curating and archiving “lean-back” radio experiences, digital collection management, and metadata. We also discuss the future of LIS, particularly the probable/eventual AI takeover, which … Continue reading Episode 21: Taylor Kirch, Lead Librarian at Pandora Media → The post Episode 21: Taylor Kirch, Lead Librarian at Pandora Media appeared first on Beyond the Stacks: Innovative Careers in Library and Information Science.

This semester seemed to fly by, I can’t believe it’s already December! For this month’s episode, I was delighted to welcome Derek Murphy, creator and first host of this podcast, back to the show! Tune in to learn more about the interdisciplinary field of usability and user experience research and what Derek has been up … Continue reading Episode 20: Derek Murphy, Usability Researcher at Harvard IQSS → The post Episode 20: Derek Murphy, Usability Researcher at Harvard IQSS appeared first on Beyond the Stacks: Innovative Careers in Library and Information Science.

November’s episode features Sylvie Rollason-Cass, a Web Archivist at Archive-It. Tune in to learn about what it’s like to archive the Internet and the difference between curating digital versus physical objects. Plus, how keeping an open mind can lead down exciting, unexpected career paths. Thank you so much for listening and your continued support of this project! Sylvie … Continue reading Episode 19: Sylvie Rollason-Cass, Web Archivist at Archive-It → The post Episode 19: Sylvie Rollason-Cass, Web Archivist at Archive-It appeared first on Beyond the Stacks: Innovative Careers in Library and Information Science.

Happy Fall! October’s episode features Brendan Thompson, the Knowledge Manager at Uber Technologies in San Francisco, CA. Tune in to learn about what it’s like to work in the tech sector, life as a solo librarian, and knowledge management. Thank you so much for listening and your continued support of this project! Brendan has worked as a … Continue reading Episode 18: Brendan Thompson, Knowledge Manager at Uber Technologies → The post Episode 18: Brendan Thompson, Knowledge Manager at Uber Technologies appeared first on Beyond the Stacks: Innovative Careers in Library and Information Science.

Welcome to Season 5 of Beyond the Stacks! We hope you enjoyed your summer and are as excited as we are for more episodes! Kicking off this season is an interview conducted in May 2017 with Carolina Gardner who works for New Balance as Digital Asset Coordinator. Caroline Gardner earned her BFA in Fiber & Material Studies from the Tyler … Continue reading Episode 17: Caroline Gardner, New Balance Digital Asset Coordinator → The post Episode 17: Caroline Gardner, New Balance Digital Asset Coordinator appeared first on Beyond the Stacks: Innovative Careers in Library and Information Science.

This month’s episode features Sarah Spira who is the Content Manager for the American Cheese Society and it also marks the final episode of Season 4 of Beyond the Stacks. We hope you have enjoyed listening to the interviews as much as we have enjoyed conducting them. Sarah Spira joined the American Cheese Society (ACS) as Content Manager in July 2016. It was through her volunteer work … Continue reading Episode 16: Sarah Spira, Cheesemonger Turned Librarian → The post Episode 16: Sarah Spira, Cheesemonger Turned Librarian appeared first on Beyond the Stacks: Innovative Careers in Library and Information Science.

This month, we hear from two librarians, Liz Fitzgerald and Suzanna Urminska, who helped establish and now work at the Culinary Literacy Center at the Free Library of Philadelphia.  Liz Fitzgerald is the Administrator of the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Culinary Literacy Center, the first of its kind in a library in the United States. She … Continue reading Episode 15, Cooking in the Library: Culinary Literacy Center → The post Episode 15, Cooking in the Library: Culinary Literacy Center appeared first on Beyond the Stacks: Innovative Careers in Library and Information Science.