Circulating Ideas

Steve chats with Stacie Williams, manager of University of Kentucky’s Learning Lab archives internship program. Stacie Williams manages the University of Kentucky’s Learning Lab archives internship program. She received a master’s of science from Simmons College in Boston in 2011 and a B.A. in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2001. She has worked as an Archives […]

Steve chats with Troy Swanson and Heather Jagman, editors of the new book Not Just Where to Click: Teaching Students How to Think about Information.   SHOW NOTES: Not Just Where to Click (Amazon / ALA Store)

Steve chats with the four candidates for ALA President (2016-2017): Joe Janes, James LaRue, JP Porcaro, and Julie Todaro. SHOW NOTES Joe Janes’s site James LaRue’s site JP Porcaro’s site Julie Todaro’s site 2015 ALA Midwinter Meeting – Presidential Candidates’ Forum Carson Block interviews the candidates

Very special (short) episode with Steve chatting about the Kickstarter. Circulating Ideas began as a podcast to share the innovative ideas and projects that librarians are creating to keep libraries vibrant and relevant in the 21st century. The show has spanned more than 60 hours of content with more than 100 librarians and library supporters … Continue reading Reminder: Recirculated Kickstarter

Steve chats with Michael Perry, Collection Services Project Manager at Northwestern University Library and creator of LibraryProject.info. Michael Perry is the Collection Services Project Manager at Northwestern University Library. In this role he manages a variety of projects such as an ILS migration, implementing a cloud based discovery system, and changes in classification systems. He […]

Steve talks about his new Kickstarter to fund transcripts of the podcast. right-click here to download When I started the Circulating Ideas podcast four years ago, I wanted to provide a platform for librarians to share the great work that they’re doing to keep libraries vibrant in the 21st century. I’ve talked to more than […]

Steve chats with Jessica Olin, director of the Robert H. Parker Library at Wesley College and creator of the Letters to a Young Librarian blog. right-click here to download Jessica Olin is the Director of the Robert H. Parker Library at Wesley College. Her professional interests include incorporating popular reading materials into traditional academic library […]

Steve chats with Dolly Moehrle, director of Ventura County Law Library. Dolly Moehrle is the director of the Ventura County Law Library in Ventura, California. A 2012 Eureka! Leadership fellow, she received her MLIS from San Jose State University in 2012, and worked primarily in public libraries before moving to the law library. She blogs […]

Steve chats with Valerie Gross, President & CEO of Howard County Library System and author of Transforming Our Image, Building Our Brand: The Education Advantage. Valerie J. Gross has served as President & CEO of Howard County Library System (HCLS) since 2001. An educator and attorney for 30 years, Gross holds a Master of Music from the […]

At the 2014 code4lib conference, Lisa Rabey chatted with attendees about their experiences in the technical side of librarianship, including struggles with gender roles. On the eve of the 2015 code4lib conference, Circulating Ideas presents some thoughtful insight recorded at last year’s code4lib conference by Lisa Rabey from attendees J. Gubernick, Rachel Vacek, Vanessa Lucas, and […]