Circulating Ideas

Third chapter of the serialization of David Lankes’s EXPECT MORE. David Lankes decided recently to record an audio version of his book Expect More (more info here) and chose two podcasts to serialize it: Circulating Ideas (for the librarian audience) and Nerd Absurd (for the non-librarian audience). You can also buy the complete audiobook on Amazon and elsewhere. Listen […]

Steve chats with Charlie Bennett and Ameet Doshi, the creators and hosts of Lost in the Stacks, the research library rock’n’roll radio show on Georgia Tech’s WREK. You can listen and learn more about Lost in the Stacks here. Charlie Bennett was born in New York, raised in Virginia, and moved to Atlanta to study […]

Second chapter of the serialization of David Lankes’s EXPECT MORE. David Lankes decided recently to record an audio version of his book Expect More (more info here) and chose two podcasts to serialize it: Circulating Ideas (for the librarian audience) and Nerd Absurd (for the non-librarian audience). You can also buy the complete audiobook on Amazon and elsewhere. Listen […]

First chapter of the serialization of David Lankes’s EXPECT MORE. David Lankes decided recently to record an audio version of his book EXPECT MORE (more info here) and chose two podcasts to serialize it: Circulating Ideas (for the librarian audience) and Nerd Absurd (for the non-librarian audience). It will also soon be available as a single […]

Steve chats with Elizabeth Keathley, author of Digital Asset Management: Content Architectures, Project Management, and Creating Order out of Media Chaos. Read the transcript. Elizabeth Ferguson Keathley is the author of the recently published Digital Asset Management: Content Architectures, Project Management, and Creating Order out of Media Chaos. As a board member of the DAM Foundation, she has chaired both … Continue reading 51: Elizabeth Keathley

Steve talks to staff from the Chattanooga Public Library, including Library Director Corinne Hill. Read the transcript. Thanks to my guests Corinne Hill, Justin Hoenke, Rebecca Dunn, Megan Emery, Geoff Millener, and to Downtown Branch Manager Mary Jane Spehar for the tour of the branch.

Guest host David Lankes chats with John Chrastka, Executive Director of EveryLibrary. Read the transcript. John Chrastka is executive director of EveryLibrary, the first nationwide political action committee for libraries.  A long-time library trustee, supporter and advocate, Mr. Chrastka is a member and former president of the Board of Trustees for the Berwyn (IL) Public … Continue reading 49: John Chrastka

Steve speaks with Kristin LaLonde, Access Services Librarian and Circulating Department Manager at the Chippewa River District Library, about Free Comic Book Day, outreach to farmer’s markets, and Aquaman. Read the transcript. Kristin LaLonde is an Access Services Librarian and Circulation Department Manager at the Chippewa River District Library in Mt. Pleasant, MI. Kristin received her MLIS from … Continue reading 48: Kristin LaLonde

Steve chats with Kelly Jensen, blogger at Stacked and Book Riot and the author of the new book about YA lit, It Happens. Kelly is a former librarian and a blogger at STACKED and BOOK RIOT. She loves black licorice and debating genre. Her book, It Happens: A Guide to Contemporary Realistic Fiction for the YA … Continue reading Episode 47: Kelly Jensen

Steve speaks with Mary Kelly and Holly Hibner from the Awful Library Books blog. Mary Kelly received an MBA and an MLIS from Wayne State University, after which she has spent years irritating co-workers with grand plans for collection development and/or world domination. She is currently working as a Youth Services Librarian at the Lyon … Continue reading Episode 46: Awful Library Books