Circulating Ideas

Steve speaks with children’s services librarians about the philosophies and practices of successful storytimes. Anna Haase Krueger is a children’s librarian, blogger, and reviewer for School Library Journal. You can find her making jokes on twitter as @opinionsbyanna or blogging about library life at Future Librarian Superhero. Anne Clark has been presenting storytimes for 6 years … Continue reading Episode 34: Storytime

Steve chats with Rita Meade, a children’s librarian in Brooklyn who blogs at Screwy Decimal and Book Riot. Read the transcript. Rita Meade is a public children’s librarian in Brooklyn, NY. In her spare time, she blogs at ScrewyDecimal, reviews kid’s books for School Library Journal, and writes for the Book Riot site. You can follow … Continue reading 33: Rita Meade

Steve speaks with Joseph Janes, associate professor at University of Washington Information School and author of Library 2020. Read the transcript. Joseph Janes is Associate Professor and Chair of the MLIS Program at the University of Washington Information School. A frequent speaker in the US and abroad, he was the Founding Director of the Internet … Continue reading 32: Joseph Janes

Leah White interviews Steve Thomas, the regular host of the show, using your questions, as a thanks for supportingthe Kickstarter campaign. [audio http://ia801005.us.archive.org/34/items/steve_CI31/CI31.mp3] This episode wraps up the string of episodes promised as part of the Kickstarter campaign back in the Spring. One of the stretch goals was an opportunity to ask me (Steve, the regular … Continue reading Episode 31: Steve Thomas

A dramatic reenactment of Steve’s email conversation with the Annoyed Librarian. Read the “transcript.” One of the stretch goals of my Kickstarter was an interview with the eponymous Annoyed Librarian, but what makes that tricky is the anonymity that the AL uses as a shield. Since s/he wouldn’t agree to a Skype call, we did … Continue reading 30: The Annoyed Librarian

Steve speaks with Nancy Pearl, author of the Book Lust series, frequent NPR contributor, and model for the librarian action figure. Thanks to my successful Kickstarter campaign earlier this year, I was able to attend the ALA Annual Conference this past summer in Chicago to speak with a number of librarians, and the key promised … Continue reading Episode 29: Nancy Pearl

Allison and I teamed up for an interview over at Authors are ROCKSTARS! with author Gwenda Bond to discuss her YA novels BLACKWOOD and THE WOKEN GODS, the overwhelming awesomeness of her first ALA conference, and her love of Christopher Pike. [audio https://ia601009.us.archive.org/9/items/2013GwendaBond/2013%20-%20Gwenda%20Bond.mp3] This is the last of the interviews Allison and I did for the … Continue reading Librarians are ROCKSTARS! Gwenda Bond

Allison and I teamed up for an interview over at Authors are ROCKSTARS! with author Gwenda Bond to discuss her YA novels BLACKWOOD and THE WOKEN GODS, the overwhelming awesomeness of her first ALA conference, and her love of Christopher Pike. Read the transcript. This is the last of the interviews Allison and I did … Continue reading Gwenda Bond – Librarians are ROCKSTARS!

Steve, along with Allison from the Authors are ROCKSTARS! podcast, speak with Cory Doctorow, author, blogger, journalist, and activist. His newest book for young adults is HOMELAND and he is co-editor at Boing Boing Around the time of the ALA Midwinter conference last year, I teamed up with Allison and Michelle from Authors are ROCKSTARS! to … Continue reading Episode 28: Cory Doctorow – Librarians are ROCKSTARS!

Steve, along with Allison from the Authors are ROCKSTARS! podcast, speak with Cory Doctorow, author, blogger, journalist, and activist. His newest book for young adults is HOMELAND and he is co-editor at Boing Boing Around the time of the ALA Midwinter conference last year, I teamed up with Allison and Michelle from Authors are ROCKSTARS! to … Continue reading Episode 28: Cory Doctorow – Librarians are ROCKSTARS!