Steve speaks with Dr. Troy Swanson, community college librarian and author of Managing Social Media in Libraries. Read the transcript. Troy A. Swanson is Teaching & Learning Librarian and Library Department Chair at Moraine Valley Community College in the USA. Troy has managed the library’s web presence since the year 2000. He implemented his library’s … Continue reading 23: Troy Swanson

Steve speaks with Dr. Troy Swanson, community college librarian and author of Managing Social Media in Libraries. [audio https://ia601703.us.archive.org/8/items/steve_CI23/CI23.mp3] Troy A. Swanson is Teaching & Learning Librarian and Library Department Chair at Moraine Valley Community College in the USA. Troy has managed the library’s web presence since the year 2000. He implemented his library’s blogs in […]

Steve speaks with NMRT VP/President-Elect candidates Holly Okuhara and Megan Hodge. [audio http://ia601608.us.archive.org/28/items/CI2013ALANMRT/CI2013ALANMRT.mp3] Holly Okuhara is a Branch Manager with the Weber County Library System in Ogden, Utah. She received her MLIS from the University of Denver in 2006 and recently finished her Masters in Public Administration in 2011 from the University of Colorado-Denver’s online program. […]

Steve speaks with various candidates running for ALA Council. [audio http://ia801605.us.archive.org/13/items/CI2013ALACouncil/CI2013ALACouncil.mp3] ALA Think Tank Caucus: Kate Kosturski Erica Findley John M. Jackson Coral Sheldon-Hess Loida Garcia-Febo Lauren Pressley 2013 Council Candidate Biographical Information (PDF) 2013 Council Candidate Searchable Spreadsheet Please note that these election episodes are done to be informational, not necessarily as an endorsement of […]

Steve speaks with candidates for various LITA offices in the 2013 ALA elections. [audio http://ia801605.us.archive.org/13/items/CI2013ALALITA/CI2013ALALITA.mp3] President-elect Frank Cervone Rachel Vacek Councilor Aaron Dobbs Directors at Large Jason Battles Brett Bonfield Andromeda Yelton   Please note that these election episodes are done to be informational, not necessarily as an endorsement of one or more candidates. Not all […]

Steve speaks with the two candidates for president of the American Library Association for 2013. [audio https://ia601605.us.archive.org/24/items/CI2013ALAPresident/CI2013ALAPresident.mp3] COURTNEY L. YOUNG Courtney is currently Head Librarian and Associate Professor of Women’s Studies and Penn State Greater Allegheny. She is an active leader in the American Library Association (ALA), serving on the ALA Executive Board (2009-2012) and as […]

Steve speaks with Ned Potter, author of the Library Marketing Toolkit, and a librarian at the University of York Library. [audio http://ia601601.us.archive.org/0/items/CILibraryMarketingToolkit/CILibraryMarketingToolkit.mp3] Ned Potter works for the University of York Library, as an Academic Liaison Librarian in the Arts and Humanities; previous roles at the University of Leeds Library centered around Digitisation, including the JISC funded […]

Steve, in collaboration with Allison and Michelle from the Authors are ROCKSTARS! podcast, chats with author and illustrator Tom Angleberger about the awesomeness of libraries, librarians, and Star Wars! [audio http://ia601600.us.archive.org/33/items/CirculatingIdeasRockstars/CIRockstars.mp3] Tom is the author and illustrator of the Origami Yoda series, in addition to many other great novels for young readers. His next book, Art2-D2’s […]

Steve speaks with a group of librarians about their favorite books of 2012 (and some sneak peeks into 2013). [audio http://ia601608.us.archive.org/8/items/CirculatingIdeas21/CI21.mp3] Stephanie Anderson: Far From The Tree by Andrew Solomon The Round House by Louise Erdrich The Passage of Power by Robert Caro Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn The Middlesteins by Jami Attenberg Building Stories by Chris Ware Bitterblue […]

Steve speaks with a group of librarians about their favorite books of 2012 (and some sneak peeks into 2013). [audio http://ia801604.us.archive.org/4/items/CirculatingIdeas20/CI20.mp3] Liz Burns: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga Long Lankin by Lindsey Barraclough Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater FitzOsbornes at War by […]