Circulating Ideas

Collaboration is one of my favorite things to do. I love working with other librarians to accomplish bigger and better things, and I’m happy to say that I was able to connect with Allison Tran from the Authors are ROCKSTARS! podcast once again for our semi-regular Librarians are ROCKSTARS series (we spoke with Kirby Larson … Continue reading Librarians are ROCKSTARS! Gene Yang

Collaboration is one of my favorite things to do. I love working with other librarians to accomplish bigger and better things, and I’m happy to say that I was able to connect with Allison Tran from the Authors are ROCKSTARS! podcast once again for our semi-regular Librarians are ROCKSTARS series (we spoke with Kirby Larson … Continue reading Gene Luen Yang – Librarians are ROCKSTARS!

Steve attended the American Library Association annual conference in Chicago and talked to a diverse group of librarians about their conference experiences. As a special bonus, this episode features three songs Julie Jurgens wrote for specific sessions at the conference.

Steve chats with Jason Griffey, who talks about his hugely successful Kickstarter campaign to support future development of his LibraryBox project.  

Guest host Kate Kosturski assembles a panel to discuss gender issues in libraries, including Coral Sheldon-Hess and Marge Loch-Wouters. [audio http://ia601807.us.archive.org/35/items/steve_CI26/CI26.mp3] Kate Kosturski is JSTOR’s Institutional Participation Coordinator for the UK and Northern Europe, where, in her words, “I tell people in Europe how awesome JSTOR is and then hopefully they buy some.” A 2011 ALA […]

Guest host Kate Sheehan assembles a panel to discuss work-life balance, including Meredith Farkas, Jenica Rogers, and Karen Schneider. [audio https://ia601707.us.archive.org/28/items/steve_CI25/CI25.mp3] Kate Sheehan is the special projects coordinator for Bibliomation,a consortium of public and school libraries in Connecticut. She joined Bibliomation in 2009 to work on their migration to the Evergreen ILS as the open source […]

LiTTech, Episode 80 features part two of the shared discussion between Circulating Ideas and LiTTech about the state of the MLS. Emily, Addie and Steve continue their talk with David Lankes, Jill Hurst-Wahl, and Cori Dickerson. This is part two of the conversation. Part one is here. R. David Lankes is a professor and Dean’s Scholar for the […]

Steve teams up with Emily and Addie from the LiTTech podcast to discuss the current state of library and information science education with guests David Lankes, Jill Hurst-Wahl, and Cori Dickerson. Read the transcript. This is part one of the conversation. Part two is here. R. David Lankes is a professor and Dean’s Scholar for … Continue reading The State of the MLS, Part One

Steve teams up with Emily and Addie from the LiTTech podcast to discuss the current state of library and information science education with guests David Lankes, Jill Hurst-Wahl, and Cori Dickerson. [audio http://ia801703.us.archive.org/26/items/CIMLS/CIMLS.mp3] This is part one of the conversation. Part two is here. R. David Lankes is a professor and Dean’s Scholar for the New […]

Guest host Brett Bonfield speaks with Paula Brehm-Heeger, an administrator with the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County and YALSA past-president. Read the transcript. Paula Brehm-Heeger has worked in public libraries for nearly two decades. Currently an administrator with the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Paula is professionally active on a local, … Continue reading 24: Paula Brehm-Heeger