Dr. Sandra Hirsh, Associate Dean of Academics, College of Information, Data and Society and Special Advisor to the Provost for AI Initiatives at San Jose State University discusses her new book Library 2035: Imagining the Next Generation of Libraries. During our conversation, she mentioned ASIS&T. I mentioned that SLA was looking to merge with ASIS&T and I encouraged both memberships to vote for the merger. This episode was recorded the end of July. I am happy to report that last week, both memberships did affirm the merger!

Helen Rimmer, The Kind Brave Leader, discusses kindness, wellbeing and bravery, as well as her fall event Kindness Unites.

Alexander London, award winning author, discusses why he worked in libraries and why he became an author. During our conversation, he mentioned the Virginia Children's Book Festival.

Megan Schadlich, Founder and Director of The Healing Library, discusses how librarians are a great fit to work in educational design, instructional facilitation and as a Curriculum Advisor.

Kristie Grzywinski, Director of Technical Services at SQF Institute, discusses why librarians are a great fit to work in associations. During our conversation, she mentioned Association for Women in Science, why we should not eat raw cookie dough, as well as how to cut your risk of food borne illness. Kristie also recommends Spoke and Bird and Good Ambler for good coffee in Chicago.

Billy Allen , owner of 3 King Visions, discusses how librarians are the leaders of the new cool.

Bobbi Newman, owner of Bobbi L. Newman Consulting, discusses workplace well being. She is the founder of ThriveLib and ThriveLib: Reclaiming Joy, Balance, and Boundaries in Libraries conference.

Kayl Parker, Senior Operations Consultant at Sparklos, discusses how important it is for librarians to value themselves and make themselves marketable. She mentions Women in Tech during our conversation.

Martin Kalfatovic, Managing Director of International Image Interoperability Framework Consortium, discusses how his library skills and experience fit perfectly into managing the interoperability of digital objects. Shout out to Ranganathan!

Naomi L.A ‘Baudelaire’ Smith, a global DEI consultant, discusses why she is committed to rearchitecting systems to honor marginalized voices and foster meaningful, lasting change.