The Skillset Podcast

By The University of South Carolina and Publishers Weekly

What's The Skillset Podcast about?

A library issues podcast from the University of South Carolina School of Information Science, the Augusta Baker Endowed Chair, and the South Carolina Center for Community Literacy, and in partnership with 'Publishers Weekly'

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Skillset Podcast episodes:

05.20.2021
The Skillset Podcast S2 E7: Exploring Morale in the Workplace with Kaetrena Kendrick
Kaetrena Davis Kendrick is Dean of the Ida Jane Dacus Library and Louise Pettus Archives & Special Collections at Winthrop University (SC), where her research interests include professionalism, ethics, racial and ethnic diversity in the LIS field, and the role of...
05.12.2021
The Skillset Podcast S2 E6: People-Centered Service with David Seleb
Nicole A. Cooke talks with Oak Park Public Library (Illinois) Executive Director David Seleb, a lifelong Chicago area resident who has pursued what he calls "people-centered" library services to the residents of his community. In this wide-ranging discussion Seleb talks about working to...
05.06.2021
The Skillset Podcast S2 E5: Reflection and Mindfulness with Amanda Leftwich
Nicole A. Cooke talks with Amanda Leftwich, the Student Success Librarian at Montgomery County Community College (PA). Leftwich's work focuses on utilizing reflective practice and mindfulness to help navigate microaggressions, prevent burnout, and find community. She is the founder of...
04.29.2021
The Skillset Podcast S2 E4: The Power of Diversity and Equity with Jennie Marie Durán
Jennie Marie Durán is the Assistant Vice Chancellor and System-wide Affirmative Action Officer for the State University of New York (SUNY). Durán has significant experience in affirmative action, equal employment opportunity, Americans with Disabilities Act, diversity management, as well as policy and law. The...
04.20.2021
The Skillset Podcast S2 E3: Mental Health Awareness with Abby Phillips
Dr. Abigail Phillips is an Assistant Professor in the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where her research interests include cyberbullying, youth, social media, empathy, librarianship, libraries, making, critical librarianship, neurodiversity, and mental health advocacy. She is...
04.16.2021
The Skillset Podcast S2 E2: Health and Wellness with Noah Lenstra
Dr. Noah Lenstra is an Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where he brings a community engagement approach to the study and teaching of libraries. Notably,...
04.07.2021
The Skillset Podcast S2 E1: Celebrating the Beauty of Black Literature with Forrest Evans
Nicole A. Cooke talks with Forrest Evans, reference librarian at the Auburn Avenue Research Library, a branch of the Fulton County Library System in Atlanta, Georgia, dedicated to African American history, culture, and literature. An experienced librarian and a published...
04.07.2021
The Skillset Podcast S2 E0: Introduction by R. David Lankes
In this short explainer, co-host R. David Lankes talks about what listeners can expect from Season Two of The Skillset Podcast, which will focus on community health and staff well-being as librarians continue to wrestle with the immediate threat from...
03.19.2021
A Special Episode of The Skillset Podcast: Libraries Lead in the New Normal with Mike Eisenberg, Part II.
In this second special episode of The Skillset Podcast, R. David Lankes and Mike Eisenberg continue their conversation on how libraries can lead in creating our post-pandemic new normal. In this followup, Mike and Dave discuss vaccines and how libraries...
02.19.2021
A Special Episode of The Skillset Podcast: Libraries Lead in the New Normal with Mike Eisenberg
This special episode of The Skillset Podcast features a wide-ranging discussion between R. David Lankes and Mike Eisenberg, Professor and Dean Emeritus and the founding dean of the Information School at the University of Washington. The discussion will give you...
01.15.2021
The Skillset Podcast #11: Corinne Hill on the Secret to the Chattanooga Public Library's Success
In the last interview of the first season of The Skill Set Podcast Corinne Hill, Executive Director at The Chattanooga (TN) Public Library explains how moving the community to center of everything helped transform Chattanooga into into one of the...
01.08.2021
The Skillset Podcast #10: Engaging the Unengaged with Jason Broughton
There aren’t too many librarians who get into the business in order to sue the federal government. And to be fair, Jason Broughton, the state librarian of Vermont, didn’t want to join this club. But as the head of the...
12.18.2020
The Skillset Podcast #9: Ilona Kisch on Public Library 2030
It’s largely accepted as a truism that libraries connect and work together—interlibrary loan, consortia, union catalogs. However, working together and connecting is not a simple task. Add in different histories, cultures, languages, political systems and you begin to get a...
12.11.2020
The Skillset Podcast #8: Kelvin Watson on his Commitment to Service
Kelvin Watson became the Broward County, Florida library director on February 26th, 2017 after serving as the chief operating officer and senior vice president for the Queens Public Library in New York city, one of the nations most diverse library systems,...
12.04.2020
The Skillset Podcast #7: Clayton Copeland on the Importance of Accessibility
In this episode we talk with Clayton Copeland who is on the faculty of the iSchool at the University of South Carolina, and the director of the Laboratory for Leadership in Equity and Diversity. Copeland is an scholar, an educator and tireless...
11.20.2020
The Skillset Podcast #6: Melanie Townsend Diggs Reflects on the 2015 Uprising in Baltimore
On April 27, 2015, Melanie Townsend Diggs was heading up the Pennsylvania Branch of the Enoch Pratt libraries in Baltimore, at the epicenter of the uprising in Baltimore caused by the death of Freddy Gray in police custody. In this interview, she...
11.13.2020
The Skillset Podcast #5: Sue Kowalski, School Librarian at Pine Grove Middle School
Sue Kowalski knows a lot about connecting to her students. Years before the pandemic Sue’s library was closed for a building renovation, and her students scattered across her district—so she bought a used RV and drove from school to school...
11.06.2020
The Skillset Podcast #4: Academic Libraries in the Wake of Covid-19 with Clemson University’s Christopher Cox
Host David Lankes catches up with Christopher Cox, Dean of Libraries at Clemson University, to talk about the lessons Clemson—and academic libraries more broadly—are learning in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
10.30.2020
The Skillset Podcast #3: Politics and Libraries with EveryLibrary's John Chrastka
With the election days away, this is the perfect time to remember that public libraries exist in a political as well as civic space. In this episode, hosts David Lankes and Nicole Cooke talk to John Chrastka, head of EveryLibrary,...
10.23.2020
The Skillset Podcast #2: The library as a platform with library Angela Craig, Director of the Charleston County (SC) Public Library
In this episode a conversation with Angela Craig, director of the Charleston County Public Library in South Carolina. We talk about what it’s like to run a library…one week at a time. She shares a lot of fantastic ideas and...
10.20.2020
The Skillset Podcast #1: Rethinking Community Engagement, with Tamara King
Hosts Nicole Cooke & David Lankes talk with Tamara King, director of community relations at the Richland (SC) Public Library about the changing nature of community engagement in a time of pandemic, Black Lives Matter, & economic recession. Learn how...
10.19.2020
The Skillset Podcast with R. David Lankes and Nicole A. Cooke: An Introduction
In this short explainer, co-host R. David Lankes talks about the genesis of The Skillset Podcast, what the podcast seeks to add to the conversation around the future of libraries, and why the current crises transforming libraries is also an...

What's The Skillset Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Skillset Podcast episodes:

The Skillset Podcast S2 E7: Exploring Morale in the Workplace with Kaetrena Kendrick

The Skillset Podcast S2 E6: People-Centered Service with David Seleb

The Skillset Podcast S2 E5: Reflection and Mindfulness with Amanda Leftwich

The Skillset Podcast S2 E4: The Power of Diversity and Equity with Jennie Marie Durán

The Skillset Podcast S2 E3: Mental Health Awareness with Abby Phillips

The Skillset Podcast S2 E2: Health and Wellness with Noah Lenstra

The Skillset Podcast S2 E1: Celebrating the Beauty of Black Literature with Forrest Evans

The Skillset Podcast S2 E0: Introduction by R. David Lankes

A Special Episode of The Skillset Podcast: Libraries Lead in the New Normal with Mike Eisenberg, Part II.

A Special Episode of The Skillset Podcast: Libraries Lead in the New Normal with Mike Eisenberg

The Skillset Podcast #11: Corinne Hill on the Secret to the Chattanooga Public Library's Success

The Skillset Podcast #10: Engaging the Unengaged with Jason Broughton

The Skillset Podcast #9: Ilona Kisch on Public Library 2030

The Skillset Podcast #8: Kelvin Watson on his Commitment to Service

The Skillset Podcast #7: Clayton Copeland on the Importance of Accessibility

The Skillset Podcast #6: Melanie Townsend Diggs Reflects on the 2015 Uprising in Baltimore

The Skillset Podcast #5: Sue Kowalski, School Librarian at Pine Grove Middle School

The Skillset Podcast #4: Academic Libraries in the Wake of Covid-19 with Clemson University’s Christopher Cox

The Skillset Podcast #3: Politics and Libraries with EveryLibrary's John Chrastka

The Skillset Podcast #2: The library as a platform with library Angela Craig, Director of the Charleston County (SC) Public Library

The Skillset Podcast #1: Rethinking Community Engagement, with Tamara King

The Skillset Podcast with R. David Lankes and Nicole A. Cooke: An Introduction