Circulating Ideas

Steve chats with Rebecca Vnuk, editor of IndiePicks, the book review publication dedicated to independent publishers and authors. Rebecca Vnuk comes to IndiePicks after holding the position of Editor for Collection Management and Library Outreach with Booklist Publications. She has an MLIS from Dominican University and worked for a decade as a public librarian, in a variety of positions from … Continue reading 121: Rebecca Vnuk

Steve chats with Becky Spratford, creator of RA for All and RA for All: Horror, about getting respect for reviews of genre titles, her upcoming work in IndiePicks magazine, and how to do readers’ advisory in genres you don’t personally enjoy or understand (also, Carrie vs. Pennywise??). Becky Spratford is a Readers’ Advisor in Illinois … Continue reading 120: Becky Spratford

Steve chats with Jeffrey Davis about his new book, The Collection All Around: Sharing Our Cities, Towns, and Natural Places. Jeffrey T. Davis is a branch manager at San Diego Public Library. He has worked in branch and central libraries from the South Bronx to downtown San Diego and in collection development and online services. … Continue reading 119: Jeffrey Davis

Steve chats with John Chrastka, Executive Director of EveryLibrary, about their One Million Americans for Libraries project and more. John Chrastka is founder and executive director of EveryLibrary, the first Super PAC for libraries. Since 2012, EveryLibrary has provided pro-bono support to 63 library communities with ballot measures and tax referendum, helping win well over … Continue reading 118: John Chrastka

Steve chats with Alison Macrina, founder and director of the Library Freedom Project. Alison Macrina is a librarian, internet activist, the founder and director of the Library Freedom Project, and a core contributor to The Tor Project. Alison is passionate about connecting surveillance issues to larger global struggles for justice, demystifying privacy and security technologies … Continue reading 117: Alison Macrina

Guest host Troy Swanson chats with Laura Lauzen-Collins, professor at Moraine Valley Community College, about how and why our brains are wired to accept fake news. Read the transcript. Laura Lauzen-Collins earned her Masters and Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Pittsburgh where she studied both health and social psychology. Her early work in … Continue reading 116: Laura Lauzen-Collins

Steve chats with Joseph Janes, Associate Professor at the University of Washington Information School and author of the new book, Documents That Changed the Way We Live. Joseph Janes is Associate Professor at the University of Washington Information School. A frequent speaker in the US and abroad, he is the author of several books, including Library 2020, … Continue reading 115: Joseph Janes

Steve chats with David Weinberger, a senior researcher at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and a former co-director of Harvard’s Library Innovation Lab. Read the transcript. From the earliest days of the Web, David Weinberger, Ph.D., has been a pioneering thought-leader about the Internet’s effect on our lives, our businesses, and most … Continue reading 114: David Weinberger

Guest host Troy Swanson chats with William B. Badke, Associate Librarian at Trinity Western University, Canada, about fake news. William B. Badke is Associate Librarian at Trinity Western University, Canada, with responsibility for information resources and research training at the Associated Canadian Theological Schools. He is author of numerous articles and the widely used textbook, … Continue reading 113: William Badke

Steve chats with Steve O’Connor, editor of Library Management and the author of Library Management in Disruptive Times. Steve O’Connor is a seasoned international speaker, workshop presenter, editor, writer, consultant and, of course, librarian.  He wrote the book on scenario planning for libraries and other organizations (Imagining Your Library’s Future Chandos which is now also … Continue reading 112: Steve O’Connor

Steve reports back from the fourth day of the 2017 ALA Annual Conference and has brief chats with Bonnie Tijerina, Jason Griffey, and David Lankes. SHOW NOTES: Protecting Patron PrivacyData & SocietyMeasure the FutureLibraryBox Forget the Future: Our Time Is Now Circulating Ideas is produced with support from the University of South Carolina School of … Continue reading 111.4 ALA Annual 2017, Day 4

Steve reports back from the third day of the 2017 ALA Annual Conference and has a brief chat with Cory Eckert. SHOW NOTES: Storytime Underground 2017 Gale / Library Journal Library of the Year: Nashville Public Library, TN Circulating Ideas is produced with support from the University of South Carolina School of Library and Information … Continue reading 111.3 ALA Annual 2017, Day 3

Steve reports back from the second day of the 2017 ALA Annual Conference and has brief chats with Leah White and Becky Spratford. SHOW NOTES: Sarah Jessica Parker announces first pick for ALA’s Book Club Central Circulating Ideas is produced with support from the University of South Carolina School of Library and Information Science and … Continue reading 111.2 ALA Annual 2017, Day 2

Steve reports back from the first day of the 2017 ALA Annual Conference and has a brief chat wth Michael Perry, head of Assessment and Planning at Northwestern University Library. Circulating Ideas is produced with support from the University of South Carolina School of Library and Information Science and listeners like you. Find out how you … Continue reading 111.1 ALA Annual 2017, Day 1

Steve chats with Kyle Cassidy, author and photographer, about his new book This Is What a Librarian Looks Like. Kyle Cassidy is an award winning journalist and author of the photo books “Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes” and “War Paint: Tattoo Culture & the Armed Forces.” He also photographed the 2015 … Continue reading 110: Kyle Cassidy