Circulating Ideas

Steve chats with Jessica Olin, director of the Robert H. Parker Library at Wesley College and creator of the Letters to a Young Librarian blog. Read the transcript. Jessica Olin is the Director of the Robert H. Parker Library at Wesley College. Her professional interests include incorporating popular reading materials into traditional academic library collections, … Continue reading 61: Jessica Olin

Steve chats with Dolly Moehrle, director of Ventura County Law Library. Read the transcript. Dolly Moehrle is the director of the Ventura County Law Library in Ventura, California. A 2012 Eureka! Leadership fellow, she received her MLIS from San Jose State University in 2012, and worked primarily in public libraries before moving to the law … Continue reading 60: Dolly Moehrle

Steve chats with Valerie Gross, President & CEO of Howard County Library System and author of Transforming Our Image, Building Our Brand: The Education Advantage. Read the transcript. Valerie J. Gross has served as President & CEO of Howard County Library System (HCLS) since 2001. An educator and attorney for 30 years, Gross holds a Master of … Continue reading 59: Valerie Gross

At the 2014 code4lib conference, Lisa Rabey chatted with attendees about their experiences in the technical side of librarianship, including struggles with gender roles. Read the transcript. On the eve of the 2015 code4lib conference, Circulating Ideas presents some thoughtful insight recorded at last year’s code4lib conference by Lisa Rabey from attendees J. Gubernick, Rachel Vacek, … Continue reading 58: Lisa Rabey @ code4lib 2014

Guest host Thomas Maluck chats with attendees of the South Carolina Library Association 2014 Annual Conference. Read the transcript. Guest host Thomas Maluck attended the 2014 South Carolina Library Association Annual Conference and chatted with some librarians about the great work they’re planning for their communities. Erin Washington, John Kennerly, Anna Zacherl, Rebecca Mack, Jessica … Continue reading 57: Thomas Maluck @ SCLA 2014

Eighth (and final) chapter of the serialization of David Lankes’s EXPECT MORE. David Lankes decided recently to record an audio version of his book Expect More (more info here) and chose two podcasts to serialize it: Circulating Ideas (for the librarian audience) and Nerd Absurd (for the non-librarian audience). You can also buy the complete audiobook on Amazon and … Continue reading Expect More 8

Steve chats with Scott Bonner, director of the Ferguson Municipal Public Library in Ferguson, MO. Read the transcript. Scott Bonner has been the director of the Ferguson Municipal Public Library since July 1. The library has been doing a lot of programming for the people of Ferguson, and hosting other organizations that needed space to … Continue reading 56: Scott Bonner

Seventh chapter of the serialization of David Lankes’s EXPECT MORE. David Lankes decided recently to record an audio version of his book Expect More (more info here) and chose two podcasts to serialize it: Circulating Ideas (for the librarian audience) and Nerd Absurd (for the non-librarian audience). You can also buy the complete audiobook on Amazon and elsewhere. Listen … Continue reading Expect More 7

Steve chats with Rebecca Vnuk, editor for Reference and Collection Management at Booklist and co-creator of Shelf Renewal, at the Illinois Library Association conference. Read the transcript. Rebecca Vnuk  is the Editor for Reference and Collection Management at Booklist Publications. She is the author of 3 Reader’s Advisory nonfiction titles for Libraries Unlimited: Read On…Women’s … Continue reading 55: Rebecca Vnuk

Sixth chapter of the serialization of David Lankes’s EXPECT MORE. David Lankes decided recently to record an audio version of his book Expect More (more info here) and chose two podcasts to serialize it: Circulating Ideas (for the librarian audience) and Nerd Absurd (for the non-librarian audience). You can also buy the complete audiobook on Amazon and elsewhere. Listen … Continue reading Expect More 6

Steve chats with Monica Harris and Karen Egan, co-chairs of the Illinois Library Assocation conference planning committee. Read the transcript. Monica Harris is the Deputy Director at the Schaumburg Township District Library and an instructor for San Jose State University’s iSchool. A former teen librarian with an affection for user experience and participatory services, she … Continue reading 54: Monica Harris and Karen Egan

 Fifth chapter of the serialization of David Lankes’s EXPECT MORE. David Lankes decided recently to record an audio version of his book Expect More (more info here) and chose two podcasts to serialize it: Circulating Ideas (for the librarian audience) and Nerd Absurd (for the non-librarian audience). You can also buy the complete audiobook on Amazon and elsewhere. … Continue reading Expect More 5

Steve chats with Becky Spratford, author of The Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror, at the Illinois Library Association annual conference. Read the transcript. Becky Spratford [MLIS] has been a Readers’ Advisor for patrons ages 13 and up for over 14 years at the Berwyn [IL] Public Library. She has taught at the graduate level and … Continue reading 53: Becky Spratford

 Fourth chapter of the serialization of David Lankes’s EXPECT MORE. David Lankes decided recently to record an audio version of his book Expect More (more info here) and chose two podcasts to serialize it: Circulating Ideas (for the librarian audience) and Nerd Absurd (for the non-librarian audience). You can also buy the complete audiobook on Amazon and elsewhere. Listen … Continue reading Expect More 4

 Third chapter of the serialization of David Lankes’s EXPECT MORE. David Lankes decided recently to record an audio version of his book Expect More (more info here) and chose two podcasts to serialize it: Circulating Ideas (for the librarian audience) and Nerd Absurd (for the non-librarian audience). You can also buy the complete audiobook on Amazon and elsewhere. Listen … Continue reading Expect More 3