Circulating Ideas

Steve speaks with David Lee King, librarian and author of Face2Face: Using Facebook, Twitter, and Other Social Media Tools to Create Great Customer Connections. David Lee King is the Digital Services Director at Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, where he plans, implements, and experiments with emerging technology trends. He speaks internationally about emerging trends, website management, digital experience, and social media, and has been published in many library-related journals. David was named a Library Journal Mover and Shaker for 2008. His newest book, Face2Face: Using Facebook, Twitter, and Other Social Media Tools to Create Great Customer Connections, was published in September. David writes the Outside/In column in American Libraries Magazine with Michael Porter, and maintains a blog at http://www.davidleeking.com.

Steve speaks with Leah White about submissions for the new book on library innovation that she is editing with Anthony Molaro. Call for chapter contributions. Recent conferences have highlighted the importance of innovation in libraries, and it is a term often heard in library circles. But what is innovation? Innovation is an incremental process. It is the creation of effective, efficient, and better products, services, technologies, programs or structures to help libraries meet the needs of 21st century library patrons. How does your library engage in an innovation process? What innovations can your library adopt today? Who can suggest, plan, implement and assess ideas? The Library Innovation Cookbook: Bite-Sized Ideas to Fuel Growth in Your Library is designed to answer those questions with quick morsels that your library can apply immediately. Editors: Dr. Anthony Molaro is an imaginarian and information activist and is the Associate Dean of Library and Instructional Technology at Prairie State College. Leah L. White is a Reader Services Librarian and creator of Books on Tap, Northbrook Public Library’s first book club in a pub.

Steve speaks with Wendy Stephens, librarian at Cullman High School. Wendy Stephens is the librarian at Cullman High School and a doctoral candidate in Information at the University of North Texas, where she was funded by an IMLS grant to prepare school and public library faculty. Her research interests include reader response theory, selection, censorship and digital inclusion. She is an AASL representative to the Office of Information Technology Policy Digital Literacy Task force, the YALSA Website Advisory Board chair, and an ALA Councilor-at-Large. She blogs at Wendy on the Web and you can follow her on Twitter @wsstephens.

Steve speaks with John Chrastka, executive director of EveryLibrary, the PAC for libraries. EveryLibrary helps public, school, and college libraries win bonding, tax, and advisory referendum, ensuring stable funding and access to libraries for generations to come. EveryLibrary will be the first and only national organization dedicated exclusively to political action at a local level to create, renew, and protect public funding for libraries of all types. We will provide tactical and operational support to local voter awareness campaigns, seed and sustaining monies to local ballot committees and PACs, as well as conducting direct voter advocacy in support of library taxing, bonding, and referendum. EveryLibrary’s founder is John Chrastka, a long time library trustee, supporter, and advocate. Mr. Chrastka is a partner in AssociaDirect, a Chicago-based consultancy focused on supporting associations in membership recrutiment, conference, and goverance activities. He is also president of the Board of Trustees for the Berwyn (IL) Public Library (2006 – present) and is a former president of the Reaching Across Illinois Libraries System (RAILS) multi-type library system. Prior to his work at AssociaDirect, he was Director for Membership Development at the American Library Association (ALA), the world’s oldest and largest organization for librarians, library workers, supporters, and advocates. He is a current trustee member of ALA as well as in the Illinois Library Association (ILA), where he chairs the Fundraising Committee.

Steve speaks with Howard Rheingold, author of Net Smart. Howard Rheingold is the author of: Tools for Thought The Virtual Community Smart Mobs Net Smart Was: editor of Whole Earth Review editor of The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog founding executive editor of Hotwired founder of Electric Minds Has taught: Participatory Media and Collective Action (UC Berkeley, SIMS, Fall 2005, 2006, 2007) Virtual Community/Social Media (Stanford, Fall 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011; UC Berkeley, Spring 2008, 2009)  Toward a Literacy of Cooperation (Stanford, Winter, 2005) Digital Journalism (Stanford University Winter, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) Current projects: Social Media Classroom The Cooperation Project Rheingold U 

Steve speaks with North Carolina academic librarians Lauren Pressley and Lynda Kellam. Lauren Pressley is the Head of Instruction and an Associate Librarian at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University. In this role, Lauren collaboratively manages the library’s instruction program, plans and manages professional development for librarians who teach, administers the LIB100/200 program, represents library instruction to various audiences, and serves as library representative on teaching-related committees including the Teaching and Learning Center advisory board. Lauren earned her MLIS from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and BAs in Philosophy and Small Group and Interpersonal Communication from North Carolina State University. She’s published the books So You Want To Be a Librarian and Wikis for Libraries, serves in elected positions on the American Library Association Council and the Library and Information Technology Association Board of Directors, and is a member of the Horizon Project Advisory Board. She has been recognized as an ALA Emerging Leader, a Library Journal Mover & Shaker, and with a UNCG School of Education Distinguished Alumni Early Career award. She frequently writes and presents on education, instruction, technology, and the future of libraries. Lauren also blogs at ALA Learning, tweets as @laurenpressley, and can be reached at lauren@laurenpressley.com. Lynda Kellam is the Data Services and Government Information Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s University Libraries. In addition to providing research assistance and instruction on data and government sources, she is the library instruction and collections liaison to the Political Science Department, Environmental Studies program, and pre-Law program. In her spare time she is a co-coordinator of the Reference Department's LIS graduate student intern and practicum programs. Lynda received her MA in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and her MLIS from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She tweets as @lyndamk and blogs at librarianship =.

Steve speaks with librarians / bloggers Liz Burns and Kelly Jensen. Kelly (l.) and Liz (r.) Liz Burns blogs about young adult books, TV, and other things that capture her fancy at A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy at School Library Journal. By day, she is a Youth Services Librarian for an east coast regional library for the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Liz co-authored, with Sophie Brookover, Pop Goes the Library: Using Pop Culture to Connect with Your Whole Community (Information Today, Inc., 2008).Three things to know about her: her favorite television show is Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she used to be a lawyer (but don't hold that against her) and she loves to read. Liz lives at the Jersey Shore.... and it's nothing like the TV show. Really. You can follow her on Twitter @LizB. Kelly Jensen is a librarian, a reader, a writer, a copy editor, and compulsive consumer of all things books and blogs. She lives in a small town in Wisconsin but grew up near Chicago, spending time in rural Iowa and Austin, Texas in between. She enjoys really bad reality television, cooking, traveling, ice cream, and making art. Two crucial facts: she does not eat red meat and has not read Jane Austen. She's probably the cruelest person you will ever know. Kelly blogs at Stacked and you can find her on Twitter @catagator. SHOW NOTES: Toddlers & Tiaras Blog posts/series/presentations: Kelly & Jackie Parker's Passive Programming #SubvertALA Presentation Liz and Sophie Brookover's book, Pop Goes the Library Liz's ALA presentation on ReTelling Stories "So You Want to Read YA?" series On Passion & Igniting It Book Blogs:Hi Miss JulieBookshelves of DoomColleen Mondor/Chasing RayBook SmugglersReading RantsClear Eyes, Full ShelvesThe ReadventurerYouth Services CornerYA Love Blog Book picks for 2012:This is Not a Test by Courtney SummersSomething Like Normal by Trish DollerThe List by Siobhan VivianCome See About Me by CK Kelly MartinLong Lankin by Lindsay BarracloughCode Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinI Hunt Killers by Barry LygaThe Book of Blood and Shadow by Robin WassermanFroi of the Exiles by Melina MarchettaGrave Mercy 

Steve speaks with Jessamyn West of librarian.net and MetaFilter. Jessamyn West works in rural Vermont as a library technologist and is a community manager at MetaFilter.com. She is the author of Without a Net: Librarians Bridging the Digital Divide. She can be found online at www.librarian.net and www.jessamyn.com. You can follow her on Twitter @jessamyn

Steve speaks with a selection of the 2012 Library Journal Movers & Shakers. Library Journal Movers & Shakers 2012 Sam Chada Emerging Technology Librarian Sandusky Library, OH Brett Bonfield Director Collingswood Public Library, NJ Michelle Chronister Program Analyst U.S. General Services Administration, Washington, DC Joshua Finnell Humanities Librarian William Howard Doane Library, Denison University, Granville, OH Visiting Lecturer, School and Media Library Certification Program, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA Kristin Fontichiaro Clinical Assistant Professor School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Steve speaks with a selection of the 2012 Library Journal Movers & Shakers. Library Journal Movers & Shakers 2012   Renee Grassi Youth Services Librarian Deerfield Public Library, Deerfield, IL Jennifer LaGarde Teacher-Librarian Myrtle Grove Middle School, Wilmington, NC Stephen X. Flynn Emerging Technologies Librarian College of Wooster Libraries, OH Jordana Vincent Collection Development Librarian Douglas County Libraries, Castle Rock, CO Leah White Reader Services Librarian Northbrook Public Library, IL

Steve attended the Public Library Association 2012 Conference in Philadelphia. photo by Steve Thomas This was my first time doing interviews face-to-face. The audio quality isn't always the best and I apologize for that, but hopefully the quality of the speakers will make up for it! Andy Woodworth and I discussed ebooks and the digital divide. Barbara Stripling spoke with me about her role in Molly Raphael's "Empowering Voices, Transforming Communities" initiative. Gina Millsap spoke about using market segmentation to find new library users and how to better cater to your current ones. Lindsey Levinsohn and Annie Seiler spoke with me about using Twitter at library conferences. Maurice Coleman and I talked about his excellent podcast, T is for Training, and other sundry topics.

Steve speaks with the two candidates for ALA President in 2012: Barbara Stripling and Gina Millsap. Barbara Stripling Barbara Stripling has recently joined the faculty at Syracuse University as an Assistant Professor of Practice.  Prior to Syracuse, she was Director of Library Services for the New York City schools for seven years.  Stripling brought to New York City schools the experience of a thirty-year career as a classroom teacher in Colorado and North Carolina, a school library media specialist and school district director of libraries in Arkansas, a library grant program director in Tennessee, and director of library programs at a local education fund in New York City.  She received her Doctorate in Information Management from Syracuse University in May 2011 and has written or edited numerous books and articles.  Stripling is a former president of the American Association of School Librarians, a former member of the American Library Association Executive Board, and a current member of ALA Council. Barbara's campaign site Gina Millsap Gina Millsap is the chief executive officer of the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library. She leads an organization of 225 incredible employees serving a library-loving community of 177,000. She served as the director of the Ames (Iowa) Public Library and at the Daniel Boone Public Library prior to making Kansas her home. She’s worked in libraries for 30+ years and received her Masters of Library Science from the University of Missouri, in the previous century. Her degree may be an antique, but her outlook isn’t; she’s been recognized as a Library Journal Mover and Shaker and is Past President of the Library Leadership and Management Association, a division of the American Library Association. She presents and writes on a variety of current topics, including market segmentation, public library trustee education, 21stcentury librarianship and process improvement. Gina's campaign site

Steve speaks with Andy Woodworth, a New Jersey public librarian who blogs at Agnostic, Maybe. Andy is a public librarian in New Jersey. He spends his days surrounded by vast amounts of information which he consumes on a fairly regular basis. He was named a 2010 Library Journal Mover & Shaker. His blog was the recipient of  the only Honorable Mention ever awarded on the LISNews "Top 10 Librarian Blogs to Read in 2010" (read and you’ll see why) and received First Place in the Salem Press Blog Awards in 2010. You can follow him on Twitter @wawoodworth. SHOW NOTES: Agnostic, Maybe Libraries & Ben & Jerry's People for a library-themed Ben & Jerry's flavor! Facebook group HarperCollins petition eBook User's Bill of Rights American Library Association Jenny Levine ALA Connect Endangered Libraries t-shirt Challenge Reporting: Defend the Freedom to Read Nancy Pearl | action figure Library Journal Movers and Shakers Sarah Houghton Jessamyn West Bobbi Newman Library Society of the World Hack Library School Annoyed Librarian Unemployment in Libraryland

Steve speaks with Bobbi Newman who blogs at Librarian by Day, and is the founder and coordinator of the Library Day in the Life Project. Bobbi is dedicated to helping libraries find their place in the digital age. She is passionate about 21st century literacies and the role of all libraries in equal access and opportunity for all. Her professional interests include digital and technology based services, the digital divide, and improving existing services through expanding traditional methods, while creating innovative new practices. She shares her passions by consulting and speaking at local, national, and international conferences. Bobbi was named a Mover and Shaker by Library Journal in 2011. Her professional involvements and accomplishments include founding and coordinating the semi-annual Library Day in the Life Project. She is a frequent caller on T is for Training and a contributor and advocate at Library Renewal. In 2010, she co-founded the Transliteracy Interest Group, LITA, ALA, and currently serves as co-chair. Bobbi co-founded and writes for Libraries and Transliteracy Project. She was recently invited to be a contributor on the Transliteracy Research Group. She was appointed as the LITA representative on the ALA OITP Digital Literacy Task Force and serves as an ALA Councilor-at-Large and on the OITP Advisory Committee. SHOW NOTES: Librarian by Day Library Day in the Life wiki libday6: Ned Potter So you want to be a librarian by Lauren Pressley Meredith Farkas: Why I participated in Library Day in the Life GUARDIAN: Beyond books: what it takes to be a 21st century librarian #echolib 9 Reasons Publishers Should Stop Acting Like Libraries Are The Enemy and Start Thanking Them Mirghani, S. (2011). The War on Piracy: Analyzing the Discursive Battles of Corporate and Government-Sponsored Anti-Piracy Media Campaigns. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 28(2), 113-134. doi:10.1080/15295036.2010.514933 Piracy is not theft [graphic] Cory Doctorow ALA Press Release: "ALA alarmed at seizure of Occupy Wall Street library, loss of irreplaceable material" What IS a library?

Steve speaks with R. David Lankes, professor at Syracuse University's School of Information Studies and author of The Atlas of New Librarianship. R. David Lankes is a professor and Dean's Scholar for the New Librarianship at Syracuse University's School of Information Studies, director of the library science program for the school, and director of the Information Institute of Syracuse. Lankes has always been interested in combining theory and practice to create active research projects that make a difference. Past projects include the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology, the Gateway to Education Materials, AskERIC and the Virtual Reference Desk. Lankes' more recent work involves how participatory concepts can reshape libraries and credibility. Lankes is a passionate advocate for libraries and their essential role in today's society. He also seeks to understand how information approaches and technologies can be used to transform industries. In this capacity he has served on advisory boards and study teams in the fields of libraries, telecommunications, education, and transportation including at the National Academies. He has been a visiting fellow at the National Library of Canada, the Harvard School of Education, and the first fellow of ALA's Office for Information Technology Policy. SHOW NOTES: Virtual Dave...Real Blog The Atlas of New Librarianship | Blog Books on the Side A Rose By Any Other Name Civil War, Doctors, and the Future of Librarians The Annoyed Librarian