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PrivCo is a leading source of information for private companies. David Brace, their Head of Sales, discusses the use cases, and what makes PrivCo different. You can learn more about the PrivCo offering for Library Lever members at LibraryLever.com/PrivcoOffer

John Seguin is the President, Co-Founder, and Chief Librarian of Third Iron, a library technology company. In this episode he walks us through a masterclass on the issues around open access models, and the solutions that Third Iron is building.

Dr. Sarah Clark is Dean and University Librarian at LaSalle University, and founder of the Kind Leadership Guild and the Kind Leadership Challenge Podcast. Listen to it at KindLeadershipChallenge.com And learn more about Library Lever at LibraryLever.com, or hop into our community at community.librarylever.com

Frank Pennett is a Startup Business Attorney at Broward County Library in Florida, and chats about the library's coworking business incubator space. Show notes on our website at commonstacks.com.

This is important: The way libraries make purchases is broken, added fees make things more expensive than ever, and we're trying to fix it. But we need libraries to stand up with us. That's what the Library Lever Pledge is all about (it's free, and not legally binding!). Learn more in this episode.

In this short episode Heather Teysko and Heather Dray chat about what makes what we're building at Library Lever different than the traditional consortial model, and how libraries can be a part of it, and benefit from it. Check us out at LibraryLever.com to learn more

Jami is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 16 years of experience managing a portfolio of innovative projects and planning initiatives. We talk about how libraries can implement the Agile framework in their own projects and management.

Cordelia Anderson is the author of the new book, Library Marketing and Communications: Strategies to Increase Relevance and Results, from ALA Editions. She is a seasoned marketing and communications executive with 20+ years of experience. She is based in Charlotte, NC but has clients around the US and is nationally recognized for her innovative, strategic and results-driven marketing and communications programs. Clients have included public and academic libraries, library associations, local government agencies and nonprofits. Learn more about her at https://cordeliaandersonapr.com/ Learn more about Library Lever at LibraryLever.com and join our community at https://community.LibraryLever.com. Leave us a voicemail at LibraryLever.com/voicemail.

Jayanti Addleman is the Director of Library Services at Hayward Public Library. Addleman is widely considered a passionate advocate for literacy, inclusion of underserved and marginalized communities, and helping people reach their potential. She has been recognized for professional achievement, including selection in 2015 as California Library Association's Outstanding Librarian in Support of Literacy and as one of Monterey County's Outstanding Women. Follow her on Twitter @Addlemom. And join our community at https://community.LibraryLever.com to continue the discussion, network, and learn new things!

David Adimora is a business executive for library vendors, and we talked about marketing and outreach for libraries - how libraries can utilize tools available to them, and create more awareness for resources and other events. Join our community to keep the conversation going: https://community.LibraryLever.com. Music Credits: "Cheery Monday" "Aerosol of my Love" and "Thinking Music" all by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this episode Michael Blackwell, Director of the St. Mary's County Library in Leonardtown, Maryland and a long time advocate for eresources nationally through his work with ReadersFirst. Check out readersfirst.org for all the position papers and resources. Join the Library Lever community to discuss this episode, and ebook lending! https://community.LibraryLever.com. --Music Credits-- "Royal Coupling" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "Thinking Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) All three Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Heather, Heather, and Rob break down the ALA experience. It was our first time exhibiting, and we had a blast connecting with friends and colleagues we've known for decades. Join our community and share *your* ALA takeaways. https://community.librarylever.com.

Jeff Goins is a bestselling author of five books, including The Art of Work, and Real Artists Don't Starve. Check out his award winning blog at goinswriter.com. This was his talk on dealing with change at the Library Lever launch. And remember that we'd love to welcome you into our free community to connect with colleagues and new friends at https://community.LibraryLever.com. Library Lever is a new kind of mission-based buying club dedicated to building sustainable and equitable collections. We can't wait to meet you in our community. Like the show? Leave us a voicemail with feedback, or show requests at https://librarylever.com/voicemail/ and we will feature some on the next show. Thanks for listening!

Josh Nicholson is the CEO at Scite.ai, which helps researchers see not just what papers have received citations, but how those papers are cited. It's an incredibly powerful tool, and Josh is a wonderful founder to speak with. Learn more about Scite - a Library Lever vendor partner - at Scite.ai. . Learn more about us at LibraryLever.com and hop into our community to learn more about the community at https://community.librarylever.com

This is episode 10, and the whole gang came out to chat with Emily Drabinski, who recently won the election for ALA President starting in 2023. She chatted informally about some of her favorite librarians in fiction, what she'd do with $5 million to build a library from scratch, and how we can all work together and collaborate to make our common spaces work for us. ... Learn more about this episode, and Emily at LibraryLever.com. ... Music Credits: "Cheery Monday" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Thinking Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Wholesome" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Ben Ide is the Head, Resource & Metadata Services at the University of Hartford. He's been working to build up a community around Bibliovation, and is passionate about working with publishers and vendors in order to create the products that libraries want to purchase. Learn more about Ben at LibraryLever.com and join our own Library Lever community at https://community.librarylever.com. And as usual, if you like this show, please leave a rating where you're listening. Thanks!

Henry Bankhead is the City Librarian at San Rafael, and he has a passion for community publishing. Hop into our community at community.librarylever.com to continue the discussion! And leave us a voicemail at librarylever.com/voicemail with show ideas, feedback, and shoutouts. Thanks for listening!

It's National Librarian Day, and we are thrilled to bring you some interviews and stories from librarians who have influenced us. Hear what led them to become librarians, funny and rewarding stories, and advice for up and coming librarians. Remember, we have a voicemail widget, so you can leave us a voicemail with your own shoutouts to librarians, or sharing your library love story. Just go to https://www.librarylever.com/voicemail to leave us a message from your computer or browser. Happy National Librarian Day!

Tim Coates is an author, and has been working in libraries and publishing for over 40 years, including as the Managing Director of Waterstone's in the UK, and WH Smith in Europe. Buy the Freckle Report here: https://www.amazon.com/Freckle-Report-2021-Digital-libraries/dp/1843810646

In this episode Heather and Rob discuss the idea of taming wild data with Eileen Lawrence of Coherent Digital. Learn more at https://coherentdigital.net/ Go to CommonStacks.com to join our social hub, and connect with others who are engaging in the kids of conversations that move libraries forward.

In this episode Heather chats all things open access with Carolyn Morris and Rick Branham fro Cloudsource OA, a new product from SirsiDynix. Learn more at https://www.cloudsourceoa.com/. Go to CommonStacks.com to join our social hub, and connect with others who are engaging in the kids of conversations that move libraries forward.

In this episode, Heather and Rob discuss the work consortia do, why vendors want to work with them, why libraries want to be part of them, and some "good old days" stories from the trenches. Learn more about this show, and join in the conversation at CommonStacks.com where you'll see links to our Slack channel where we have the conversations that move libraries forward.

Why do things cost what they do? What are libraries actually paying for? We dig in, in this second episode, which is a #vaguebuffet of all things related to pricing.

In this episode we introduce the podcast, break down the Proquest acquisition by Clarivate, and talk about the differences between a non-profit and profit when it comes to resources.