Podcasts about librarianship

In this episode of Crazy Wisdom, host Stewart Alsop talks with Jessica Talisman, founder of Contextually and creator of the Ontology Pipeline, about the deep connections between knowledge management, library science, and the emerging world of AI systems. Together they explore how controlled vocabularies, ontologies, and metadata shape meaning for both humans and machines, why librarianship has lessons for modern tech, and how cultural context influences what we call “knowledge.” Jessica also discusses the rise of AI librarians, the problem of “AI slop,” and the need for collaborative, human-centered knowledge ecosystems. You can learn more about her work at Ontology Pipeline and find her writing and talks on LinkedIn.Check out this GPT we trained on the conversationTimestamps00:00 Stewart Alsop welcomes Jessica Talisman to discuss Contextually, ontologies, and how controlled vocabularies ground scalable systems.05:00 They compare philosophy's ontology with information science, linking meaning, categorization, and sense-making for humans and machines.10:00 Jessica explains why SQL and Postgres can't capture knowledge complexity and how neuro-symbolic systems add context and interoperability.15:00 The talk turns to library science's split from big data in the 1990s, metadata schemas, and the FAIR principles of findability and reuse.20:00 They discuss neutrality, bias in corporate vocabularies, and why “touching grass” matters for reconciling internal and external meanings.25:00 Conversation shifts to interpretability, cultural context, and how Western categorical thinking differs from China's contextual knowledge.30:00 Jessica introduces process knowledge, documentation habits, and the danger of outsourcing how-to understanding.35:00 They explore knowledge as habit, the tension between break-things culture and library design thinking, and early AI experiments.40:00 Libraries' strategic use of AI, metadata precision, and the emerging role of AI librarians take focus.45:00 Stewart connects data labeling, Surge AI, and the economics of good data with Jessica's call for better knowledge architectures.50:00 They unpack content lifecycle, provenance, and user context as the backbone of knowledge ecosystems.55:00 The talk closes on automation limits, human-in-the-loop design, and Jessica's vision for collaborative consulting through Contextually.Key InsightsOntology is about meaning, not just data structure. Jessica Talisman reframes ontology from a philosophical abstraction into a practical tool for knowledge management—defining how things relate and what they mean within systems. She explains that without clear categories and shared definitions, organizations can't scale or communicate effectively, either with people or with machines.Controlled vocabularies are the foundation of AI literacy. Jessica emphasizes that building a controlled vocabulary is the simplest and most powerful way to disambiguate meaning for AI. Machines, like people, need context to interpret language, and consistent terminology prevents the “hallucinations” that occur when systems lack semantic grounding.Library science predicted today's knowledge crisis. Stewart and Jessica trace how, in the 1990s, tech went down the path of “big data” while librarians quietly built systems of metadata, ontologies, and standards like schema.org. Today's AI challenges—interoperability, reliability, and information overload—mirror problems library science has been solving for decades.Knowledge is culturally shaped. Drawing from Patrick Lambe's work, Jessica notes that Western knowledge systems are category-driven, while Chinese systems emphasize context. This cultural distinction explains why global AI models often miss nuance or moral voice when trained on limited datasets.Process knowledge is disappearing. The West has outsourced its “how-to” knowledge—what Jessica calls process knowledge—to other countries. Without documentation habits, we risk losing the embodied know-how that underpins manufacturing, engineering, and even creative work.Automation cannot replace critical thinking. Jessica warns against treating AI as “room service.” Automation can support, but not substitute, human judgment. Her own experience with a contract error generated by an AI tool underscores the importance of review, reflection, and accountability in human–machine collaboration.Collaborative consulting builds knowledge resilience. Through her consultancy, Contextually, Jessica advocates for “teaching through doing”—helping teams build their own ontologies and vocabularies rather than outsourcing them. Sustainable knowledge systems, she argues, depend on shared understanding, not just good technology.

School librarian, Fallon Farokhi, has worked in primary schools as librarian and teacher, and has now transitioned to running the highschool library. She joins Dan and Anna from California to chat about her path, her work with professional organizations, and a trove of resources for the school librarian.

In this episode, host Carrie Bresnehen, vice chair of TLA's Public Relations and Marketing Committee, talks with Mary Woodard, retired school library director and 2022–23 TLA President. Mary reflects on her path into librarianship, the vital role school librarians play, and how to maximize impact even with limited resources. She highlights the importance of self-care, community, and aligning with district goals, while encouraging librarians to share their successes and demonstrate their value.Libraries Transform Texas is produced by Association Briefings.

In the third episode of the Comics Librarianship series Iurgi sits down with Jane Burns, an experienced lecturer, researcher, published author and public speaker. Jane is a member of the Executive Council of the Library Association of Ireland and has been awarded Fellowship status by the LAI for contributions to the development of the profession and commitment to Continuous Professional Development and Research.Jane is currently pursuing a PhD in Education at Dublin City University exploring the field of Graphic Medicine and she was involved in the 15th annual Graphic Medicine Conference through the Technological University of the Shannon where she works.In this conversation Jane discusses her relationship with comics, how academia and universities are embracing comics and why graphic medicine is growing in importance.02:36 Jane discusses her relationship with comics throughout the years06:52 How the relationship of academia with comics has changed and why11:14 Jane and Iurgi discuss some of the strengths of comics as texts, their power and their allure21:20 Jane discusses universities and how they are increasingly engaging more with comics 24:05 Jane discusses her focus on comics, medicine and teaching environments. She also discusses the International Graphic Medicine Conference in Ireland and upcoming creation of the Irish chapter of the Graphic Medicine Collective.31:05 Jane discusses some of the main takeaways from the graphic medicine conference and what she would like to see into the future38:48 What school and public libraries can do in the field of graphic medicine40:29 Jane recommends some graphic medicine titles to read: The Graphic Medicine Manifesto, MK Czerwiec's Taking Turn and Menopause, Ian William's The Bad Doctor and Pascal Jousselin's Mister Invincible. The Graphic Medicine International Collective: https://www.graphicmedicine.org The article Jane mentions about libraries and graphic medicine is Graphic Medicine in Academic Health and Science Library Collections you can find it here: https://jmla.pitt.edu/ojs/jmla/article/view/1962 To stay up to date and for the full roundup of news, resources and new titles visit our website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/ The ALIA Graphic Groove Theme 2025 courtesy of Clint Owen Ellis https://www.clintowenellis.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest host Troy Swanson chats with Nicole A. Cooke, editor of The Legacy of Black Women in Librarianship: When They Dared to Be Powerful, about the history, impact, and ongoing contributions of Black women in the library profession, what drew her to the University of South Carolina, and preserving the stories of trailblazing librarians whose … Continue reading 296: The Legacy of Black Women in Librarianship: When They Dared to Be Powerful by Nicole A. Cooke

Guests: Dr Nicole Cooke (University of South Carolina) and Dr Aisha Johnson (GT Library) First broadcast August 29 2025. Playlist here "Their work was challenged by both official segregationist policies, and unofficial but pervasive bias and discrimination." Find out more about the bookThe Legacy of Black Women in Librarianship: When They Dared to Be Powerful

In this second episode of the Comics Librarianship series Iurgi sits down with Matthew Noe, who is the Lead Collection and Knowledge Management Librarian at Harvard Medical School, an instructor for the University of Kentucky and Library Juice Academy, and a Trustee for the Worcester Public Library. He is a former President for the American Library Association's Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table and the Treasurer for the Graphic Medicine International Collective. Matt published an excellent article on graphic medicine in the recent Booklist's Guide to Graphic Novels 2025. In this conversation Matt discuses the growth of graphic medicine, why it's such an important field of study, genre and community and his thoughts on graphic medicine now.00:20 Introduction02:11 What Matt's been up to since we last talked to him in 202106:03 The origins of graphic medicine08:17 Graphic medicine before the term was coined11:33 Key developments in graphic medicine since 200719:32 Will Eisner and graphic medicine: A cautionary tale22:36 Graphic medicine as a field and a genre25:08 Graphic medicine as a field of study29:22 Graphic medicine as practice31:51 Graphic medicine as a community/collective38:52 Graphic medicine as a genre46:26 Art heals: Comics that made a huge personal impact53:30 What Matt would like to see in the future for graphic medicine in libraries56:15 Graphic medicine in different markers: America, Europe, Asia01:01:48 Iurgi and Matt give recommendations to each other:Brittle Joints by Maria SweeneySleepless Planet: A Graphic Guide to Healing From Insomnia by Maureen BurdockYokohama Kaidashi Kikou by Hitoshi AshinanoThe Art of Flying by Antonio Altarriba, KimMafalda by Quino Check out the Graphic Medicine International Collective website and subscribe to their newsletter: https://www.graphicmedicine.org/Drawing Blood: A comics and medicine exhibit at the Ohio State University's Billy Ireland Library: https://www.graphicmedicine.org/drawing-blood-comics-medicine-exhibit/ To stay up to date and for the full roundup of news, resources and new titles visit our website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/The ALIA Graphic Groove Theme 2025 courtesy of Clint Owen Ellis https://www.clintowenellis.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join host Ismail Shahid for a special edition recorded live at the 2025 ALA Conference in Philadelphia. In this episode, we explore the energy, stories, and voices from the heart of America's largest library gathering. From passionate librarians to community leaders and authors, “Philly Stories” is a celebration of literacy, learning, and the people who make it all possible. Tune in for conversations that inspire, inform, and remind us why libraries still matter. The short talk we heard was from Dr Jamison the new appointed president of literacy Nation. Dr. Jamison is….. Librarianship at Illinois State University. Professor Jamison has more than 17 years of experience working in education and libraries. She speaks internationally on library inclusivity, intellectual freedom, and the interplay of race, power, and privilege in children's books. Her research involves examining equity issues in library services and the role that libraries play in either perpetuating or mitigating systems of inequity. She received her Master of Teaching from Concordia University and her Master of Library Science and Ph.D. in Information Studies from Dominican University School of Library and Information Science in River Forest, Illinois. She is currently the immediate past chair for ALA's Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange Roundtable, which promotes multiculturalism in librarianship, and a library ambassador for Lee and Low Books. #podcastforthepeople1 #podcast #changeyourmindsetchangeyourlife #librarian

Today's episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Liam Bullingham, Assistant Director of Academic and Research Services, University of Essex. Liam is a Trustee and a conference organizer of UKSG, serves on the Library Advisory Group for Open Research Europe, co-organizes 'Open Research Week' with colleagues in Liverpool and Lancashire, and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Liam earned a Master's in Literary Studies at the University of Glasgow and later earned a Master's in Librarianship from the University of Sheffield.  He has worked in various roles in institutions across the UK and Scotland during his library career ranging from library shelver to Knowledge Management Resources Assistant to Information Advisor to Liaison Librarian, Research Support Librarian, Head of Research Support Services and now to his current role as Assistant Director of Academic and Research Services. Liam believes being a librarian isn't just about books, but also about fairness, inclusivity, innovation and collections as a service. The video of this podcast can be found here: https://youtu.be/1LlizrOThK8 Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mupshall/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/liambullingham/ Twitter: Keywords: #InformationServices, #DigitalLiteracy #HigherEducation #ResearchSupport #OpenResearch #AcademicResearch #LibraryManagement #Innovation #Inclusivity #LibraryDiversity #LibraryJobs #career #collaboration #scholcomm #ScholarlyCommunication #libraries #librarianship #LibraryNeeds #LibraryLove #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #publishing #LibrariesAndPublishers #podcasts

Caitlin Wingers shares her perspectives and lessons learned teaching in international schools.   doonanc@gmail.com  Bluesky: @cwingerswonders.bsky.social Instagram: caitlin.wingers_wonders American School of Dhahran Website E208 Empowering Elementary Students with Ben Kort Search Associates International Schools Services Podcast Linktree Search by title, guest and location! Editable PD Certificate FAQ's and ISO (In search of…) Online Doctoral Programs APA format for citing a podcast/podcast app SLU Playlists I would like to thank composer Nazar Rybak at Hooksounds.com for the music you've heard today.    

The field of comics librarianship is growing and evolving and that's what we want to explore in a few special episodes, talking in-depth with comics librarians. ALIA Graphic was created as a group five years ago. And right from the start we established contact with the American Library Association's Graphic Novels and Comics Roundtable. A group that's been around for longer than us and a group that has achieved a lot since its creation. So we're absolutely delighted to have Amie Wright with us, who was the first president, or first Prime Minister, of the graphic novels and comics roundtable. 04:57 Amie talks about her PhD, researching comics history and censorship, the stigma around comics and her work teaching of comics and history. 12:47 Comics librarianship before the Graphic Novels and Comics Roundtable.25:38 Every library needs a graphic novels champion because comics are important and comics librarianship is gets at the core of a good library service, serving the whole community and their needs. 28:18 Amie talks about how the library education days at Toronto, San Diego and New York helped make the case to the American Library Association for the creations of the Graphic Novels and Comics Roundtable. 34:33 Amie talks about what the original goals for the Graphic Novels and Comics Roundtable were when the group was created.38:00 Iurgi talks about what the goals were when ALIA Graphic was created. To create resources for librarians, the monthly roundups, blog, podcast, creator chats and webinars. The Perth Comic Arts Festival is discussed as a vibrant festival dedicated to comics that has a partnership with the State Library of WA.41:55 Amie talks about how and why the Toronto Comic Arts Festival is bringing back library education day this year in partnership with Graphic Medicine International Collective, the Graphic Novels and Comics and Roundtable and the Ontario Library Service.44:43 How comics librarianship has developed since the creation of the GNCRT. 53:58 Amie talks about the greatest achievements and challenges in comics librarianship. 01:01:33 What can we do to continue to advocate for and promote comics in libraries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Critical Management Studies and Librarianship: Critical Perspectives on Library Management Education and Practice (Library Juice Press, November 2024) introduces key concepts in the field of critical management studies (CMS) and critiques dominant theories and concepts in the management field. The aim of CMS is to denaturalize dominant theories in the management field by introducing works and research from other fields (e.g., queer feminist theories, postcolonial studies, critical race theory). In this edited volume, Silvia Vong brings together contributions that offer critical perspectives on dominant CMS issues contextualized in LIS management education and practice such as strategic planning, consumer and assessment culture, and management institutes to name a few. In addition, the book includes discussions around approaches to leading using research and literature outside of the business and management literature to redress epistemic injustice in management education and provide inclusive and diverse perspectives on leadership. Silvia Vong is an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream at University of Toronto's iSchool. She was a professional librarian for 15 years in various roles at different Canadian universities ranging from liaison librarian to head of public services to associate dean of scholarly, research, and creative activities. Her experience in teaching, collections, scholarly communications, and management contributed to her research as a professional in critical management studies in librarianship as well as addressing anti-racism in the profession. Jen Hoyer is Technical Services and Electronic Resources Librarian at CUNY New York City College of Technology. She is co-author of What Primary Sources Teach: Lessons for Every Classroom (2022) and The Social Movement Archive (2021), and co-editor of Armed By Design: Posters and Publications of Cuba's Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America (2025). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Critical Management Studies and Librarianship: Critical Perspectives on Library Management Education and Practice (Library Juice Press, November 2024) introduces key concepts in the field of critical management studies (CMS) and critiques dominant theories and concepts in the management field. The aim of CMS is to denaturalize dominant theories in the management field by introducing works and research from other fields (e.g., queer feminist theories, postcolonial studies, critical race theory). In this edited volume, Silvia Vong brings together contributions that offer critical perspectives on dominant CMS issues contextualized in LIS management education and practice such as strategic planning, consumer and assessment culture, and management institutes to name a few. In addition, the book includes discussions around approaches to leading using research and literature outside of the business and management literature to redress epistemic injustice in management education and provide inclusive and diverse perspectives on leadership. Silvia Vong is an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream at University of Toronto's iSchool. She was a professional librarian for 15 years in various roles at different Canadian universities ranging from liaison librarian to head of public services to associate dean of scholarly, research, and creative activities. Her experience in teaching, collections, scholarly communications, and management contributed to her research as a professional in critical management studies in librarianship as well as addressing anti-racism in the profession. Jen Hoyer is Technical Services and Electronic Resources Librarian at CUNY New York City College of Technology. She is co-author of What Primary Sources Teach: Lessons for Every Classroom (2022) and The Social Movement Archive (2021), and co-editor of Armed By Design: Posters and Publications of Cuba's Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America (2025). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

Critical Management Studies and Librarianship: Critical Perspectives on Library Management Education and Practice (Library Juice Press, November 2024) introduces key concepts in the field of critical management studies (CMS) and critiques dominant theories and concepts in the management field. The aim of CMS is to denaturalize dominant theories in the management field by introducing works and research from other fields (e.g., queer feminist theories, postcolonial studies, critical race theory). In this edited volume, Silvia Vong brings together contributions that offer critical perspectives on dominant CMS issues contextualized in LIS management education and practice such as strategic planning, consumer and assessment culture, and management institutes to name a few. In addition, the book includes discussions around approaches to leading using research and literature outside of the business and management literature to redress epistemic injustice in management education and provide inclusive and diverse perspectives on leadership. Silvia Vong is an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream at University of Toronto's iSchool. She was a professional librarian for 15 years in various roles at different Canadian universities ranging from liaison librarian to head of public services to associate dean of scholarly, research, and creative activities. Her experience in teaching, collections, scholarly communications, and management contributed to her research as a professional in critical management studies in librarianship as well as addressing anti-racism in the profession. Jen Hoyer is Technical Services and Electronic Resources Librarian at CUNY New York City College of Technology. She is co-author of What Primary Sources Teach: Lessons for Every Classroom (2022) and The Social Movement Archive (2021), and co-editor of Armed By Design: Posters and Publications of Cuba's Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America (2025). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Critical Management Studies and Librarianship: Critical Perspectives on Library Management Education and Practice (Library Juice Press, November 2024) introduces key concepts in the field of critical management studies (CMS) and critiques dominant theories and concepts in the management field. The aim of CMS is to denaturalize dominant theories in the management field by introducing works and research from other fields (e.g., queer feminist theories, postcolonial studies, critical race theory). In this edited volume, Silvia Vong brings together contributions that offer critical perspectives on dominant CMS issues contextualized in LIS management education and practice such as strategic planning, consumer and assessment culture, and management institutes to name a few. In addition, the book includes discussions around approaches to leading using research and literature outside of the business and management literature to redress epistemic injustice in management education and provide inclusive and diverse perspectives on leadership. Silvia Vong is an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream at University of Toronto's iSchool. She was a professional librarian for 15 years in various roles at different Canadian universities ranging from liaison librarian to head of public services to associate dean of scholarly, research, and creative activities. Her experience in teaching, collections, scholarly communications, and management contributed to her research as a professional in critical management studies in librarianship as well as addressing anti-racism in the profession. Jen Hoyer is Technical Services and Electronic Resources Librarian at CUNY New York City College of Technology. She is co-author of What Primary Sources Teach: Lessons for Every Classroom (2022) and The Social Movement Archive (2021), and co-editor of Armed By Design: Posters and Publications of Cuba's Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America (2025). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This interview with Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz about Grabbing Tea: Queer Conversations on Identity and Libraries and Grabbing Tea: Queer Conversations on Archives and Practice (available in 2024 from the Litwin Books Series on Gender and Sexuality in Library and Information Studies) explores how queerness is centered within library and archival theory and practice. Smith-Cruz and co-editor Sara A. Howard invited library and archives workers to share conversations which became the chapters for these two volumes. These conversations explore a huge range of topics: identity, community practice and outreach, visibility and coming out or being outed in the library, as well as the archive as a site for reclamation, narrative storytelling, ancestral recalling, and historical revisioning within LGBTQ+ communities. Contributions to these volumes integrate interpersonal experiences of professionalism for queer folks in the field, dive into their relationships and points of connection with each other and the communities they serve, and engage with the implications of race and sexuality in archival practice. Readers are invited to listen in and join these conversations that consider the fluidity of our bodies as queer bodies, and our lives as queer lives inside of the library and the archive. Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz is a volunteer archivist at the Lesbian Herstory Archives, and an Assistant Curator, and Associate Dean for Teaching, Learning, and Engagement at New York University Division of Libraries. Jen Hoyer is Technical Services and Electronic Resources Librarian at CUNY New York City College of Technology. Jen edits for Partnership Journal and organizes with the TPS Collective. She is co-author of What Primary Sources Teach: Lessons for Every Classroom and The Social Movement Archive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

This interview with Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz about Grabbing Tea: Queer Conversations on Identity and Libraries and Grabbing Tea: Queer Conversations on Archives and Practice (available in 2024 from the Litwin Books Series on Gender and Sexuality in Library and Information Studies) explores how queerness is centered within library and archival theory and practice. Smith-Cruz and co-editor Sara A. Howard invited library and archives workers to share conversations which became the chapters for these two volumes. These conversations explore a huge range of topics: identity, community practice and outreach, visibility and coming out or being outed in the library, as well as the archive as a site for reclamation, narrative storytelling, ancestral recalling, and historical revisioning within LGBTQ+ communities. Contributions to these volumes integrate interpersonal experiences of professionalism for queer folks in the field, dive into their relationships and points of connection with each other and the communities they serve, and engage with the implications of race and sexuality in archival practice. Readers are invited to listen in and join these conversations that consider the fluidity of our bodies as queer bodies, and our lives as queer lives inside of the library and the archive. Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz is a volunteer archivist at the Lesbian Herstory Archives, and an Assistant Curator, and Associate Dean for Teaching, Learning, and Engagement at New York University Division of Libraries. Jen Hoyer is Technical Services and Electronic Resources Librarian at CUNY New York City College of Technology. Jen edits for Partnership Journal and organizes with the TPS Collective. She is co-author of What Primary Sources Teach: Lessons for Every Classroom and The Social Movement Archive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

This interview with Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz about Grabbing Tea: Queer Conversations on Identity and Libraries and Grabbing Tea: Queer Conversations on Archives and Practice (available in 2024 from the Litwin Books Series on Gender and Sexuality in Library and Information Studies) explores how queerness is centered within library and archival theory and practice. Smith-Cruz and co-editor Sara A. Howard invited library and archives workers to share conversations which became the chapters for these two volumes. These conversations explore a huge range of topics: identity, community practice and outreach, visibility and coming out or being outed in the library, as well as the archive as a site for reclamation, narrative storytelling, ancestral recalling, and historical revisioning within LGBTQ+ communities. Contributions to these volumes integrate interpersonal experiences of professionalism for queer folks in the field, dive into their relationships and points of connection with each other and the communities they serve, and engage with the implications of race and sexuality in archival practice. Readers are invited to listen in and join these conversations that consider the fluidity of our bodies as queer bodies, and our lives as queer lives inside of the library and the archive. Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz is a volunteer archivist at the Lesbian Herstory Archives, and an Assistant Curator, and Associate Dean for Teaching, Learning, and Engagement at New York University Division of Libraries. Jen Hoyer is Technical Services and Electronic Resources Librarian at CUNY New York City College of Technology. Jen edits for Partnership Journal and organizes with the TPS Collective. She is co-author of What Primary Sources Teach: Lessons for Every Classroom and The Social Movement Archive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/lgbtq-studies

This interview with Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz about Grabbing Tea: Queer Conversations on Identity and Libraries and Grabbing Tea: Queer Conversations on Archives and Practice (available in 2024 from the Litwin Books Series on Gender and Sexuality in Library and Information Studies) explores how queerness is centered within library and archival theory and practice. Smith-Cruz and co-editor Sara A. Howard invited library and archives workers to share conversations which became the chapters for these two volumes. These conversations explore a huge range of topics: identity, community practice and outreach, visibility and coming out or being outed in the library, as well as the archive as a site for reclamation, narrative storytelling, ancestral recalling, and historical revisioning within LGBTQ+ communities. Contributions to these volumes integrate interpersonal experiences of professionalism for queer folks in the field, dive into their relationships and points of connection with each other and the communities they serve, and engage with the implications of race and sexuality in archival practice. Readers are invited to listen in and join these conversations that consider the fluidity of our bodies as queer bodies, and our lives as queer lives inside of the library and the archive. Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz is a volunteer archivist at the Lesbian Herstory Archives, and an Assistant Curator, and Associate Dean for Teaching, Learning, and Engagement at New York University Division of Libraries. Jen Hoyer is Technical Services and Electronic Resources Librarian at CUNY New York City College of Technology. Jen edits for Partnership Journal and organizes with the TPS Collective. She is co-author of What Primary Sources Teach: Lessons for Every Classroom and The Social Movement Archive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/education

Guest Name: Sarina LaTorre-Sicurella Guest social media: Facebook: Nerd Craft Librarian Instagram: @nerdcraftlibrarian Future Ready Schools Website: https://all4ed.org/future-ready-schools/ Twitter: @FutureReady, @ShannonMMiller Instagram: @FutureReadySchools, @ShannonMMiller Facebook: @FutureReadySchools Future Ready Schools is a registered trademark of All4Ed, located in Washington, D.C. #FutureReady #LFTL #Library #LibrarianPodcast #FutureReadyLibs

In honor of Black History Month, Teen Librarian Jenny Nicolelli interviewed two of her former colleagues from the New Haven Free Public Library to talk about their careers as librarians. First you'll hear Jenny talk with Marian Huggins, branch manager of the Mitchell Library. Then you will hear her interview with Diane X. Brown, branch manager of Stetson Library. These are great talks – especially if you have ever considered entering the field of librarianship and want to get a sense of what it's really like.Additional resources: Recommended Reading Lists (Inspired by Marian Huggins & Diane X. Brown)All CT Reads

Academic Librarianship: Anchoring the Profession in Contribution, Scholarship, and Service (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023) by Marcy Simons is needed now as a response to how much has changed in academic librarianship as a profession (from the smallest academic libraries to large research libraries). Much has been written recently about the status of the profession of librarianship, i.e. whether or not it should still be considered a “profession,” are the same credentials still required/enough, should things change dramatically in SLIS programs in response to the new normal, and what is the impact of hiring PhD's in disciplines outside of librarianship. Dr. Michael LaMagna is the Information Literacy Program and Library Services Coordinator and Professor of Library Services at Delaware County Community College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Academic Librarianship: Anchoring the Profession in Contribution, Scholarship, and Service (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023) by Marcy Simons is needed now as a response to how much has changed in academic librarianship as a profession (from the smallest academic libraries to large research libraries). Much has been written recently about the status of the profession of librarianship, i.e. whether or not it should still be considered a “profession,” are the same credentials still required/enough, should things change dramatically in SLIS programs in response to the new normal, and what is the impact of hiring PhD's in disciplines outside of librarianship. Dr. Michael LaMagna is the Information Literacy Program and Library Services Coordinator and Professor of Library Services at Delaware County Community College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/education

Academic Librarianship: Anchoring the Profession in Contribution, Scholarship, and Service (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023) by Marcy Simons is needed now as a response to how much has changed in academic librarianship as a profession (from the smallest academic libraries to large research libraries). Much has been written recently about the status of the profession of librarianship, i.e. whether or not it should still be considered a “profession,” are the same credentials still required/enough, should things change dramatically in SLIS programs in response to the new normal, and what is the impact of hiring PhD's in disciplines outside of librarianship. Dr. Michael LaMagna is the Information Literacy Program and Library Services Coordinator and Professor of Library Services at Delaware County Community College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Academic Librarianship: Anchoring the Profession in Contribution, Scholarship, and Service (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023) by Marcy Simons is needed now as a response to how much has changed in academic librarianship as a profession (from the smallest academic libraries to large research libraries). Much has been written recently about the status of the profession of librarianship, i.e. whether or not it should still be considered a “profession,” are the same credentials still required/enough, should things change dramatically in SLIS programs in response to the new normal, and what is the impact of hiring PhD's in disciplines outside of librarianship. Dr. Michael LaMagna is the Information Literacy Program and Library Services Coordinator and Professor of Library Services at Delaware County Community College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elsie Purcell, Library Director of Hondo Public Library, shares the joys and challenges of rural librarianship in Hondo, population 8400.

Kathleen talks with her CUNY librarian colleagues - Vikki Terrile, Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies at Queens College and Stephanie Margolin, Associate Professor and librarian at Hunter College – about pop culture scholarship in the academy and in their library careers.

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Episode 1: Welcome to Inqueeries! In our first episode, we chat with fellow queer librarian (and artist) Chris Castillo about the queer librarian life, where this podcast may be going, and a bit about ourselves so you can get to know your hosts. Meet the InQueeries team and learn more about the topics discussed by visiting: https://guides.mysapl.org/inqueeries

The Librarian Influencer of the Week is Abby Moore. Abby serves as the lead librarian for 4 campuses in Texas. Shownotes: https://www.laurasheneman.com/post/librarianship-is-a-science-but-it-s-also-an-art-with-abby-moore 

Two particularly creative Ferndale Librarians from the Youth Department are taking over the podcast this week, regaling their approach to programming and decorating! Yes, decorating! Visit the Kids Corner to discover their cardboard scenes from "Fern Forest."   

Random Lines Season 4 premiere! Several BCPL staff members chat about why they wanted to work in a library, their previous job experience, going to school for library science, and more.

Dr. Andrea Jamison, Assistant Professor of School Librarianship at my beloved undergrad alma mater Illinois State University, tells us how she discusses the LIS field, especially current events, with her students.

This week Maggie and Harmony read "Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves" by Fobazi Ettarh. We talk about libraries as sacred places, what it means to find meaning in your labor, the dangers of assuming your work produces good, and so much more. In this episode: "Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves" by Fobazi Ettarh To follow our episode schedule, go here: rebelgirlsbook.club/the-syllabus. Follow our social media pages on Instagram www.instagram.com/rgbcpod/ Facebook www.facebook.com/RebelGirlsBookClub/ Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/101801516-reb… and Twitter twitter.com/RebelGirlsBook1 , Or you can email us at RebelGirlsBookClub@gmail.com. Our theme song is by The Gays, and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rgbc/message

In this episode, I talk to the incredibly knowledgable Cheryl Straffon. Cheryl has taught me so much since I moved to Cornwall about ancient sites and the lineage of goddess culture in this land.We discuss Cornish ancient sites, how she researches to bring the sites alive and how she combines intuition, science, anthropology and archeology to understand how ancient people used the sites. We consider the status of women in society and storytelling and journey through the ages to understand more about sacred places.About Cheryl:Cheryl Straffon spent her childhood in Cornwall, UK, and then studied English &Comparative Religion at King's College London University for a B.A (Hons) degree.Following this, she did a post-graduate Education diploma at Cambridge University and then taught for some years in Secondary and Further Education in Scotland and England, before taking up Bookselling Training and then Librarianship. In 1986 she returned to Cornwall to live, where she was the Library Manager of St.Just Library for 20 years, before taking early retirement in 2006. For about 15 years she was firstly the Secretary and then the Chair of C.A.S.P.N [Cornish Ancient Sites Protection Network], a Charity that looks after the prehistoric sites in West Penwith, Cornwall, before she stepped down in 2017. However, she still continues to play a role in the organisation as Deputy-Chair, and organises the annual ‘Pathways to the Past' event (a weekend of walks and talks amongst the ancient sites), now in its 16 th year. In 2018 she was awarded the annual ‘Heritage Champion of the Year' (Sir Richard Trant award) from the Cornwall Heritage Trust. For the last 36 years she has produced and edited a magazine “Meyn Mamvro”, about the ancient stones and sacred sites in Cornwall, and written books including “Pagan Cornwall: Land of the Goddess”, “TheEarth Goddess”, “Daughters of the Earth”, “Megalithic Mysteries of Cornwall”, “Fentynyow Kernow”, “Between the Realms”, etc. She has given a number of talks and workshops, and has been a central figure in the Goddess movement: for 15 years she edited a magazine “Goddess Alive!” as well as being a Trustee for Women's Land in Cornwall, a co-organiser of the Goddess in Cornwall event, and a trainer on the Priestess of Kernow course. She is married to her partner Lana Jarvis, an accomplished dowser, and they share a love of the Land and the Ancient Sites, especially in Cornwall, and also in Crete, where they have had a house built, and where they spend some time each year.E-mail address - info@meynmamvro.co.ukWebsite: www.meynmamvro.co.ukAbout Meghan:Meghan Field is a Qoya Teacher, Embodiment Coach, Irish Celtic Shaman and Social Justice Activist who lives in Cornwall, U.K.  Meghan is the Violence Against Women and Girls Strategic Lead for Plymouth City, has her own consultancy practice, is the owner of Sacred Kernow Retreats, the founder of The Intuition Conversations Podcast and the creator of multiple oracle decks. She is the co-founder of The Supervision Circle and her values include accessibility, equality and advocacy. Meghan offers 1:1 and group well-being and empowerment classes, workshops and retreats worldwide.For more information and to work with Meghan:Email: hello@meghanfield.comWebsite: www.meghanfield.comInstagram: @meghanelizabethfieldTwitter: @meghanfeministaFacebook: @MeghanFieldPodcast Music: ‘Behind Your Eyes' by Stereo Soul Future - www.stereosoulfuture.com.

Loida Garcia-Febo, International Library Consultant expert in library services to diverse populations and human rights. President of the American Library Association 2018-2019. At IFLA: Governing Board 2013-2017, Co-Founder of New Professionals, two-term Member/Expert resource person of FAIFE, two-term member of CPDWL. Currently: CPDWL Consultant, Info Coordinator of the Management of Library Associations Section. At ALA: Chair, ALA UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Task Force and Chair, Women's Issues in Librarianship. Born, raised, and educated in Puerto Rico.

In Episode 77 of Call Number, we explore the work of medical librarians by highlighting two initiatives presented at the 2022 Medical Library Association Annual Conference. First, American Libraries associate editor and Call Number host Diana Panuncial speaks with Jennifer Davis, Gail Kouame, and Lachelle Smith. The three collaborated on virtual reality programs that teach health science concepts in a new and engaging way at the Greenblatt Library at Augusta University in Georgia. Then, American Libraries Managing Editor Terra Dankowski talks with Lynn Kysh and Kyle Horne, both of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, about the ins and outs of starting a specialized book club for pediatric hospital staff. Is there a story or topic you'd like us to cover? Let us know at callnumber@ala.org. You can also follow us on Twitter and SoundCloud and leave a review on iTunes. We welcome feedback and hope to hear from you soon. Thanks for listening.

In this episode Anna and Dan dive into librarianship from the MLS professor's perspective. Keith presented at the NEKLS 2022 Spring Directors Institute on performing a community assessment. Keith Rocci is an academic librarian with three advanced degrees. Keith is the Distance Education Library Department Head at Pima Community College. He has been in a library leadership role since July, 2015. He has taught at the undergraduate and graduate level since 2005. Since August, 2010, he has been teaching for Emporia State University. He also teaches for the EDU Department at Pima CC. He has written one book (Library Research Strategies, 2013) and has presented at three national library conferences: Internet Librarian, Computers in Libraries and ACRL. Learn more about Keith here: https://www.teachingdesigner.org/bio.html, you will be glad you did!

Have you ever wondered if there was a way you could slow down in your professional life while engaging in more meaningful work? On this show Meredith Farkas, Faculty Librarian at Portland Community College, shares how we can do this using slow librarianship - a concept with the characteristics of being good, humane, and thoughtful. It's not about creating mediocrity. It's about engaging in our best and most meaningful work.

Guest host Natalia Estrada chats with Liladhar Pendse, librarian for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies and the Caribbean and Latin American Studies at the University of California-Berkeley, about the concept of Area Studies, his work archiving Afghanistan’s digital and cultural content after the US withdrawal, the challenges of archiving war-torn areas such as Ukraine, … Continue reading 224: Area Studies Librarianship with Liladhar Pendse

This week our special guest is Jeffrey Merino who discusses the process of pursuing a master of library science and a career as a bilingual school librarian. Jeffrey has experience as a bilingual school librarian for a Kindergarten through 5th grade elementary school. He has also taught in the classroom as a dual language educator. In this episode we discuss: - How an undergrad job as a research data collector led to him working in elementary schools and switching his major to elementary education - The need for more bilingual school librarians, male librarians, and queer librarians - The benefits and challenges of being a school librarian and the many skills that librarians learn related to research, technology, and leadership -And advice on how to find library science programs and the wide range of careers you can pursue with that degree You can connect with Jeffrey on Twitter (@jmerinoedu) and Instagram (@makingthesebookstacks). Liked what you heard? Then join my exclusive community on Patreon to support the show: https://www.patreon.com/gradschoolfemtoring Get my free 15-page Grad School Femtoring Resource Kit here: https://gradschoolfemtoring.com/kit/ Want to learn how to work with me? Get started here: https://gradschoolfemtoring.com/services/ For this and more, go to: https://gradschoolfemtoring.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gradschoolfemtoring/message

Fobazi Ettarh, Author of Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves (Published in In the Library with the Lead Pipe), breaks down some of the sections of her article and discusses why vocational awe is so harmful. 

We chat about our journeys to becoming librarians and what we love most about what we do. We also talk with Holly Henley and Jaime Ball about their wonderful work with the Arizona State Library and share some of our favorite books about books and libraries!

Faith Ward is a middle school librarian at Gilman School. // On Episode #71 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Faith discuss podcasting, audiobooks, learning types, Kareem Rosser's story, Edwin Hubble, Steve Jobs, book clubs, becoming a librarian, art history, single sex vs. co-ed schools, and Faith's book recommendations: "Crossing the Line" by Kareem Rosser, 'The Boy Whose Head Was Filled with Stars: A Life of Edwin Hubble' by Isabelle Marino,' and 'Love Poems' by Pablo Neruda. //  Enjoy the episode? Please follow @pathtofollowpod on all platforms. More to come! // Many thanks to Cesare Ciccanti for all of his efforts on podcast production. //

This week, Your Favorite Librarian shares her world with readers. Follow along for some thrilling updates about Your Librarian, insightful nuggets of wisdom about Librarianship, and great Black Literature suggestions. Your Favorite Librarian shares her world and what fuels her motivation, and evolution. Among the new changes, some things remain the same… ways of recharging, dancing, and specific genres of interest. This week's reading suggestion is  “You Are Not Alone” by Grammy nominated artist Alphabet Rockers, and illustrated by Ashley Evans.Remember friends, you are not alone… There is a book out there for you. Continue reading! For more information on this week's episode, check out favoritelibrarian.com.Support the show (https://paypal.me/forrestnogump)

april vendetta (they/them) explores themes of control, labor, and sexual play through D.I.Y. surveillance to question the human body's physicality and resilience. They are co-founder of HUMAN TRASH DUMP. HUMAN TRASH DUMP is an open digital archive founded in 2015 that invites contributions of audio, text, image, and video files to be hosted and disseminated as material, tools, handbooks, puzzles, and keys. Participant's stream, download, share, and remix archived fragments to expand collective intimacy. Data is stored in a dump not a cloud. Contact: humantrashdump@gmail.com   Resources HUMAN TRASH DUMP on archive.org (an imperfect solution due to some censorship issues*) HUMAN TRASH DUMP is an open digital archive founded in 2015 that invites contributions of audio, text, image, and video files to be hosted and disseminated as material, tools, handbooks, puzzles, and keys. Participants stream, download, share, and remix archived fragments to expand collective intimacy. Data is stored in a dump not a cloud. Fragmented-Body / Fragmented Archive (this presentation took place during New York Archives Week Symposium hosted by The Archivists Round Table (A.R.T.) of Metropolitan New York on Thursday, October 21st, 2021 at 3:45 PM EST.)   vendetta: the fragmented archive Archival Liberation Vision Board Showcase (presentation took place as part in the Archival Liberation Vision Board Showcase Hosted by the Queens College Student Chapter of the Society of American Archivists & the Archival Technologies Lab. AERI 2021 virtual conference. Conditions & Possibilities - Organized by Noah Ortega (Artist talk back after a collective/individual public action(s) outside the New York Stock Exchange, 2021) Action In The Street: A Guide to Performing & Archiving Public Exchange 21s thesis Griess archive copy thesis part II *http://www.albatross.website/albatrossartfair (scroll down for human trash dump/april vendetta. Artwork created about being censored and having my personal account locked on the internet archive) Transgender YouTubers had their videos grabbed to train facial recognition software NYU dean sends R.E.M. dance video as part of response to students' call for tuition refund Additional Links INSTITUTION IS A VERB : A PANOPLY PERFORMANCE LAB COMPILATION (FREE PDF) Fugitivision TV - One Man: The Liberation Project Guerilla Open Access Manifesto by Aaron Swartz The Black Trans Archive - Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley The Black Trans Archive Is Revolutionizing How We Tell Queer History One Black Woman's Path to Librarianship (and Some Advice) - Interview with Gina Murrell I'm Leaving the Archival Profession: It's Better This Way by Jarrett M. Drake Archiving Series: Archiving Through People We Still Can't Eat Prestige: Lessons from Arts and Cultural Worker Organizing Artists Against Displacement Coalition to Protect Chinatown & the Lower East Side PETITION: Stop Displacement in Lower Manhattan National Mobilization Against Sweatshops January Week of Action to Demand: #CancelStudentDebt https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-up-to-join-our-cancel-student-debt-week-of-action/ https://debtcollective.org Resources for Artists, Activists, and Archivists (compiled by April in their thesis) Joan Mitchell Foundation Professional Development & Resources for Artists joanmitchellfoundation.org/professional-development NFPF Grants filmpreservation.org/nfpf-grants SAADA (South Asian American Digital Archive) Family Album – Getting Started: Preservation Guide for your Personal Archive saada.org/familyalbum/resources Smithsonian Institution Archives – How to Do Oral History Guide siarchives.si.edu/history/how-do-oral-history Starting an Artist Interview Program: Hard-Earned Lessons on Best Practices by Tim Lillis and Erica Gangsei sfmoma.org/read/starting-artist-interview-program Volunteer Lawyers for The Arts - New York vlany.org Witness – Activists' Guide to Archiving Video archiving.witness.org/archive-guide XFR Collective xfrcollective.wordpress.com/resources EAI - Electronic Arts Intermix VDB - Video Data Bank  

For years, Kristy hid her stripping history to fit into the mold of a respectable librarian, but as time went on she realized this wasn't something she should feel ashamed about. Telling these kinds of stories helps destigmatize sex work, which makes it safer for current sex workers. Librarianship is changing, especially as the profession begins to evaluate itself through a greater anti-oppression lens. Librarians can learn a lot about class struggle and privacy advocacy from sex workers. https://www.kristycooper.com/books   

We're joined this week by Rebecca, a public librarian and former prison librarian to talk about her experience working in a state prison library.  https://twitter.com/britlitgeek  Items mentioned: Abolitionist Library Association  Increasing Access to Quality Educational Resources to Support Higher Education in Prison Advancing Technological Equity for Incarcerated College Students Outside and In: Services for People Impacted By Incarceration J Pay drafts update https://twitter.com/ChrisWBlackwell/status/1432726185201389574

This week we're talking about the history of the MLS degree, why do we do it, and how does it exacerbate all those pesky contradictions that keep dialecting off themselves?  Draft 6: Radical Empathy Report  Accomplices Not Allies: Abolishing the Ally Industrial Complex  Harris, R. M. (1992). Librarianship : the erosion of a woman's profession. Ablex Pub. Corp.  https://www.worldcat.org/title/librarianship-the-erosion-of-a-womans-profession/oclc/25832854/editions?referer=di&editionsView=true http://mauraseale.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Seale-Mirza-Empty-Presence-final-manuscript.pdf