Angela Pashia, Leadership Development Coach, discusses the benefits of hiring a leadership coach, as well as the differences between managerial coaching and professional coaching. You can find info on her summer group program at Lead With Curiosity. You can find her Library Juice Academy courses here and her newsletter here.
Dana Munsch – Customer Success Manager
Dana Munsch, Customer Success Manager, tells us that librarians can do anything!
Matt Layne – Poet and Past President of the Alabama Library Association
Matt Layne, poet and Past President of the Alabama Library Association, discusses his writing process, leading a state library association and going on MSNBC to talk about the freedom to read. You can find his book here.
Dr. Zachary Stier – Owner of Zachary Stier Consulting, LLC
Dr. Zachary Stier, owner of Zachary Stier Consulting, LLC, discusses all of the ways he does consulting for children’s services. During our conversation, Dr. Stier mentioned Consultants for Libraries.
Amanda Jones – Award Winning Librarian, Educator and Author
Amanda Jones, award winning librarian, educator and author, discusses her new book That Librarian and her pioneering battle for the freedom to read. You can donate to her GoFundMe where all dollars received go toward Amanda’s legal fees.
Lisa R. Varga – Executive Director of the Virginia Library Association
Lisa R. Varga – Executive Director of the Virginia Library Association, discusses the skills she uses to manage an association.
Emily Weak – Founder of the Hiring Librarians blog is back!
Emily Weak, founder of the Hiring Librarians blog, is back for her second appearance to discuss hiring in libraries. She also has a podcast! And, she’s teaching a course for the ALA Core group. You can find out more information here.
Nicole Celic – Creator and Designer of the Video Game King Pangnapa
Nicole Celic, creator and designer of the video game King Pangnapa, discusses how she created the game and what she hopes it will do for libraries. During our conversation, Nicole mentioned Women in Games.
Emily Drabinksi! – President of ALA
Emily Drabinski, President of ALA, discusses what ALA does, her role as President and why people should join ALA. During our conversation, she mentioned The Merritt Fund.
Shanna Miles – Author of Children’s Books
Shanna Miles, author of children’s books, discusses why librarians should write books. During our conversation, she discusses The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
100th Episode! Ryan Woodward – Program Manager at International Women’s Baseball Center
Ryan Woodward, Program Manager at International Women’s Baseball Center, discusses working in history and education. During our conversation, he mentioned his creations Women in Baseball Week and Women in Baseball Heritage Trail. Ryan also helped me celebrate my 100th episode! Thank you for staying with my podcast.
Martha Kyrillidou – Director and CEO of QualityMetrics, LLC
Martha Kyrillidou, Director and CEO of QualityMetrics, LLC, discusses library assessment.
