Listen with LOUIS

Each year since 2016 the LOUIS consortium recognizes the amazing talent and accomplishments of Louisiana’s academic libraries through the LUC Awards. These awards are given at the LOUIS Users Conference (LUC) in multiple areas, such as Library of the Year, Leader in Librarianship, Excellence in Library Support, and others. In this episode we interview Lora Amsberryaugier, Brian Sherman, and Jessic...

LSU Librarians Narcissa Haskins and Lauren Lay just did something unusually excellent -- they recreated a black living room from the 1970s, complete with wood paneling, period furniture, shelves of books, and more. The exhibition, which they collaborated on with Dr. Asha Winfield, an assistant professor in LSU's Manship School of Mass Communication, was created to pay tribute to black women&#3...

Southern University's John B. Cade Library recently became a Patent and Trademark Resource Center, a designation given to them by the US Patent and Trademark Office. In this episode, Maya Banks, who serves as the Representative for Southern's PTRC, joins Listen with LOUIS to discuss how they became a PTRC, what benefit the PTRC will have for their students and community, and more! And stay...

On March 9th, Magale Library at Centenary College held the first ever Magale Fest, which was a celebration of "libraries and learning in a festive atmosphere featuring live music at the Shell, readings at the Library, food and beverages from great local food trucks, and carnival-style games and activities on the Quad," according to their website. In this podcast we talk to Patrick Morgan...

In this episode we interview Marcy Stevens, Library Services Platform Manager at LOUIS. This episode is part of our "Learn About the LOUIS Team" series, and in it we will talk with Marcy about what it's like to work on the LOUIS Team -- what she does in her daily job duties, what skills she's learned while working with LOUIS, and what she wishes more people knew about LOUIS. Plus...

It can be difficult to keep up with all of the news in the world of artificial intelligence. So in this episode, Holly Goodwin, Dr. Megan Lowe, Phillip Martin, and Rob Stephens try to give relevant updates about what they are paying attention to in AI, what tools they find useful, and how libraries should be talking to students, faculty, staff, and administration about AI. If you are an employee a...

The new LOUIS Strategic Plan was just approved last week🎉! So in this episode Jodi Duet, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academics at Fletcher Technical Community College and Chair of the LOUIS Strategic Planning Working Group, and Laurie Blandino, Executive Director of LOUIS, will join us to talk about the process of creating the Strategic Plan. Jodi and Laurie will discuss the accomplishments of...

In this episode we are joined by Jeffrey Stepp, Cataloger/System Administrator/Electronic Resources Librarian at Prescott Memorial Library at Louisiana Tech University. Jeffrey will talk with us about how and others at Prescott Memorial started a fresh outreach initiative to market the library to their campus and create more student-centered programming. Plus, Listen with LOUIS Trivia returns in t...

In this episode we interview Victor Sanchez, Electronic Resources Manager at LOUIS. This episode is part of our "Learn About the LOUIS Team" series, and in it we will talk with Victor about what it's like to work on the LOUIS Team -- what he does in his daily job duties, what skills he's learned while working with LOUIS, and what he wishes more people knew about LOUIS. Plus, Vict...

Are you curious about how much climate change might affect your library? So was Dr. Edward Benoit, Associate Director and Associate Professor at LSU's School of Information Studies. To help answer that question, Dr. Benoit and several co-PIs have been working on PROTECCT-GLAM, a project to "develop a national categorical climate change risk assessment scale for galleries, libraries, archi...

Join us as we learn from Kat Williamson, Librarian at Centenary College, and our first ever student on the podcast, SGA Vice President of Institutional Affairs at Centenary, Cayman Hawkins. Kat and Cayman talk about how they conceived of and created a career closet at Centenary, a place where students can check out clothing they may need for an interview or other important occasion. Kat and Cayman...

LUC 2023 was a huge success and so much fun, so we wanted to share some sounds from the conference with you in this episode. During the conference, Rob Stephens interviewed several conference attendees about their experience with the LOUIS Users Conference. We hope you enjoy!

Join is as we listen to Darcy Waguespack, LOUIS Business Affairs Manager, speak about what she does for LOUIS, her passion for Halloween, and how she uses Southern hospitality to make our LOUIS events that much better! If you or someone you know from the consortium has done excellent work worth sharing on a podcast, email rob.stephens@laregents.edu and let me know that you have an episode idea!

In this episode, hear Sarah Simms and Hayley Johnson, both librarians at LSU Libraries, talk about why they are driven to do research, how they find research inquiries, why they choose to research with a partner, and so much more! Sarah and Hayley will also talk about their recently published book,  Beneath Heavy Pines All in World War II: The Japanese American Internment Experience at Camp Living...

Recently LOUIS has redesigned our website to improve navigation, accessibility, and design. In this episode, Elizabeth Joan Kelly joins us to talk about the process of redesigning louislibraries.org. If you're interested in refreshing your library's website, give this a listen to hear the process LOUIS went through! Plus, hear Elizabeth talk about her passion for music, and her endeavors a...

If you're considering implementing or creating OER materials in an academic setting, this episode is for you! We spoke with three guests about Creating OER, or Open Education Resources: Emily Frank, Affordable Learning Administrator at LOUIS Amelia Brister, Director of Library and Learning Resources at Louisiana Delta Community College Chresancio Jackson, Division Chair for the School of Liber...

This week we will listen to Mike Waugh describe his duties as Library Services Platform Administrator at LOUIS. Mike will talk about his daily job duties, his favorite things about his job, as well as his passion for homesteading! This episode will be the first in a series of episodes where we will be talking to each of the LOUIS Team members about what they do at LOUIS.

ChatGPT, the new large language model created by Open AI, has created new challenges and possibilities for the classroom due to its ability to quickly generate large amounts of text that approximate human writing. In this episode, Lauren McAdams and Karla Stewart, two librarians from Baton Rouge Community College, talk about strategies for approaching this technology in the classroom, what it mean...

Each year, Nicholls Library participates in Nicholls State University's annual day of giving, Give-N-Day, and they always do it with creativity and flair. In this episode, listen to Andrew Barbier and Brandy Burbante talk about how they came up with new ideas for fundraising to start a board game collection at Nicholls. Then, listen as Andrew and Brandy attempt a game of LOUIS Trivia!

In addition to being a librarian at Dupre Library at University of Louisiana at Lafayette,  Peter Klubek is an artist and member of Nunu Arts and Culture Collective. Peter realized that much of the community programs at Nunu might have crossover appeal to the library, so he and Tiffany Ellis started using ideas from the collective to inform outreach initiatives at Dupre. The result has been "...

Recently, Nicollette Davis, who serves as the Assistant Librarian for Kinesiology, Social Work, and Health Sciences at LSU Libraries, was named a 2023 American Library Association Emerging Leader. Nicollette joins us to discuss her work. Plus, we get to learn a little about Nicollette outside of the library when she plays "Pitch Your Passion" and talks about how she refills her cup when...

When she was hired at Northwestern State University as Head of Collection Development and Cataloging, Debbie Huntington was looking for a fresh way to grow Watson Library's collection and to do unique programming. The result has been Watson's Living Library, a program where Debbie recruits community members to talk about their life stories and experiences in a panel setting. Watson Library records...

Have you ever considered creating a board game collection in your library? Or maybe you have a collection but want to expand its usage. Or maybe you're just a board game enthusiast interested in how board games fit into libraries. In any of those cases, Episode 3 of Listen with LOUIS is for you . Join us as we listen to Danielle Costello and Lili Bedoya, both from LSU Libraries, talk about the boa...

Episode 2 of Listen with LOUIS features Rebecca Kelley talking about how librarians are helping connect their community with the digital skills and tools they need. Plus, Rebecca plays a game of Listen with LOUIS Trivia about digital libraries that may or may not include Ryan Adams live concert footage, listservs on scythes and scything, and digital scans that are... upside down.

Join us as we listen to two librarians from Louisiana State University Alexandria: Martha Dauzat, Services & Outreach Manager, and Michelle Riggs Waller, University Archivist and Head of Central Louisiana Collections at the Bolton Library. Martha and Michelle have lead new outreach initiatives in the library including a tiny art show, mini golf in the library, and a two-sentence horror story c...