Librarians with Lattes

In this special, completely student-led and hosted episode of Librarians with Lattes , student library ambassadors Navid and Daniel take the mic for a fascinating conversation with two UAlbany professors, Dr. Sean Rafferty and Dr. Christopher Wolff. Together, they dive into monsters, academic publishing, and teaching a monsters class, and more. Grab your favorite beverage and settle in for a thoug...

Host Amanda Lowe, Outreach & Marketing Librarian at the University at Albany, sits down with horror authors Clay McLeod Chapman ( Wake Up and Open Your Eyes ) and Dennis Mahoney ( Our Winter Monster ) for a spine-tingling conversation straight out of this year’s Summer of Horror Book Club. From the thrills and chills of the horror genre to the nuts-and-bolts of their writing processes, Clay an...

Guess who finally hit “record” again? That’s right— Librarians with Lattes is back after a totally intentional year-long break (oops). Host Amanda Lowe returns, dusts off the mic, and sits down with returning favorite Melody Palmer and first-time guest Melissa McMullen, UAlbany’s Research Archivist. Recorded back in March 2025 (we swear we meant to publish it sooner), this episode dives into Melis...

In this episode of Librarians with Lattes, we're joined by returning guest Melody Palmer, library ambassador, and newcomer Stephanie Burt, Professor of English at Harvard University and author of We Are Mermaids: Poems . Tune in as we chat about transgender identity, D&D, poetry, Taylor Swift, and more! *This interview was recorded in March 2024* Music Credit: bensounds.com Discussion link...

Amanda is joined by returning guests, Emily Kilcer, Scholarly Communications Librarian, and Jesús Alonso-Regalado, Subject Librarian for History, Latin American Studies, & Romance Languages, to discussion on LACLI (Latin American, Caribbean, U.S. Latinx, and Iberian Free Online Resources) and open access. *This episode was recorded in November 2023 Resources: https://lacli.info/ https://github...

Join host, Amanda Lowe, as she sits down with UAlbany professor, P.D. Magnus, and Scholarly Communication Librarian, Emily Kilcer to talk about open access. Links: forall x: An Introduction to Formal Logic https://www.fecundity.com/logic/ A Philosophy of Cover Songs https://www.fecundity.com/job/coversongs.php UAlbany Scholars Archive: https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/ UAlbany Scholarly...

Join Amanda Lowe as she sits down with Library Ambassador, Fiona Hernandez, and Dr. Christina Thyssen, from UAlbany's English Department, to talk about National Life Writing Month and the art of the memoir.  Music credit: bensounds.com 

Join Amanda as she sits down with Dr. Rae Muhlstock to discuss the upcoming Outer Space Film Festival and the space genre in film, TV, and books!  Music: bensounds.com SFX: Free Sounds Library & MixKit

Welcome back for Season 5 of Librarians with Lattes! In this episode, our host, Amanda Lowe (Outreach and Marketing Librarian), talks about Banned Books Week 2022, censorship, and UAlbany Libraries' new Banned Book Club.  Music: Bensound.com

n this last episode of the season, Amanda sits down with Jane Kessler, Director of Collections at the University Libraries, to talk about Jane's career journey & all things library collections! Music credit: bensounds.com 

Happy Pride Month!  Join Amanda as she sits down with returning guest, Library Ambassador Melody Palmer, and first-time guest Courtney D'Allaird, Assistant Director for Intercultural Student Engagement & Coordinator of the Gender & Sexuality Resource Center (GSRC).  Music Credit: bensound.com 

Join host, Amanda Lowe (Outreach & Marketing Librarian), as she sits down with Library Ambassadors Kelly Bartlett and Jo Ann Mulligan to chat with CEHC Professor, Dr. Philip Eppard about his career and all things archives! Music Credit: bensound.com 

Join host, Amanda Lowe, as she sits down with returning guest, Fiona Hernandez (Library Ambassador), and Deborah LaFond, UAlbany subject librarian, to discuss librarianship, connection, and National Library Week 2022.  Music credit: bensound.com 

Happy Women's History Month! On this episode of Librarians with Lattes, Amanda sits down with new Library Ambassador, Melody Palmer, and Librarian, Dr. Carol Anne Germain, to discuss librarianship and UAlbany's Initiatives for Women (IFW).  For more information on UAlbany's Initiatives for Women (IFW) please visit: https://www.albany.edu/ifw/  Music credit: bensound.com

Join us as we sit down to chat with UAlbany Subject Librarian and I Love My Librarian Award winner, Jesús Alonso-Regalado, about his career journey, being the subject librarian for history, Latin American studies, and romance languages... and more! Fiona Hernandez, Library Ambassador, also joins us again!  Music credit: bensound.com 

On this episode of Librarians with Lattes, Amanda sits down with library ambassadors, Jo Ann and Kelly, to talk about how they use the libraries as graduate students. Both Jo Ann and Kelly are also studying to be Librarians - so be prepared for a great conversation centering around librarianship, student library use, books, and pop culture!  Music credit: bensound.com 

In this episode of Librarians with Lattes, Amanda Lowe sits down with Library Ambassador, Fiona Hernandez, to talk about what it's like being a library ambassador and some of Fiona's favorite things about the libraries.  Music Credit: bensound.com 

On this episode of Librarians with Lattes our host, Amanda Lowe sits down with Library Ambassador, Brian McCorkle, and fellow librarian, Kathleen Flynn, to talk about data management, the Science Library, and a multitude of things in between!  Music Credit: bensound.com

This month's Librarians with Lattes podcast has a special National Poetry Month theme. Nadine Zaky Kotb, a graduating senior in Political Science and Spanish, sits down to discuss poetry across cultures. Back Episode (recorded April 2018) 

Host, Karina Ricker, sits down with Corinna Ripps Schaming and Trudi Jacobson to discuss feminism, the art world, metaliteracy, and Wikipedia editing in this episode of Librarians and Lattes. Back episode (recorded March 2018)

February’s Librarians with Lattes podcast honors Black History Month. Librarian Camille Chesley joins the conversation to talk about life in the information profession as a woman of color. Back Episode (recorded Feb. 2018)

Lauren Puzier joins Amanda Lowe to talk tips on beating stress during final exams and other hectic parts of the year. Back episode (recording December 2017)

Host, Karina Ricker, sits down with fellow librarian, Elaine Lasda, to discuss Open Access.  Back Episode (recorded October 2017)

Join host, Karina Ricker as she sits down with Amanda Lowe, Outreach & Marketing Librarian, to discuss banned books and the freedom to read.  Back episode (recorded September 2017)

Host Amanda Lowe is joined by Jane Kessler, Kabel Stanwicks, and Andrew Lyons to discuss the University Library's single service desk and higher education collaboration. Back episode (recorded October 2018)