The Librarian Linkover

Naomi L.A ‘Baudelaire’ Smith, a global DEI consultant, discusses why she is committed to rearchitecting systems to honor marginalized voices and foster meaningful, lasting change.

Alyssa Mandel, owner of Knot Again Jewelry , discusses the "traditional library skills" she uses in her jewelry business to add value for her clients.

David Belanger, owner of DL Belanger Consulting, discusses his consulting business and how it's a perfect fit for librarians to work with library boards in their planning processes.

Dr. Lauren Hays, Associate Professor of Instructional Technology, discusses instructional technology and why librarians are a good fit in the field.

Audrey Rugangazi, who does library vendor work, discusses why librarians are great fits to work at library vendors.

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, tells us that librarians can do anything!

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, 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, 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, discusses the skills she uses to manage an association.

Emily Weak, founder of the Hiring Librarians blog, is back for her second appearance to discuss hiring in libraries. She also has a blog !

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 .

We had a recording malfunction this week. We hope to get back on track next week. Is there a previous episode you missed? Now is the time to catch up.

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, discusses why librarians should write books. During our conversation, she discusses The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators .

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!

Martha Kyrillidou, Director and CEO of QualityMetrics, LLC, discusses library assessment.

Meg Morrissey, DAM and Metadata Expert, discusses why librarians are perfectly skilled to work in DAM.

Christina E. Taylor, Library Management Consultant for Texas State Library and Archives Commission, discusses grant writing, social media and graphic novels.

Alison King, Copy Editor and owner of King Career Services, is back for her 3Peat! This is an everything but the resume episode. Alison mentioned the following items during our conversation. Subscribers to the email list will get the exclusive Leap Day coupon code to save on courses. https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/moxy5Vt/leap Royal Career Academy (Courses) royalcareeracademy.teachable.com...

Shea Swauger, Senior Policy Analyst, Data Sharing and Ethics at the Future of Privacy Forum, discusses how to translate our skills from library speak to industry speak. This is the Ethics and Data Research Group he manages.

Dr. Audrey Barbakoff, CEO of Co/Lab Capacity, discusses when libraries should partner with community organizations. During our conversation, Dr. Barbakoff mentioned the Library Consultant Interest Group in CORE.

Helen Rimmer, Owner of The Kind Brave Leader , discusses steps we can take to become better leaders. During our conversation, Helen mentioned M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries .

Catherine Bellamy, Consultant for Redbird Library Consulting Services, discusses her passion for well being of library staff, as well as helping library staff have sustainable careers. During our conversation, Catherine mentioned American Indian Library Association .