The Library Pros

Lara Marshall, Manager of the Hillingdon Borough of the London Public Library joined the podcast via Google Hangouts to talk about Hillingdon and the exciting things happening with coding and the Culture Bite Festival which is now a monthly occurrence. We had LOTS of laughs talking about all the wonderful things happening at Hillingdon! Hillingdon […]

Rocco Cassano, Assistant Director at the East Meadow Public Library and Joe Perito, the resident Information Technology guru joined the podcast via Google Hangouts (thank goodness we received a reprieve from Google keeping it alive!). We spoke to Rocco about what he has seen in his long career in Libraryland and we spoke to both […]

The podcast went on the road to the Brentwood Public Library to talk to some amazing friends. Tara Kohles, Head of Youth Services, Michele Nevola, Teen Librarian, Maggie Utset, Head of Publicity and Outreach and Andres Posada Youth Services Clerk all welcomed us to Brentwood to talk about the Average Brentwood Teens podcast and how […]

We were excited to have on Maxine Bleiweis, retired Director of the Westport Library in Westport Connecticut. We learn about how the “Library of Things” got its start in the 1970’s, and how it evolved at Westport into arguably one of the first (if not the first) makerspaces in the United States. Although retired from […]

In this episode we again head to Ontario virtually and speak with Linda Hazzan who is the Director of Communications, Programming and Customer Engagement at the Toronto Public Library. Linda spoke to the guys about marketing, reaching beyond the everyday library user and the Bridge Technology Services Assessment Toolkit which is a customizable web-based solution […]

Tyler Byrd is the host of the podcast “Library Figures” a great podcast about libraries and marketing (something that some libraries are great at and others not so much). Tyler is also the owner of Meet Piola, a web development company that helps libraries enhance their digitial content by building a digital branch. Tyler was […]

Charles Guarria is a professor at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus. Charles has a had a varied career that took him to Lehman Brothers and Long Island University’s Acquisition Department. Charles started writing a research piece on California’s Proposition 13 from the 1970’s. Why is this so relevant in the 21st Century? This proposition severely […]

Rob Thomson, Teacher in Charge at the TAFE School in Wollongong, NSW, Australia turned up for a talk with Chris and Bob!  Rob, a very entertaining fellow took time out of his morning (our evening) talking about about library technicians,

In this episode, we travel to beautiful Southampton, New York and Stony Brook University's Eastern Campus to speak with Kathleen Russo.  Kathleen is the Co-Director of the Stony Brook University's Fellowship in Podcasting.

Carlos Galeana, Spanish Regional Technology Coordinator at the Multnomah County Library, was named a Library Journal "Mover & Shaker" in 2017.  Although he is great at being a tech help expert, his real skill is communicating.

Michael Jones, Assistant Librarian at Winchester University joined the podcast via Google Hangouts from Southampton,England, UK.  Michael talks about the importance of social media, whether it's Facebook, Twitter or Linkedin in Libraryland.  Social media is such an effective tool to network, meet new people, schedule meet ups for ice breakers.  Whether at a conference, or sharing library news and...

In this episode, Chris and Bob were joined by Matt Pfisterer, the Director of the MIddletown Thrall Library in Middletown, New York which is in the heart of the beautiful Catskill Mountains.  Matt, originally from Long Island, spoke about transplanting to Middletown, briefly compared the various consortiums around New York State and talked about how important it is to continually lobby and meet wi...

This episode is a panel discussion.  We had a live studio audience at the Sachem Public Library and we discussed what it takes to build, maintain and fill content for a podcast.  The most fascinating thing is how we all get the audio out there, but our methods are all different.  We have a few good laughs in there too!!! Here is the cast of characters who attended along with their links (not inclu...

This episode is a shorter episode.  We were on location at the Long Island Library Conference, in the front lobby.  We were visited by some old friends.  Ellen Firer, Director of The Merrick Library, Marisa Crowley, Assistant Director of the Merrick Library, Carol Ann Tack Reference and Readers Advisory Librarian and host of Top Shelf at the Merrick Library, Nick Tanzi, Assistant Director at the M...

We were fortunate enough to have on Jill Hurst Wahl Associate Professor of Practice from Syracuse University's iSchool.  Jill also has a website www.hurstassociates.com.  Jill is a dynamic speaker who was presented at conference all over the United States. She also is a "Usual Suspect" on the podcast T is for Training.  Jill joined us via Google Hangouts to talk about accessibility in a library en...

In this episode of TLP, we were fortunate enough to have Dr. Michael Hynes, Superintendent of the Patchogue Medford School District.  Dr. Mike is an amazing administrator and educator.  He has been a vocal advocate for enhanced recess, mindfulness and teaching the whole child, and has so many progressive ideas about education.  We learned about PEAS, Imagination Station and many other cool ideas. ...

Ok, this is part 2 of our cross over episode in podcast with Turbitt N Duck.  Because we had so much fun, we had to break off this episode and separate the 032 List to a separate post.  And if you are wondering why it is Episode 38"A", it could mean "Australia" but it really means that we moved it up after we recorded episode 39.  Yes we moved them up because we could NOT CONTAIN this episode.  We...

Ok, this is part 1 of our cross over episode in podcasting and continents.  For those who listen to The Library Pros or follow us on social media, we have been talking about the library podcast Turbitt N Duck for quite some time.  We reached out, and they reached back and we did an episode together.  Amy Walduck is an Outreach Librarian at City of Gold Coast Library in Gold Coast, Queensland and S...

Monica Dombrowski joined the podcast via FaceTime from Elgin Illinois. Monica is the Director of Digital Services at the Gail Borden Public Library District.  Monica talks about her pre-library experience, finding that dream job and Gail's Toolkit, which is a wonderful resource for library professionals to find program materials and lesson plans.  The content in the Toolkit can be downloaded for f...

This episode's guest is truly special.  Newly retired Director of the Long Island Library Resources Council, Herbert Biblo has been a tireless advocate for libraries his entire professional career.  Anyone on Long Island NY knows of Herb's contribution to libraries across New York State.  If you know Herb's work, then you only know half the story.  Brooklyn born, World War II veteran, studied in C...

TLP took the show on the road to Garden City, New York.  We visited the Swirbul Library at Adelphi University.  We sat and spoke with Dean of University Libraries Brian Lym, Digital Learning and Instruction Librarian Sally Stieglitz,

TLP took the show on the road to Garden City, New York.  We visited the Swirbul Library at Adelphi University.  We sat and spoke with Dean of University Libraries Brian Lym, Digital Learning and Instruction Librarian Sally Stieglitz,

The New York Library Association's President Tim Burke (who is also Executive Director of Upper Hudson Library System) and Jeremy Johannesen, NYLA's Executive Director visited Chris at the Sachem Public Library.

The New York Library Association's President Tim Burke (who is also Executive Director of Upper Hudson Library System) and Jeremy Johannesen, NYLA's Executive Director visited Chris at the Sachem Public Library.

This installment takes TLP to The Plainview Old Bethpage Library and spoke to Doug McAuliffe the Information Technology Pro and Megan Murphy, POB’s Local History LIbrarian. We spoke about the library and the project they have undertaken digitizing and ...