FYI 030 Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
This episode focuses on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, EDI for short and features three guest who've been working tirelessly in this arena. Amita Lonial leads our conversation. Amita, (she/her/her...
17 Jul 201835min
FYI 027 Evaluating Health News
We talk with Carolyn Martin and Sally James about providing Health Information Services and in particular evaluating health news. Carolyn Martin is a librarian who is the Consumer Health Coordinator f...
29 Mar 201818min
FYI 029 Serving Persons Experiencing Homelessness
We talk with John Spears, Director of the Pikes Peak (Colorado) Public Library about challenges and opportunities in serving patrons experiencing homelessness at the public library, educating the publ...
16 Mar 201820min
FYI 028 Graphic Medicine
In this podcast, we discuss Graphic Medicine, which can be defined as the use of comics (graphic narratives) in health sciences education and patient care. Our guests are Susan Squier and Ellen Forney...
2 Mar 201818min
FYI 024 Guest: Nicholas Higgins -- Library Service to Jails and Prisons
We talk with Nicholas Higgins, director of Outreach Services at the Brooklyn (NY) Public Library. Higgins, author of the latest book in the PLA Quick Reads series, shares wisdom gleaned from his years...
17 Nov 201716min
FYI 025 Public Service Loan Forgiveness with Kyra Hahn
Librarian Kyra Hahn shares her experiences navigating the intense bureaucracy of the Federal Public Service Student Loan (PSLF) program and provides tips, advice, and explanations that can make the pr...
7 Nov 201712min
FYI 026 Guest: Eric Motley Author of Madison Park: A Place of Hope
PLA's Brendan Dowling Talks with Eric Motley, Executive Vice President, The Aspen Institute about his new book, "Madison Park: A Place of Hope." Motley shares stories from his childhood and about the ...
2 Nov 201720min
FYI 023 Serving All Families in a Queer and Genderqueer Way
In this episode we discuss providing the best library service for your LGBTQ community with our guest Joel A. Nichols. Joel is the author of the winner in this year's "Public Libraries" magazine feat...
24 Jul 201714min
