Linking Our Libraries
290 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsLibraries are amazing places! The work library people do is so wide-ranging, it can be hard to keep up on the latest news. We are here to help. Each episode, we focus on one area of library work, discuss library news stories, recommend some books, and share a Spotlight Library that is doing some interesting work.
If your image of libraries is dominated by crabby old women who shush you, or places where they scowl when you take books home - you are in for a big surprise. Libraries are the jewels of their communities, and doing all sorts of amazing things every day! Books are the backbone of any library, and there is so much more to do and to use. Service to every member of their community means searching out and connecting with the needs of a lot of different groups. No matter what your interests, there is a library out there for you!
Listen to us talk about some of the great things happening in libraries today!
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Book Bites: Good Omens
September 03, 2019 08:30 - 5 minutes - 5.31 MBBook Bites are quick looks at a book from our Guest Host readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. "According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655, before she exploded), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner. So the armies of Good and Evil ar...
Book Bites The Constellation Games
August 27, 2019 08:30 - 5 minutes - 5.22 MBBook Bites are quick looks at a book from our Guest Host readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is The Constellation Games by Leonard Richardson. "Ariel Blum is pushing thirty and has very little to show for it. He's using his computer science degree to write pony-themed video games for ten-year-olds. He hasn't met a nice Jewish girl because he's secretly in love with his best friend, Jenny Gallegos. Whenever he tries to make something of his life, he finds himself back on the cou...
Book Bites: A Walk in the Woods
August 20, 2019 08:30 - 6 minutes - 5.88 MBBook Bites are quick looks at a book from our Guest Host readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is A Walk in the Woods, by Bill Bryson. "The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America–majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If you’re going to take a hike, it’s probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaining guide you’ll find. He introduces us to the history and ecology of...
Book Bites: Beach Town
August 13, 2019 08:30 - 4 minutes - 3.87 MBBook Bites are quick looks at a book from our Guest Host readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is Beach Town, by Mary Kay Andrews. "Between an ambitious director and his entourage―including a spoiled “It Boy” lead actor―who parachute into town, a conniving local ex-socialite, and a cast of local fangirls and opportunists who catch the movie bug, nothing is going to be the same in Cypress Key. Now Greer is forced to make some hard choices: about the people and the town she’s come ...
Book Bites: Emergency Contact
August 06, 2019 08:30 - 5 minutes - 5.46 MBBook Bites are quick looks at a book from our Guest Host readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is Emergency Contact, by Mary H. K. Choi. "When Sam and Penny cross paths it’s less meet-cute and more a collision of unbearable awkwardness. Still, they swap numbers and stay in touch—via text—and soon become digitally inseparable, sharing their deepest anxieties and secret dreams without the humiliating weirdness of having to see each other." Subscribe to our newsletter, our soc...
Reading With Libraries Special Mini Episode: Harry Potter's Birthday!
July 31, 2019 05:00 - 8 minutes - 7.58 MBTune in for this quick mini Reading With Libraries episode all about Harry Potter! This episode will get you excited for our full Harry Potter Reading With Libraries episode coming in September (on Hermione's birthday). We discuss Hogwarts Houses, how we first discovered Harry Potter and favorite side characters. Join us!
Book Bites: The Dreamers
July 30, 2019 08:30 - 4 minutes - 4.25 MBBook Bites are quick looks at a book from our Guest Host readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is The Dreamers, by Karen Thompson Walker. "One night in an isolated college town in the hills of Southern California, a first-year student stumbles into her dorm room, falls asleep—and doesn’t wake up. She sleeps through the morning, into the evening. Her roommate, Mei, cannot rouse her. Neither can the paramedics, nor the perplexed doctors at the hospital. When a second girl falls asl...
Book Bites: Hiding Out
July 23, 2019 08:30 - 4 minutes - 5.22 MBBook Bites are quick looks at a book from our Guest Host readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is Hiding Out: A Memoir of Drugs, Deception, and Double Lives, by Tina Alexis Allen. "Actress and playwright Tina Alexis Allen’s audacious memoir unravels her privileged suburban Catholic upbringing that was shaped by her formidable father—a man whose strict religious devotion and dedication to his large family hid his true nature and a life defined by deep secrets and dangerous lies." ...
Book Bites: Their Eyes Were Watching God
July 16, 2019 08:00 - 5 minutes - 5.22 MBBook Bites are quick looks at a book from our Guest Host readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston. "Their Eyes Were Watching God, an American classic, is the luminous and haunting novel about Janie Crawford, a Southern Black woman in the 1930s, whose journey from a free-spirited girl to a woman of independence and substance has inspired writers and readers for close to 70 years. This poetic, graceful love story, rooted in Blac...
Book Bites Tour de France
July 09, 2019 08:30 - 6 minutes - 6.22 MBJoin us today for a special episode of Book Bites, where we look at a topic for a little longer than usual. This week, we look at books to celebrate the Tour de France. It will last from Jul 6 to Jul 28, 2019, covering 3,460 km (2,150 mi). The First Tour de France: Sixty Cyclists and Nineteen Days of Daring on the Road to Paris, by Peter Cossins "Starting in the Parisian suburb of Montgeron, the route took the intrepid cyclists through Lyon, over the hills to Marseille, then on to T...
Summer 2019 break!
July 05, 2019 08:00 - 1 minute - 1.22 MBWe're on break!! But, don't worry - we aren't leaving you! Right here on this feed we will drop a quickie Book Bite each Tuesday. These are fast looks at a book one of our Guest Hosts has to share with everyone. Occasionally we will also have a special episode you may enjoy, with a little more time and a few more books. (Pssst! For example, if you like Harry Potter, you should probably be prepared for a good episode in July!) Our sister podcast, Reading With Libraries, is also ...
Episode 511 Bonus Stress Management
July 04, 2019 08:30 - 19 minutes - 18.9 MBWe are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange. Our members are libraries of all sorts. And we have had such a good season that we just had to add on one more episode. This is a bonus topic - just for you! We are going to talk about stress management at work. Check out our full show notes here! If you have worked with us over the course of this podcast, you probably remember we looked at this topic back in Season Two. We link to it here, so feel free to enjoy both episodes. This is one...
Book Bites: Chatting Books
July 02, 2019 08:30 - 9 minutes - 9.21 MBThis week we have another special longer episode, with three of us each chatting and sharing a book we are reading. Enjoy a quick look at some fun books! Sofia Khan is Not Obliged: A heartwarming romantic comedy, by Ayisha Malik. "Sofia Khan is single once more, after her sort-of-boyfriend proves just a little too close to his parents. And she'd be happy that way too, if her boss hadn't asked her to write a book about the weird and wonderful world of Muslim dating. Of course, even thou...
Episode 510: Programs
June 27, 2019 08:30 - 26 minutes - 23 MBWelcome back to Season Five of Linking Our Libraries! Check out our full show notes page here. In this episode we will talk about a fun part of library service - Programs. And by “fun” we mean the traditional definition, but also hard, time-consuming, and exhausting. Programs are integral parts to good library service, so let’s chat about doing them well. This week we have returning Guest Host Kate, from the Great River Regional Library System, to help us get some ideas! We are big fans...
Episode 509: Displays
June 20, 2019 08:30 - 30 minutes - 29.9 MBIn this episode we will talk about one of the most visible parts of good library service: creating displays. These are not just fun things, tho they are that! Your job is to get books and materials off your shelves and into the hands of your patrons. Good displays will help make that happen! This week we have returning Guest Hosts Ariel and Lydia, from the Great River Regional Library System, to help us get some ideas! Check out our shownotes page here, with links to lots of useful mater...
Episode 508 Website Design for Total Newbies
June 13, 2019 08:30 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBCheck out our full show notes page here! In this episode we will talk about another important part of good library service: website design. Your website, or your webpage on someone else’s site, is your online branch. The world has moved online, and every single library, no matter how large or small, needs to be there. It’s an important way to share information and your resources - so let’s work on making it pretty good! We are going to start by saying that none of us are website experts. ...
Episode 507: Answering Tech Questions
June 06, 2019 08:30 - 28 minutes - 25.2 MBWelcome back to Season Five of Linking Our Libraries! In this episode we will talk about an issue every library staffer faces: patron questions or problems with technology, and how to answer them when you have no idea what is going on. You can find our shownotes here, with all our information, links, and books we share. This week we have Guest Host Ariel Kirst, from the Great River Regional Library System to help us get some ideas! Working with technology, and all the various technol...
Episode 506 Childrens Services
May 30, 2019 08:30 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBIn this episode we will talk about the service most people think of first when they think about cool things libraries do: Children’s Services. While it’s not the only thing we do, it’s important This week we have returning Guest Host Kelly Groth, from the Great River Regional Library System to help us get some ideas! Check out our shownotes page here! We are big fans of the idea that kids are important parts of any library – public, school, even special library organizations. So we sup...
Episode 505- Collection Development
May 23, 2019 08:30 - 29 minutes - 27.8 MBIn this episode we will talk about one of the foundations of all library service: Collection Development. Without good collections, we might be nice places to visit - but it’s not a good library. This week we have returning Guest Host Amy, from the Great River Regional Library System to help us get some ideas! Check out our shownotes page here! Collection development can involve all kinds of things - books, DVDs, periodicals, maps, online material, toys - whatever. Good collection d...
Episode 504: Policies and Procedures
May 16, 2019 08:30 - 25 minutes - 24.2 MBWelcome back to Season Five of Linking Our Libraries! You can find our full shownotes page here. This week we will be talking about policies and procedures. These are tools that can not only guide your library and help you make decisions, but they can also be so useful in explaining to other people what you are doing and why you are doing it. Good policies and procedures can save you a lot of trouble! This week we have Guest Host Karen Pundsack, Executive Director at Great River Regional...
Episode 503: Social Media
May 09, 2019 08:30 - 22 minutes - 21.6 MBWelcome back to Season Five of Linking Our Libraries! Check out our full shownotes here. This week we will be talking about Social Media in your library, and how to make it work for you. We welcome back returning Guest Host Jessie Storlien, from the Stearns History Museum, to help us get some ideas! Social media is fun! Social media is informative! Social media is a snake pit of danger! Yes, it’s all these things at once. Developing some good social media practices in your library will ...
Episode 502: Customer Service
May 02, 2019 08:30 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBWelcome back to Season Five of Linking Our Libraries! Check out our full shownotes page here. This week we will be talking about Customer Service in your library, and how to make it work for you. Attentive listeners may be thinking “Hey! Didn’t you guys already do this topic?” Good catch! We did - way back in Season Two, episode 210. We link to it here, and it would be worth your time to go back and listen or read our show notes. This is such an important topic - the foundation of ever...
Episode 501: Cataloging
April 25, 2019 08:30 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBWelcome back to Season Five of Linking Our Libraries! We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange. Our members are libraries of all sorts: public, schools, academics, special libraries, archives, and history centers. This season we are working through some skills that people in any kind of library will need to be successful in their work. This week we are starting the season on a foundational skill for any library: cataloging. You need this to keep track of your materials, to know wh...
Book Bites: Under the Banner of Heaven
April 16, 2019 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.17 MBBook Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith, by Jon Krakauer. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats. We also have new episodes of our book group podcast: Reading With Libraries dropping every Thursday morning; subscribe to get ...
Book Bites: Written in Dead Wax
April 09, 2019 06:00 - 3 minutes - 4.08 MBBook Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is The Vinyl Detective Mysteries - Written in Dead Wax: A Vinyl Detective Mystery 1, by Andrew Cartmel *Note: the author's name is Andrew Cartmel, not Carmichael as recorded. Also, readers should be aware that the second book in the Vinyl Detective series DOES have a murder approximately 40 pages into the story. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as...
Book Bites: Zealot
April 02, 2019 06:00 - 3 minutes - 4.12 MBBook Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, by Reza Asla. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats. We also have new episodes of our book group podcast: Reading With Libraries dropping every Thursday morning; subscribe to get it in y...
Book Bites: The Ring
March 26, 2019 06:00 - 4 minutes - 5.14 MBBook Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is The Ring, by Koji Suzuki. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats. We also have new episodes of our book group podcast: Reading With Libraries dropping every Thursday morning; subscribe to get it in your app, or stream it on our webs...
Book Bites: The Confidence Code for Girls
March 19, 2019 06:00 - 3 minutes - 3.53 MBBook Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is The Confidence Code for Girls, by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats. We also have new episodes of our book group podcast: Reading With Libraries dropping every Thursday morning; subscribe to get it...
Book Bites: Jeeves and the King of Clubs
March 12, 2019 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.75 MBBook Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is Jeeves and the King of Clubs, by Ben Schott. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats. We also have new episodes of our book group podcast: Reading With Libraries dropping every Thursday morning; subscribe to get it in your app, or st...
Book Bites: We Are Okay
March 05, 2019 07:00 - 5 minutes - 5.11 MBBook Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is We Are Okay, by Nina LaCour. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats. We also have new episodes of our book group podcast: Reading With Libraries dropping every Thursday morning; subscribe to get it in your app, or stream it on our we...
Book Bites: The Housekeeper and the Professor
February 26, 2019 07:00 - 5 minutes - 5.17 MBBook Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is The Housekeeper and the Professor, by by Yoko Ogawa (Author), Stephen Snyder (Translator). (Mary really gushes over this one!) Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats. We also have new episodes of our book group podcast: Reading Wit...
Book Bites: Trail of Lightning
February 19, 2019 07:00 - 5 minutes - 5.12 MBBook Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is Trail of Lightning, by Rebecca Roanhorse. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats. We also have new episodes of our book group podcast: Reading With Libraries dropping every Thursday morning; subscribe to get it in your app, or stream...
Book Bites: Infandous
February 12, 2019 07:00 - 4 minutes - 4.37 MBBook Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is Infandous, by Elana K. Arnold. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats. We also have new episodes of our book group podcast: Reading With Libraries dropping every Thursday morning; subscribe to get it in your app, or stream it on our ...
Library Legislative Day 2019
February 08, 2019 00:27 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBWelcome to a special bonus podcast episode! You can find our shownotes right here, with links and all of our information in one place. This week we want to get you ready for Minnesota Library Legislative Week! It runs from Feb. 25 through March 1 – so you have plenty of time to be a part of this important work. If you are not in Minnesota, stay with us; these issues will likely be similar to those in your state, and we would love for you to be part of your state’s Legislative Day or Week...
Book Bites: Algeria is Beautiful Like America
February 05, 2019 07:00 - 5 minutes - 5.54 MBBook Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is Algeria Is Beautiful Like America, by Olivia Burton. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats.
Book Bites: Stiff and Gulp (Live!)
January 29, 2019 07:00 - 6 minutes - 5.74 MBBook Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, by Mary Roach. We also discussed Gulp: Travels Around the Gut, also by Mary Roach. This was recorded live at St Cloud public library. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats. We also have ne...
Book Bites: Sabriel (Live!)
January 22, 2019 07:00 - 4 minutes - 4.05 MBBook Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is Sabriel, by Garth Nix. This episode is recorded Live! on-site at the Great River Public Library in St Cloud. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats.
Book Bites: Pride (Live!)
January 15, 2019 07:00 - 5 minutes - 5.38 MBBook Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is from Amy: Pride, by Ibi Zoboi. This episode is recorded Live! on-site at the Great River Public Library in St Cloud. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats. We also have new episodes of our leadership podcast: Linking Our Libraries drop...
Book Bites: Tales from the Inner City (Live!)
January 08, 2019 07:00 - 5 minutes - 5.42 MBBook Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is from Annie: Tales from the Inner City, by Shaun Tan. This episode is recorded Live! on-site at the Great River Public Library in St Cloud. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats. We also have new episodes of our leadership podcast: ...
Book Bites: So Far So Good (Live!)
January 03, 2019 07:00 - 5 minutes - 5.36 MBBook Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is from Annie: So Far, So Good, by Ursula K. Le Guin. This episode was recorded Live! at the Great River public library in St Cloud, MN. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats. We also have new episodes of our leadership podcast: Linkin...
Book Bites: Johnanthan Seagull (Live!)
January 01, 2019 07:00 - 4 minutes - 4.26 MBBook Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is from Amy: Jonathan Livingston Seagull, by Richard Bach. This episode was recorded Live! on-site at the Great River Public Library in St Cloud. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats. We also have new episodes of our leadership podca...
Book Bites: On Desperate Ground (Live!)
December 27, 2018 07:00 - 4 minutes - 4.07 MBBook Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is: On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle, by Hampton Sides. This episode was recorded Live! on-site at the Great River Public Library in St Cloud. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats. ...
Book Bites: Mary Russell series (Live!)
December 25, 2018 08:00 - 4 minutes - 4.57 MBBook Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is: Island of the Mad: A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, by Laurie R. King (This is the most recent in the series) This episode was recorded Live! on-site at the Great River Public Library in St Cloud. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Offici...
CMLE 2018 Reading With Libraries Awards
December 20, 2018 07:00 - 33 minutes - 32.4 MBIt's award season!! And we love books; there are so many to discuss!! We share book suggestions and ideas every single week on our podcasts, but we wanted to take some time to recognize a few that are special to us. The CMLE team of Angie, Lydia, and Mary all contributed to this episode. Get all the categories and books on our shownotes page! You have heard all of us talking about books across all of our podcasts, and we have some definite favorites. This year we are adapting the 30 bo...
Book Bites: Unmentionables
December 18, 2018 07:30 - 4 minutes - 5.07 MBBook Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week! Today’s book is from Lydia: Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners, by Therese O'Neill. Want to be a full book group member? Join us on Patreon! For as little as $1 a month, you can support the podcast as well as helping to keep Official Office Dog, Lady Grey, in treats. We also have new episodes of our leadership podcast: Linking Our Libraries dropping ever...
We take a break - but with so many books for you!
December 17, 2018 08:00 - 56 seconds - 790 KBWhew! In Season Four, we have all worked together to work through fifteen of the most valuable competencies you need to be a good leader in your organization. As we said all along: it doesn't matter what your title is, you can lead from any position. So these skills are for EVERYONE! Refer back to our shownotes for any info you missed - and of course for links to the books we shared! We are taking a break here, and starting up our companion podcast: Reading With Libraries. Season Three s...
Episode 415 Problem Solving
December 13, 2018 08:00 - 18 minutes - 18 MBWelcome back to Linking Our Libraries! This is our Season Four finale! It’s been so good to work with you all this season, and talk about building skills. Check out our full shownotes page for all the information, and the info on the books we read (with links to Amazon!). Be sure to subscribe to our book group podcast, Reading With Libraries, which will start dropping new episodes and new genres Jan 3. If you are subscribed to this podcast, Linking Our Libraries, we will be dropping Boo...
Episode 414 Maturity
December 06, 2018 08:00 - 17 minutes - 16.5 MBWelcome back to Linking Our Libraries! This week we are going to talk about maturity: a competency leaders need to be successful in their work. Check out our full shownotes page here, including information and links to to the books we read this week! Maturity is such a valuable skill for successful leaders! If you think about mangers and politicians you see on TV and social media who behave badly, you can see how they are not respected as real leaders. They have the job title, but ...
Episode 413 Risk Taking
November 29, 2018 08:30 - 14 minutes - 14 MBCheck out our full shownotes page here! Welcome back to Linking Our Libraries! This week we are going to talk about an exciting leadership competency: Risk Taking! Your first thought when listening to this topic might be surprise. Hasn’t everything we’ve talked about this season implied that leaders need to be reliable, steady, and predictable? Yes. All of that is true. These are important qualities for leaders. But you can’t just take the safe course all the time. Sometimes you nee...
Episode 412 Accountability
November 22, 2018 09:00 - 20 minutes - 20.2 MBWelcome back to Linking Our Libraries! This week we are going to talk about the leadership competency that sounds like Adulting: Accountability. Check out our full shownotes page here. Who is joining us this week? Rhonda Huisman, doctoral candidate and Dean of the University Library at St Cloud State University! We hear people talking about “adulting" online and in person. When you think about it, this means being accountable. And that’s kind of terrifying. Being accountable means tak...