The Library Pros

In this installment, Chris speaks to Luna Westish, self published author of Meet Me at the Ruins to talk about the journey of self publishing. Luna discusses the process, marketing and even audiobook creation! She touches on the demise of Baker and Taylor, how to get your self published work in libraries and Hoopla!

Lisa Kropp, a friend of the podcast joined the podcast. Lisa has done so many things. She is a Library Journal Mover and Shaker. Director of Lindenhurst Memorial Library. Past New York Library Association president. Advisory Board member of the Sustainable Libraries Initiative. Her expertise in leadership and her knowledge of sustainability seems endless and she joined us to talk about all of these things and more.

The podcast returned again to the Long Island Library Resources Council’s Conference on Libraries and the Future. Everyone is talking about AI and change in our field and these next two guests are both on the cutting edge. Dr. Sanda Hirsh, Special Assistant to the Provost for AI Initiatives at San José State University and author of the book iLbrary 2035: Imagining the Next Generation of Libraries chats with Chris about artificial intelligence, how libraries can adapt and use it as an effective tool and about embracing change as a concept. After the break, Chris was joined by Dr. Rajesh Singh, professor at St. John’s University. Dr. Singh spoke about change, how AI is reshaping the profession and his optimistic outlook for the future!

Episode 120! In this episode we speak with Joseph Furnari, Trustee of the Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library in Shirley New York. Joe speaks about inspiration, life as a Library Trustee, entrepreneurship and inspiration! Joe has many “oars in the water” and shares what his definition of “Community” is along with living in a family connected to libraries!

Madi Mullen from Libro.fm joins the podcast to talk about audiobooks for local bookstores! Libro.fm works with local bookstores to offer audiobooks.Madi talks about the passion behind the project, Libro.fm embraces the local bookstores and their supporters with providing those booksellers with a way to expand their offerings with audiobooks. She also talks about what it is like to be a “Social Purpose Corporation”. There is also a great discussion about artificial intelligence and how you still need people to curate collections because Algorithms Libro.fm also provides free audiobooks for librarians! The human touch is always best. Shout out to our local bookstore Tiny Raccoon Books in Sayville NY! LIBRO.FM National Library Week Program