Library Land Loves

Oct 22 2024 68 ep. 28 mins 95
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Library professionals are passionate about a lot of things. Be it the pop culture they consume or the databases that drive their libraries, Library Land Loves A Lot!

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Red Carpet Moments

Oct 22 2024 35 mins  
This week on Library Land Loves, our host Michelle Arbuckle (Executive Director of the OLA) sits down with everyone's favourite colleague, Director of Member Engagement, Melissa Macks to get all the hot goss on OLA's very own Awards season! Learn more about the awards we offer, and hear from some VIPWs (that's "Very Important Past Winners") as they offer practical advice to Library

Save Our School Libraries

Oct 08 2024 33 mins  
This week on Library Land Loves, our host Michelle Arbuckle sits down with 2024 OSLA President Wendy Burch Jones for an important discussion about why having access to a fully staffed and funded school library is so necessary for our students, and what you can do to get involved. 📚 You’re not an OLA member yet? Don’t worry about it, it’s fine, you can become one ⁠here�

Super Conference 2025: Building Bridges

Sep 23 2024 37 mins  
Welcome back to Library Land Loves, we’ve missed you! Join us in our first episode back as your host Michelle Arbuckle (Executive Director of the OLA), sits down for a chat with the key crew behind the 2025 OLA Super Conference: Caroline Goulding, Randy Oldham, and Amanda Robinson. Get the inside scoop on the 2025 theme’s origin story (no, we’re not pivoting to become an engi

Finding Joy, Feeling Better and Dreaming (with Michael Stephens)

Nov 21 2022 26 mins  
Dr. Michael Stephens joins us to chat about empathy - why it's important and tools to help us develop our empathy muscles. Adjacent to the important topic of empathy is compassion fatigue and how the work that we do requires us to take care of ourselves, to step out our work roles, take time for dreaming and find joy in our lives and our work. Join us at the upcoming "Empathetic Pu

Lessons Learned from the Rogers Outage

Nov 07 2022 20 mins  
On July 8, 2022 Canada experienced one of the largest telecomm outages in recent memory when Rogers Communications experienced a massive network failure. Millions of people were unable to access wifi, or process debit transactions, and even getting a cup of coffee proved difficult. Today three library systems are sharing their stories of how they handled the challenges of that day.

Indigenous Awesomeness (with Nancy Cooper)

Oct 05 2022 21 mins  
Nancy Cooper, First Nation Communities READ coordinator is here to tell us all about the program, this year's 2022/2023 selected titles and how you can learn more and get involved.  Links from the episode:  First Nation Communities READ website  Goodminds.com  First Nations Public Library Week website FNPLW Poster  Follow @FNCReads  Follow Michelle @ci

Banned Book Banter (with Traci Thomas)

May 30 2022 34 mins  
This week we're talking about banned books with host and creator of The Stacks podcast, Traci Thomas. Earlier this year Traci hosted a five part series on banned books where she had some really interesting conversations with librarians, authors, students, teachers, performers, politicians, and bookstore owners. The series explored all the nuances around the implications of banning

Library Land Loves Pop Culture (with NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour)

Apr 11 2022 51 mins  
This keynote conversation was recorded at the 2022 OLA Super Conference.  Get obsessed with us. OLA is thrilled to bring the hosts of National Public Radio’s Pop Culture Happy Hour to chat about how pop culture will save us all. From lowbrow to highbrow, what culture are we consuming during our pandemic journey? And more importantly, what culture is making us happy this week

Podcasters Panel: A Glimpse Behind the Microphone (recorded at the 2022 OLA Super Conference)

Mar 22 2022 49 mins  
Many libraries now make their own podcasts, but there are also people who make library and book-related podcasts outside of their jobs. Panelists will discuss why they make podcasts, how they engage with their audiences, what makes a successful podcast, balancing work vs podcasting, and where they’d like to see podcasting go in the future. Thank you to Matthew Murray, Brenna

The Good, the Bad, and the Distracted: ADHD and the Workplace (with Aries Casteel)

Jan 24 2022 39 mins  
What does it mean to be neurodivergent or neuro-atypical in library land? Today’s conversation is about what it's like to be an adult with ADHD, and how we can better support workers with this condition.  ADHD is a condition that affects 1.5 million Canadians but is still often confused or dismissed as something that only affects children. Aries Casteel, from the Dartmouth H