Common Stacks: Recent Episodes
Heather Teysko
The podcast that breaks down LibraryLand industry news, innovation, and how libraries are breaking down "this is how we always have done it" to better serve their communities.
Peter McCracken has been an electronic resources librarian at Cornell University since 2016. Prior to joining Cornell, Peter worked as a reference librarian at East Carolina University and the University of Washington. In 2000, he co-founded Serials Solutions, which was acquired by ProQuest in 2004. In 2009, he co-founded ShipIndex.org, which helps people do research on vessels.
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Steven Rosato is the Manager of the OverDrive Professional business unit, the division of OverDrive that specializes in serving HigherEd Academic institutions. He joined us to discuss the new CHOICE report, and the landscape of eBooks in academic libraries.
85% of academic libraries include ebook and digital audiobooks in their collections, with non-curriculum-based ebooks one of the fastest growing segmentsGet the show notes with the link to the full report at
https://librarylever.com/common-stacks-episode-025-steven-rosato-and-overdrive/
PrivCo is a leading source of information for private companies. David Brace, their Head of Sales, discusses the use cases, and what makes PrivCo different. You can learn more about the PrivCo offering for Library Lever members at LibraryLever.com/PrivcoOffer
John Seguin is the President, Co-Founder, and Chief Librarian of Third Iron, a library technology company. In this episode he walks us through a masterclass on the issues around open access models, and the solutions that Third Iron is building.
Dr. Sarah Clark is Dean and University Librarian at LaSalle University, and founder of the Kind Leadership Guild and the Kind Leadership Challenge Podcast. Listen to it at KindLeadershipChallenge.com And learn more about Library Lever at LibraryLever.com, or hop into our community at community.librarylever.com
Frank Pennett is a Startup Business Attorney at Broward County Library in Florida, and chats about the library's coworking business incubator space. Show notes on our website at commonstacks.com.
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