Amy Rea

2 months ago | libraryjournal.com | Amy Rea

Nardia Cumberbatch, librarian at Florida’s Valencia College, was named a 2024 Library Journal Mover & Shaker for her work in helping the college achieve the Sustainable Library Certification Program (SLCP), the second academic library in the country and the first library in Florida to have done so. We recently spoke with Cumberbatch about what it took to earn that certification and its resulting impact. LJ: What inspired you to begin the SLCP process?

Oct 22, 2024 | libraryjournal.com | Amy Rea

Tarida Anantachai, director of inclusion and talent management for North Carolina State University Libraries, was named a 2024 Library Journal Mover & Shaker for her work rethinking how to approach recruitment and hiring through a more inclusive, diversity-focused approach. LJ recently spoke with Anantachai to learn more about her work in this area. LJ: What does it look like to make hiring processes more inclusive and equity-focused?

Sep 17, 2024 | libraryjournal.com | Amy Rea

St. Paul Public Library in Minnesota had an unexpectedly hot item on their hands earlier this year: the limited edition Laser Loon Library Card, with a picture of Minnesotans’ favorite waterfowl with a bright red laser gusting out of its eyes. In Indiana, Allen County Public Library offered a limited run of three cards celebrating the county’s art scene with local artists.

Jun 18, 2024 | heavytable.com | Amy Rea

This story originally appeared in the Heavy Table email newsletter for June 14, 2024, and was made possible through the support of our subscribers on Patreon. Back us on Patreon to receive four-to-six newsletters a month with news, reviews, and interviews telling the culinary story of the Upper Midwest. Last year I took a (long)(very long) day trip to East Grand Forks to check out Molly Yeh’s Bernie’s (worth it).

May 7, 2024 | libraryjournal.com | Amy Rea

Chelsea Heinbach is the teaching and learning librarian at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She was named a 2023 Library Journal Mover & Shaker for her work (with Nimisha Bhat, Hailley Fargo, and Charissa Powell) in developing the blog and related podcast LibParlor, a site dedicated to helping researchers find community resources and have a place to ask questions, discuss issues, and share expertise.