Librarian 2.0 - Interviews of the future of librarians

Tim Spalding - Future of Librarians Interview

Tim Spalding is the creator of LibraryThing, but for readers who may not know you, why don't you tell us a bit about yourself for and your background?   Sure, well, there isn’t that much to say... Read More »

Gloriana St. Claire - Future of Librarians Interview

Glorianna St. Clair is the Dean of Libraries at Carnegie Mellon University, but could you tell us a bit more about your background and current work for readers who may not know you? I'm just starting my... Read More »

Meredith Farkas - Future of Librarians Interview

Meredith Farkas is a recognizable name to anyone who reads Information Wants to be Free, Techsource, or her American Libraries technology column, to anyone who works with her at Norwich University, or... Read More »

Laura Solomon - Future of Librarians Interview

A former children's librarian, Laura Solomon currently is at the Cleveland Public Library as the Web Applications Supervisor, helping equip libraries with tech tools they need to serve virtual customers. ... Read More »

Karin Wittenborg - Future of Librarians Interview

Karin Wittenborg has been the University Librarian for the University of Virginia since 1993, at which point her library was just beginning to archive digital collections. Last year, the U. Va. Library... Read More »

Ben Bunnell - Future of Librarians Interview

Ben Bunnell is the Manager of Library Partnerships for Google Book Search, but for readers who may not know you, could you tell us a little bit about yourself and your background?Sure, I have an MLS from... Read More »

Sarah Houghton-Jan - Future of Librarians Interview

Sarah Houghton-Jan is the Web Services Librarian for the 12-branch San Mateo County Library in Northern Cailfornia.  She's the one behind Librarian In Black, a blog about technology and training in... Read More »

T. Scott - Future of Librarians Interview

T. Scott Plutchak is the blogger behind, well, T. Scott.  But for readers who may not know you, could you tell us a little bit about yourself and your background? Sure, I’m currently the director... Read More »

Jenny Levine - Future of Librarians Interview

Jenny Levine is the Internet Development Specialist & Strategy Guide at the American Library Association, and blogs at The Shifted Librarian, but for readers who may not know you, could you tell... Read More »

Jessamyn West - Future of Librarians Interview

Jessamyn West blogs at Jessamyn.com, Librarian.net, Metafilter, and co-editor of Revolting Librarians Redux.  She does public speaking on library technology topics as well as adult education and outreach... Read More »

Nicole Engard - Future of Librarians Interview

Nicole Engard is a Metadata Librarian at Princeton Theological Seminary and the mind behind What I Learned Today, a blog in which she shares her tips and tricks with others.  But could you tell us... Read More »

Phil Bradley - Future of Librarians Interview

Phil Bradley blogs at the blog, Phil Bradley and is the author of How to Use Web 2.0 in your Library.  But why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself for readers who might not yet know you?... Read More »

Martín Harfagar - Interview About the Future of Libraries

Translated from Spanish by Will Sherman. Martín Harfagar is the founder of the TrasAñihué Community Library on the remote island of Añihué, in the south of Chile. The library's users are a handful... Read More »

Helene Blowers - Future of Librarians Interview

Helene Blowers is the mind behind Library Bytes, co-author of Weaving a Library Web: A guide to Developing Children's Websites, and currently is probably most well known for project Learning 2.0. ... Read More »

David Lee King - Future of Librarians Interview

David Lee King is the Digital Branch & Services Manager at Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library in Topeka, he's written and spoken at conferences about websites, digital experience, working with... Read More »

Raymond Barber - Future of Librarians Interview

Raymond Barber is editor of The Senior High Core Collection at H.W. Wilson and is a collections editor at Standard Catalogs, but for readers who may not know you, could you tell me a little... Read More »

Chad Boeninger - Future of Librarians Interview

Chad F. Boeninger is the Reference & Instruction Technology Coordinator at Ohio and the Business and Economics Bibliographer at Ohio University's Alden Library.  He created the The Biz Wiki and... Read More »

Loriene Roy - Interview on the Future of Libraries

Loriene Roy is the president of the American Library Association.  She is the Professor of the School of Information in the University of Texas at Austin, and together with her students runs... Read More »

Chris Zammarelli - Future of Libraries Interview

Chris Zammarelli is a graduate student at the University of Maryland's College of Information Studies, working on a master's thesis about the potential for using social networking tools on e-government... Read More »

Paul Pival - Future of Librarians Interview

Paul Pival is the Distance Education Librarian at the University of Calgary and he blogs at Distant Librarian.  But let's pretend for a minute that you were not involved in libraries. How... Read More »

Eric Lease Morgan - Future of Librarians Interview

Eric Lease Morgan blogs at Tech Essence, LITA and is the creator of the Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts. Still, he considers himself to be a librarian first, and a comupter person second.  Could... Read More »

Jeff Barry - Future of Librarians Interview

Jeff Barry runs Endless Hybrids and designs books, but for readers who may not know you could you tell us a little bit more about yourself and your background?I've been a librarian since 1992... Read More »

Steven Bell - Future of Librarians Interview

Steven Bell started the Blended Librarians Online Learning Community, Designing Better Libraries, writes for the ACRLog and the column Pencils Never Crash and is the co-author of the Academic... Read More »

Michael Stephens - Future of Librarians Interview

Michael Stephens is Assistant Professor at Dominican University's Graduate School of Library and Information Science, is author of Web 2.0 & Libraries, an OCLC article about Librarian 2.0 skills and... Read More »

Jenna Freedman - Future of Librarians Interview

Jenna Freedman is the Zine Librarian and coordinates reference services at Barnard Library, she is also a librarian for Radical Reference and blogs at Lower East Side Librarian. But let's pretend... Read More »

Michael Hart - Interview on the Future of Libraries

Michael Hart invented the eBook, and founded Project Gutenberg, one of the world's largest online collection of free eBooks.  Michael, what was your inspiration for starting Project... Read More »

Daniel Lee - Future of Librarians Interview

Daniel Lee is a Research Librarian at Navigator Ltd, a research-based strategy firm, and is President-Elect for the Toronto Chapter of the Special Libraries Association.  For those who don't know... Read More »

Gene Ambaum - Future of Libraries Interview

Gene Ambaum, along with Bill Barnes, is the co-creator of the librarian comic strip Unshelved, but Gene isn't his real name.  Could you tell us how Gene came into being, and how Unshelved was created?... Read More »

Future of Libraries and Librarians

by Will Sherman   The Internet’s unforgiving speed is forcing split second changes on a profession that dates back millennia.  But while many describe upheaval and chaos, is the revolution... Read More »