Steve Thomas, via his Circulating Ideas podcast, interviewed some of Library Journal’s 2012 Movers & Shakers. If you haven’t given it a listen, give it a go! The interviews are a great way to augment the Library Journal profiles; and in my opinion, the interviews really bring each recipient’s award to life. Each interview has it’s own special feel, especially as each librarian discusses his/her respective project(s), experience, and initiative. Their ambition and creativity are contagious. The interviews are broken into two parts:

Part 1 –>

• Renee Grassi, Youth Services Librarian, Deerfield (IL) Public Library
• Jennifer LaGarde, Teacher-Librarian, Myrtle Grove Middle School, NC
• Stephen X. Flynn, Emerging Technologies Librarian, College of Wooster Libraries, OH
• Jordana Vincent, Collection Development Librarian, Douglas County (CO) Libraries
• Leah White, Reader Services Librarian, Northbrook (IL) Public Library

Part 2 (just released today) –>

• Sam Chada, Emerging Technology Librarian, Sandusky Library, OH
• Brett Bonfield, Director, Collingswood (NJ) Public Library
• Michelle Chronister, Program Analyst, U.S. General Services Administration, Washington, DC
• Joshua Finnell, Humanities Librarian, Denison University, OH; Visiting Lecturer, School and Media Library Certification Program, McNeese State University, LA
• Kristin Fontichiaro,Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor