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Listen with LOUIS is the community podcast for LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network. Each episode contains an interview with a LOUIS member librarian, staff, or participant about what's happening in Louisiana libraries, as well as other content. The goal of this podcast is to share knowledge among the LOUIS consortium and to highlight the excellent work of its members.

  1. OCT 31

    Live from LUC 2025: Writing and Publishing in Academia with Jessica Hawkes, Sarah Simms, and Lindsay Zack

    In this episode of Listen with LOUIS (Live!), Rob Stephens talks with Jessica Hawkes (Nicholls), Sarah Simms (LSU), and Lindsay Zack (Louisiana Tech) about their experience writing and publishing in academic, as well as about advice to those looking to do the same.

    42 min

  2. OCT 3

    OER Cohort Participant Reflections with Dr. Natasha Whitton, Dr. Michael Martin, Jeffrey Stepp, and Connie Milton

    In this episode, four cohort participants -- two teaching faculty, and two library faculty cohort leaders -- talk about what they've learned and gained professionally from working in the cohort model that LOUIS' OER grants uses. They'll also address how OER have affected their teaching, what student responses have been to these materials, and what they would recommend to other faculty considering adopting or working on OER.

    28 min

  3. SEP 19

    Bringing Historic Preservation into LSUA Libraries with Megan Lord

    Megan Lord, Circulation, Archives, and Outreach Coordinator at LSUA, hardly took what could be called a typical route to becoming an academic library faculty member. Before her time at LSUA, she worked in historic preservation, and she's bringing new skills and ideas to the archives at LSUA. In this episode, learn from Megan's fresh approach and unique path to librarianship.

    22 min

  4. SEP 5

    Experiential Learning at Louisiana Tech Special Collections, Manuscripts, and Archives

    "Experiential learning" may sound like a buzzwordy academic trend, but for Louisiana Tech's Special Collections, Manuscripts, and Archives (SCMA) it has meant a hugely successful internship program.Join us in this episode of Listen with LOUIS where we speak with the Louisiana Tech archivist, Michelle Riggs Waller, and history professor, Dr. Elaine Thompson, who collaborated to create a fruitful internship for Jenny Little, a public history student. Through this collaboration, Jenny had the opportunity to curate an exhibit called "Far Out Fashion: Exploring the 70s Style Revolution" for the SCMA, an exhibit that Michelle is now using to talk about the internship program and show off the archives at the SCMA. She even wrote a recent LOUIS Lagniappe article about the exhibit. Michelle Riggs Waller is the Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist at Louisiana Tech. Dr. Elaine Thompson is the Associate Professor and  McGinty Professor of History at Louisiana Tech. Jenny Little is a public history major and SCMA intern at Louisiana Tech.

    28 min

  5. MAY 16

    A Whiteboard Space Assessment at LSUS with David Gaither

    David Gaither, along with other library faculty andstaff at LSUS, just conducted a 6-week white board assessment of the physical space in Noel Memorial library, and it was a huge success. In this episode of Listen with LOUIS, David talks about why he chose to use whiteboards for assessment, the results of the assessment, and why he'll be using this method more in the future.

    22 min

  6. MAY 2

    Learn about the LOUIS Team: Amelia Brister

    Amelia Brister is the newest member of the LOUIS Team,so in this episode of Listen with LOUIS, we asked Ameliaabout her new position as OER Project Coordinator. Amelia talks about the projects she is working on, what she's learned from LOUIS member libraries, and her passion for scuba diving, including a near-death experience!

    16 min

  7. APR 11

    National Library Week at Southeastern University with David Sesser, Lisa Perrilloux, and Ellen John

    It's National Library Week! So in this episode we talk to David Sesser, Lisa Perrilloux, and Ellen John about how Sims Memorial Library at Southeastern is celebrating. They talk about how they get the library faculty, staff, and student workers involved, how the community responds to the event, how they keep statistics for the event, and more!

    22 min

  8. MAR 28

    What's a Learning Hub? with Fletcher Library Faculty KC Celestine, Therese Mobley, and Jessica Lee

    During LUC 2024, KC Celestine, Therese Mobley, and Jessica Lee lead a sharing session about transforming libraries into learning hubs. In this episode I asked them to talk to me about what a learning hub is, what changes they've made at Fletcher Library, and how this has improved the space and experience for faculty, students, and the community.

    18 min
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Listen with LOUIS is the community podcast for LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network. Each episode contains an interview with a LOUIS member librarian, staff, or participant about what's happening in Louisiana libraries, as well as other content. The goal of this podcast is to share knowledge among the LOUIS consortium and to highlight the excellent work of its members.

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  • Creator
    LOUIS Libraries
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    43
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © LOUIS Libraries
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