The Authority File Round-Up: October 2023
Last month's episodes delved into the value of incorporating creativity into scholarship and the scope of UN Publications.
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Our final episode of 2022 marked The Authority File’s 300th, closing the year with quite a milestone. Launched in 2017, the podcast has grown its reach, scope, and collaborators, covering topics like open access, library leadership, and exciting works across disciplines—all within the scope of academic librarianship and higher education. To celebrate the achievement, we put together 10 lists highlighting key themes and favorite episodes. But before we get too sentimental, we also had a great series to finish off the year. Sundhya Walther, Presidential Fellow in English at the University of Manchester, discussed her research on animal-human interactions in postcolonial literature. Sundhya explored animal representations in the real world and media, her focus on modern-day India, and the limits of postcolonial theory.
Here’s a quick round-up of last month’s episodes and the 300th celebration, in case you missed them. We hope you enjoy the conversations and trip down memory lane. Here’s to 300 more!
Sundhya Walther, author of Multispecies Modernity: Disorderly Life in Postcolonial Literature, digs into key concepts like disorderly multispecies living, creating a “postcolonial freedom” for nonhumans, and evolving animal studies into a more general ecological field. She also underscores the importance of avoiding appropriative interpretation and explains how the climate crisis impacts her work. Brought to you by Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
In December, we reached 300 episodes of The Authority File. To mark the milestone, we put together several themed lists that bring together the episodes from over the years. Subjects range from primary sources and higher ed to DEIA, library technology, scholarly communication, and more. Take a look back at the episodes, themes, and guests from 2017 to 2022. Thanks for listening!
Check out a few of the lists below:
In our first series, Rachel Friars, a PhD student in the Department of English Language and Literature at Queen’s University, provided a deep dive into her research on lesbian literature. She explained the benefits of primary source digitization, how to walk students through the archives, and the significance of the diaries of Anne Lister—an English woman whose journal entries on her life, travels, and sapphic relationships contribute greatly to the queer historical canon. Listen to the first episode here.
Stephanie Espinoza Villamor and Kimberly Shotick, authors of Practical Marketing for the Academic Library, joined us for our second series of the month. They provided guidance on library marketing in today’s digital environment, offering tips for crafting messaging and forming effective teams. They also highlighted how to integrate DEI into assessment and outreach efforts, and how library promotion has evolved over the years. You can find the first episode here.
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Last month's episodes delved into the value of incorporating creativity into scholarship and the scope of UN Publications.
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S&S becomes independent, digitization's impact on sales, and timely book lists
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Last month's episodes explored bringing documentary films into the classroom.
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In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we gathered Choice resources from the past year that highlight Latin American history, literature, and movements. These selections include book reviews, podcast interviews, and more.
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