SHOUT! For Libraries is a radio show about topics and trends in the field of librarianship, brought to you by graduate students from the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta. Each month, through conversations and interviews, we explore subjects in and around the world of libraries. SHOUT! For Libraries airs the fourth Friday of every month at 5pm on CJSR 88.5 FM. Find us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for timely updates and more information!
Latest episodes
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27 min
S11E01 - A Trip to Japan's Archives
This month, join us for a conversation between Shout correspondent Andy Zhang about his colleague Zane Kordich’s trip to Japan’s archives. Zane talks about the journey he took to t…
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28 min
S10E12 - Chatting with a Tarot Reader
Join us in a conversation with Chakura Kineard as we dive into the world of Tarot and her practice. Chakura uses tarot readings to help others, and as a recent graduate in mental h…
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25 min
S10E11- The Founders of Shout! (Part 2)
S10E11 - Interviewing SHOUT’s Founders (Part 2)Join us for part two of our interview with SHOUT For Libraries founders Céline Gareau-Brennan and Gianmarco Visconti. You can catch t…
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22 min
S10E10 - Censorship Alberta Public Libraries
Bill 28 is an ominous bill allowing the provincial government to expand their control over municipal governments, one that was passed without consulting any Alberta libraries. In t…
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26 min
S10E09- The Founders of Shout! (Part 1)
S10E09 - Interviewing SHOUT’s Founders (Part 1)For this month, we have tracked down some more members of SHOUT’s past: and gone all the way back to the beginning. Join us as we int…
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29 min
S10E08 - AMV
S10E08 – AMV This April episode we got a unique and fun little peek into the world of AMV, short for Anime Music Video, editing and programming at Animethon, Canada’s longest runni…
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29 min
S10E07 - A Peek of 2026 FIP Conference
S10E07 – FIP Conference 2026Join us for a selection of interviews with attendees and presenters at the 2026 Forum for Information Professionals (FIP) Conference. This year, FIP cel…
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29 min
S10E06 - Freedom to Read Week (with Moving Radio)
This month, SHOUT! For Libraries joined forces with Moving Radio host Lindsey Campbell to discuss Freedom to Read Week, intellectual freedom, and library-related films. For more in…
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29 min
S10E05 - A Library Alive With The Sound of Music
To kick off 2026, we take a trip behind the curtain into the world of Edmonton Symphony Librarian, Peter Eratostene. A unique job at the intersection of music and librarianship, we…
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27 min
S10E04 - Small Libraries: Stronger Together
In our final episode of 2025, we sat down with five librarians working at small, rural libraries in the Parkland Regional Library System. Join them for a discussion about how small…
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29 min
S10E03 - Ghosts of SHOUT's Past (Part 2)
Join us for episode three of our tenth season, where we continue last month’s journey back in time to find previous Shout members and check in with them now. We spoke with past mem…
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59 min
S10E02 - Ghosts of SHOUT's Past (Part 1)
Join us for our FunDrive episode, featuring blasts from our past with previous members of the Shout For Libraries team! In this episode, we sat down with some past members (Maia Tr…
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29 min
S10E01 - Alberta Book Ban Roundtable
In June of 2025, the Government of Alberta released a survey addressing what they referred to as “explicit materials in school libraries.” Now, as the results of this survey have l…
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29 min
S09E12 – RERUN (with Update) S04E03 Intellectual Freedom in Library Spaces
This month, we’re reaching back into the vault, and bringing you a rerun of the third episode of Shout’s fourth season. In this rerun episode, Julia Guy, Joel Blechinger, Belinda O…
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28 min
S09E11 – RERUN (with Update) S01E02 Let’s Talk About Sex
This month, we’re reaching back into the vault, and bringing you a rerun of the second ever episode of Shout! – with some current-event updates. In this rerun episode, hosts Jesse…
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29 min
S09E10 - Peeling Open Artists' Books
In this episode, we feature an interview with Jeff Papineau of Bruce Peel Special Collections, discussing the Peel library’s collection of artists’ books. To visit the Peel library…
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24 min
S09E09 - Welcome Baby
In this episode, we feature an interview with Mallory Chipman, Edmonton Public Library’s former musician in residence, about her involvement with EPL’s “Welcome Baby” project. In p…
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29 min
S09E08 - SLIS Student Reflections
In our eighth episode of the season, we talk to some of our classmates in the 2024-2025 first year cohort of the School of Library and Information Studies. What they wish they’d kn…
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29 min
S09E07 - Welcome to the Peel Library
In our seventh episode of the season, we are joined by Jeff Papineau, the Special Collections Coordinator of Bruce Peel Special Collections. Shout correspondent Ethan Tonack was in…
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28 min
S09E06 – Makerspaces and Beyond (Part 2)
In this, our return episode of the University of Alberta’s Makerspaces and Beyond, we journey back into what it means to be a makerspace – or not a makerspace, within a library-rel…