Booking Overview
Metrics
Episodes: 26
Frequency: Several times a week
Rating: 4.7/5.0
Estimated listeners: < 100
Gender skew: Female
Listener location: USA
Instagram: 117.0k followers
Contact Information
Publicly listed emails
thenextgenlib@gmail.com
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Host
Amanda Hunt - Award-winning Texas high school librarian with 21 years of experience in education.
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Recent Guest Discussions
Lori Misaka - Local Representation In School-library Collections, AAPI Books, The May Book Project, And Applying The APALA Evaluation Rubric.
Jordan Hogan - Building Student Curiosity, Sustaining Librarian Joy, Delegating Library Responsibilities, And Developing Volunteer And Student-assistant Programs.
Betsy Snow - Bringing Books Directly To Students Through Mobile Library Programming And Repositioning Collections Within The School Community.
Rachael Welsh - Student Ownership Of Library Spaces, Adopt-a-shelf, Library Ambassadors, Social-emotional Resources, And Reading Culture.
Mindy Garcia - Collaborating With Athletic Coaches To Create Student Book Clubs And Engage Student Athletes And Reluctant Readers.
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Episodes
Starting Over Is a Skill
October 11, 2026
Episode 26: Starting Over Is a Skill with Heather HornorTwenty-five years in, Heather Hornor got laid off and had to start over again.In this episode of The Library Stage, Amanda Hunt welcomes Heather Hornor, an educator, librarian, and library administrator in public education for twenty-five years in Texas and now in Portland, Oregon. She's started over a lot: classroom to a 300-student elementary library, elementary to a 5,000-student high school, campus to district admin, and now back...
DINO-vember
October 10, 2026
Episode 25: DINO-vember with Jacquelyn WilsonEvery November, Jacquelyn Wilson's elementary library becomes DINO-vember and it started because her coworkers were too good at their jobs.In this episode of The Library Stage, Amanda Hunt welcomes Jacquelyn Wilson, library media specialist at Stonebridge Elementary in Spanish Fort, Alabama, and current president of the Alabama School Library Association.When teachers at her campus took over Balloons Over Broadway and the Veterans Day read alou...
What It Costs to Stand Up with Charlotte Wood
October 04, 2026
Episode 24: What It Costs to Stand Up with Charlotte Wood*CONTENT WARNINGS: PTSD, BOOK BANNING & CENSORSHIPOn day fifteen of her first year as a librarian, the Charlotte Wood was given a list of books the school board wanted pulled. She wasn't even familiar with the collection yet.In this episode of The Library Stage, Amanda Hunt welcomes Charlotte Wood, high school librarian at Monticello High School in Charlottesville, Virginia, and a thirty-year education veteran.This is the story ...
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How many listeners does The Library Stage have?
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Who is an ideal guest for The Library Stage?
The Library Stage typically books working professionals with real expertise. Typical guest background: Practicing school librarians, library media specialists, or educators with a concrete, replicable initiative that improves literacy, student engagement, collection development, collaboration, or library programming. Common among recent guests: Implemented innovative school-library programs; Created practical resources or programming models for educators; Built successful literacy, reading-culture, or student-engagement initiatives. Recent guests include Lori Misaka, Jordan Hogan, and Betsy Snow.
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