Episodes

Friday Aug 07, 2020
SCASL & Going Back to School - Episode 121
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses the South Carolina Association of School Librarians and going back to school during COVID-19 with Michelle Spires and Tamara Cox. Michelle is the association’s Advocacy Chair and is a librarian at the Gray Court-Owings School in Laurens County. Tamara is the SCASL Awards Chairperson, 2019-2020 SCASL School Librarian of the Year, and is a librarian at Wren High School in Anderson County, South Carolina.
Transcript for SCASL & Going Back to School - Episode 121
Resources:
- South Carolina Association of School Librarians
- Wren High School
- Gray Court-Owings School
- AccelerateED Task Force
- Discus – South Carolina’s Virtual Library Training Opportunities

Friday Jul 24, 2020
Home Literacy & Summer Reading with Dr. Eliza Braden - Episode 120
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses home literacy and summer reading with Dr. Eliza Braden, assistant professor of Instruction and Teacher Education at the University of South Carolina’s College of Education.
Transcript of Home Literacy & Summer Reading with Dr. Eliza Braden - Episode 120
Additional Resources:
- Addressing Summer Reading Setback Among Economically Disadvantaged Elementary Students
- Learning from Summer: Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth
- Public Library Summer Programming Is Vital to Communities, SLJ Survey Shows
- Representation of Latinx Immigrants and Immigration in Children’s Literature: A Critical Content Analysis
- Everything Black Is NOT Bad! Families and Teachers Engaging in Critical Discussions around Race
- Beyond Mirrors and Windows: A Critical Content Analysis of Latinx Children’s Books

Thursday Jul 18, 2019
Dr. Carolyn Donelan - Episode 89
Thursday Jul 18, 2019
Thursday Jul 18, 2019
Dr. Curtis Rogers interviews Dr. Carolyn Donelan about Richland School District One's Challenger Learning Center. Dr. Donelan has been a middle school science teacher, a high school science teacher, school administrator, and district administrator. She has been with Richland County School District One for twenty-one years and has been the Lead Flight Director of their Challenger Learning Center since 2011. To learn more, visit the Challenger Learning Center's website at thechallengercenter.net.

Monday Sep 24, 2018
R2i2 with Jacqui Lee - Episode 63
Monday Sep 24, 2018
Monday Sep 24, 2018
Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses the Richland Two Institute of Innovation literary events and more with Jacqui Lee. Jacqui has been in the event planning business for 30 years now and has worked with several big name celebrities ranging from T.I. to Paula Deen. She is currently the Director of the Conference Center at the Richland School District Two Institute of Innovation also known as R2i2.
Links:
- Richland Two Institute of Innovation: https://www.richland2.org/r2i2
- Also you can contact Jacqui at 803-738-8481

Tuesday Jul 24, 2018
Summer Reading with Rebecca Antill - Episode 58
Tuesday Jul 24, 2018
Tuesday Jul 24, 2018
Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses summer reading with Rebecca Antill. Rebecca is the Youth Services Consultant here at the South Carolina State Library. She received her Master’s in Library and Information Science from Kent State University in Ohio, and has been working and volunteering in libraries since the age of eleven. Rebecca has worked in public libraries of all types in Ohio, North Carolina, and most recently Charleston, South Carolina.
Links:
- Summer Reading in South Carolina: http://guides.statelibrary.sc.gov/c.php?g=11781&p=62125
- CSLP: https://www.cslpreads.org/