Episode 50: Looking Back and Looking Ahead with Robert Wedgeworth

On this 50th episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, we take a broader look at the field of librarianship with a conversation with former ALA Executive Director Bob Wedegeworth, the first Black person to hold that position, about his memoir, Breaking Barriers: A Librarian’s Story of Changing Times. Then Susan sits down with Booklist’s Editor, Books for Youth and Graphic Novels, Sarah Hunter, about what she’s been reading and loving lately.

Here’s what we talked about:

Breaking Barriers: A Librarian’s Story of Changing Times, by Robert Wedgeworth The Dissidents: Autocrats! Vigilantes! Communists! And Cartoonists!, by Derf Backderf. Art by the author Fish and Water, by Gengoroh Tagame. Art by the author. Translated by Anne Ishii Witch’s Inheritance, by Paige Hender. Art by the author Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir, by Pedro Martín. Illus. by the author Mexikid Dreams: A Graphic Memoir, by Pedro Martín. Art by the author Roller Girl, by Victoria Jamieson. Illus. by the author The Whole Wide World of Mabel Mulligan, by Victoria Jamieson. Art by the author This One Summer, by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki. Illus. by Jillian Tamaki Young Cat, Old Cat, by Jillian Tamaki. Illus. by the author Rebecca, by Kate Beaton. Illus. by Sydney Smith Hark! A Vagrant, by Kate Beaton. Illus. by the author Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, by Kate Beaton. Illus. by the author. Have You Ever Seen a Ghost?, by Daniel Kwan and Julia Pott. Illus. by Sean Lewis