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In Conversation

Episode 18 Sam Hastings

Retired Professor, School Director, Interim Dean

In Conversation with Samantha Hastings, who has been Professor and Director of the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolina, Interim Dean at the University of North Texas, a Librarian, and a Consultant. She is a Past President of top information associations – ASIS&T and ALISE. She talks about growing up in Avra Valley, Arizona, her career, random acts of kindness, and fighting prejudice.

Trailer (1:05)

Interview (1:13:25)

Timecodes

0:00 Trailer

0:59 Intro

5:44 Time as a Math Teacher

10:24 Random Acts of Kindness

11:39 Childhood

15:19 Prejudice

19:53 Career

23:56 Art

28:08 AI

32:56 Significant Steps in Career

37:28 Serendipity

48:10 Information Science Field

50:12 Influences

55:45 Favorite Books

59:15 Importance of Kindness

1:03:53 Biggest Successes

1:04:50 Resilience

1:07:57 Life Principles

1:09:02 Goals

1:10:58 Mentoring Advice

This interview was supported by the ASIS&T Bob Williams Research Grant 2025.

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In Conversation

Episode 17 Nick Belkin

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Information Science

In conversation with Nicholas Belkin, Distinguished Professor of Information Science, Emeritus, at the School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University and a stalwart of the information science and information retrieval fields. He talked about growing up speaking Russian in the US during the cold war, forming the Concept of Anomalous State of Knowledge (ASK), his time in the military during the Cuban Missile Crisis, being open to ideas but following your own, and keeping fit.

Trailer (1:02)