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We have a conversation with Shaina Birkhead from the Children's Book Council and Every Child a Reader as we get ready for the 100th anniversary of Children's Book Week, April 29-May 5.

Every Child a Reader: https://everychildareader.net

Children's Book Week: https://everychildareader.net/cbw/

It's National Volunteer Week and we chat with Diane Schmidt, head of technical and volunteer services at Schlow, and Jan Miles, who has been a volunteer at Schlow for one year.

We have a conversation with Centre County Library director and Pennsylvania Library Association president Denise Sticha about the state of libraries and what National Library Week means.

Centre County Library: https://www.centrecountylibrary.org/

Pennsylvania Library Association: https://www.palibraries.org/

We talk with Charima Young, director of Penn State's Local Government and Community Relations department, about the upcoming Research Unplugged Spring 2019 schedule that begins April 4 and will be held each Thursday in April in Schlow's Community Room.

Research Unplugged: https://www.schlowlibrary.org/node/3059

The Link is the mobile career center from Pennsylvania Career Link, and it visits Schlow Library each month on the fourth Thursday of the month. The Link's project coordinator Craig Kurtz talks about the services, how it has helped people find work, and what sectors are hiring.

PA Career Link: https://www.pacareerlink.pa.gov/jponline/

State High alum and former Schlow employee Rebecca Roan will be returning to Schlow on March 24 for a launch party for her debut picture book Dragons Get Colds Too. Rebecca took some time to be a guest on our podcast, where she talked about her days at Schlow and her book!

Parenting Plus program director Jennifer Crane will be leading a five-week parenting discussion group at Schlow called "Tuning Into Kids." The program is each Tuesday, starting March 12. Jennifer talks about the program and how Parenting Plus is helping the community.

Jamie Berube is a 27-year-old from State College who was born with Down Syndrome. He has become a talented artist and will have a solo exhibition in March at the Betsy Rodgers Allen Gallery at Schlow. For this episode, Jamie was joined by his father, Michael, and mother, Janet Lyon. Michael has written two books about Jamie that Schlow has available in its collection.

Michael Berube's Web site: http://www.michaelberube.com

The Schlow Library Podcast talks with Katie Fallon, author of this year's Centre County Reads book Vulture: The Private Life of an Unloved Bird. Katie will be giving a talk about her book on April 4 at the Nittany Lion Inn.

Centre County Reads: https://www.centrecountyreads.org/

Katie Fallon: http://www.katiefallon.com/

In honor of Library Lovers Month, we invited Nate Rufo and Andrea McCloskey of Happy Valley Improv back to the podcast to talk about their love of libraries and have some improv fun.

Happy Valley Improv: https://www.happyvalleyimprov.com/

Check out books from the Happy Valley Improv Collection at Schlow: https://search.schlowlibrary.org/Search/Results?type=AllFields&submit=Find&lookfor=happy+valley+improv&op=Search&form_build_id=form-q1t2x6xQBUMf0Pckq489xj5-xHonQVuaLC7IHxvLw_o&form_id=schlow_vufind_search_form