Join our host Sky Arsenault and their guests to discuss different ways languages can be learned at the library! First they interview Mark Adler, our movie guy, about the International Film Festival movie that is also the subject of the next film discussion club! Then they interview Holly Penttila, the new Digital Services Librarian, about the two language learning opportunities provided through the library. And finally they'll share about the various community based learning opportunities at the library!

00:00 Introduction

01:21 Media of the Month

22:00 Life of the Library

23:59 Outro

Intro Song by Philip Zhang

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Join Sky and their guests Sonja Drotor and Maurice Boisvert as they chat about kids books, space changes, and the library's foundation!

0:00 Intro

1:11 Media of the Month

15:20 Ask a Librarian

20:05 Life of the Library

Authors and Books mentioned:

Jory John - The Bad Egg‚ The Big Cheese‚ Penguin problems

Mo Willems - Pidgeon‚ Knuffle Bunny‚ Nanette's Baguette

Ryan Higgins - Penelope Rex, Mother Bruce

Maddy Mara - Dragon Girls book series

Marcia T. Jones and Debbie Dadey - Bailey School Kids

KA Applegate - Animorphs

Jill Lepore - We the People

Geraldine Brooks

Chris Bohjalian

Join Sky in welcoming Mark Adler to talk about the Movie Discussion Club, then Sky talks about how you can watch movies at the library and other cool events that have been going on around here!

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0:21 - Intro

0:54 - Media of the Month

24:36 - Ask a Librarian

27:29 - Life of the Library

30:08 - Outro

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Movies Majorly Mentioned :

Spirited Away

Conclave

Local Hero

Carol

The Wizard of Oz

Home Alone

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Intro Song by Philip Zhang

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1:04 - Media of the Month

12:38 - Ask a Librarian

23:54 - Life of the Library

30:16 - Outro

Book Mentioned:

By Any Other Name - Jodi Picoult

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Join Sky as they talk all about games with their guests this month!

Intro - 0:21

Media of the Month - 1:31

AAL - 25:48

LOTL - 43:29

Board Games Discussed in Today's Episode:

Flamecraft

Sushi Go

King Domino

Carcassone

Kids of Carcassone

Tsuro - The Way of the Path

One Night Ultimate Werewolf

Role Playing Games Discussed in Today's Episode:

Avatar Legends

Monster of the Week

Shadowdark

Pathfinder

Girl by Moonlight

The Magnus Archives RPG

Events Mentioned

Brunch and Board Games - Last Saturday of the Month

New Games Plus - Second Saturday of the Month

Video Games Mentioned:

Cuphead

Hello Neighbor

Overcooked

Mario Party

Super Smash Bros

Intro Song by Philip Zhang

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Join our new host Sky Arsenault as we embark on a new format for Beyond Books! They'll talk about the Temeraire Series from Naomi Novik, about the Freegal and Hoopla music services with Digital Services Librarian Hedda Monaghan, and then share fun stories from the library!

0:00 Introduction to the new format

2:10 Media of the Month

His Majesty's Dragon - Naomi Novik

Temeraire Series

Libby

15:00 Ask a Librarian

Digital Media Resources

Freegal Music

Hoopla

24:20 Life of the Library

31:09 Outro

Intro Song by Philip Zhang

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We're excited to share our episode about our (still relatively) new makerspace through an interview with the Digital Services Librarian Hedda Monaghan!

The SPL Learning Lab Makerspace page: https://shrewsburypubliclibrary.org/makerspace/

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We recorded this episode in mid-December, and we're sad to announce that in the interim our host Mike Zeller has moved on to become the director of the Auburn Public Library and we hope he finds great success there!

Intro Song by Philip Zhang

Chapters

00:22 - Introduction

01:26 - About Hedda

05:38 - What is a makerspace?

09:39 - Community

10:47 - Why makerspaces in libraries?

17:28 - Maker culture and Internet information

18:15 - Origins of the SPL Learning Lab Makerspace

23:00 - Makerspace Tools

27:05 - What ages can use which tools?

31:06 - The importance of failure in making

34:10 - Wrap Up

Join hosts Mike and Annie Lee for the events, news, people and exclusive behind the scenes look at the Shrewsbury Public Library!

We talk with Board of Trustee member and Friend of the Library, Deb Lebeaux about what the Board of Trustees does and how everyone can support them, the Friends, and the Library!

Deb's Current Reads:

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman
Horse - Geraldine BrooksA Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles

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Chapters

0:20 - Introductions

1:48 - Introducing Deborah Lebeaux

3:06 - Tell us about yourself!

5:36 - How did you get involved with the Board of Trustees and what does the Board do?

18:14 - Interesting things about the Board of Trustees that you may not know!

23:06 - What has been the most rewarding part of beng part of the Board of Trustees?

29:42 - Friends of the Library too?

34:00 - Call to Action

35:25 - Upcoming at the Library!

Join host Mike for the events, news, people and exclusive behind the scenes look at the Shrewsbury Public Library.

In this episode we introduce new co-host and SPL Young Adult Librarian Annie Lee King and take the opportunity to discuss all the various teen services and events taking place at the Shrewsbury Public Library.

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Join host Dana for the events, news, people and exclusive behind the scenes look at the Shrewsbury Public Library.

Dana and Mike discuss all of the media offerings at the library including movies, video games, music, audio books, streaming services and more. They share their top picks and discuss the importance of preserving physical media.

Plus, we dive into some of the big events happening at the library in August '23!

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