Connections: A Podcast of the James L. Hamner Public Library

Josh and Jill talk about privacy when using public computers.

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Featured Resource: Book-A-Librarian

In this episode, Josh tells Jill about 3D printing, including explaining the difference between resin and filament printers.

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Featured Resource: Pronunciator

Other Resources:

• Thingiverse
• Yeggi

Are running shoes just a way for manufacturers to get people to buy expensive shoes? In this episode, Jeff Van Horn, owner of Lucky Road Run Shop, talks with Jill, answering this question and more.

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Featured Resource: Great Courses Library Collection

Other Resources: Lucky Road

People tend to start working at the library's front-desk positions with a misconception of what the job will be. No matter how much we try to explain the reality and common misconceptions in the interview process, people tend to start their jobs with the same incomplete ideas. In this episode, Josh describes his first year working as a circulation assistant, including what he thought he would be doing and what he actually does. He also gives advice to others who are considering applying for a similar position.

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Featured Resource: Botley

Other Resources: Connections Episode #7: "It's Changing Me!"

The way people act in libraries and the way people think others should act in libraries is not always the same. In this episode, Jill and Josh talk about library etiquette.

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Featured Resource: Green Screen

Libraries use words to mean specific things and often do things for a specific reason. People who don't work in libraries sometimes don't understand what these words mean or why certain things happen. In this episode, Jill and Josh try to explain some commonly misunderstood library words and answer questions they often hear.

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Featured Resource: Pronunciator

Other Resources: Connections Episode #4: "Why Does That Chair Keep Moving?"

January is the month of making and forgetting resolutions. In this episode, Josh reads a Top 10 list of resolutions to Jill and they talk about ways the library can help people to succeed with their resolutions.

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Featured Resource: RB Digital Magazines

Other Resources:

• "Be Less Disciplined in the New Year" from The Art of Manliness
• "Making Your New Year's Resolution Stick" from the American Psychological Association
• "Psychology Explains New Year Resolutions, Hits and Misses" from Psychology Today
• "The Virtuous Life: Resolution" from The Art of Manliness

Amelia Courthouse, VA has a locally-owned coffee shop, Hoogah Coffee. In this episode, owner Luke Griles talks about the process of starting a small food-service business in Amelia County, as well as the role he hopes Hoogah will fill in the community.

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Featured Resource: A to Z Food America

Other Resources: 

• Hoogah Coffee
• Virginia Small Business Development Center

Jill tells a story created from adult fiction books published in 2019.

Due to a limited character allowance, authors and call numbers are not included in the title list. Links also count for the character limit, so we are unable to include those, either. Our apologies for any confusion between books with the same title, but different authors; the publication year should help to distinguish them.

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Featured Resource: Library Catalog

Titles Used:

• Agent Running in the Field
• All The Lost Things
• All Too Human
• An Anonymous Girl
• The Au Pair
• Before We Were Wicked
• Beneath the Attic
• Bloody Genius
• Blue Moon
• Breathless
• The Birthday Girl
• The Big Kahuna
• The Butterfly Girl
• Cape May
• The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls
• Cemetery Road
• The Chef
• The Christmas Boutique
• Cilka's Journey
• City of Flickering Light
• Confessions to Mr. Roosevelt
• The Cornwalls are Gone
• Crashing Heat
• Cry of a Cactus Wren
• The Curse of Misty Wayfair
• Deadly Deceit
• The Den
• The Department of Sensitive Crimes
• The Deserter
• Early Riser
• Echoes Among the Stones
• The 18th Abduction
• The Escape Room
• Evie Drake Starts Over
• The Fifth Doctrine
• Finding Dorothy
• The Girl Who Lived Twice
• The Golden Child
• The Golden Tresses of the Dead
• The Governess of Penwythe Hall
• The Guest Book
• The Hidden Corpse
• The House of Brides
• The Inn
• Invisible
• Invitation to Die
• The Invited
• The Institute
• The Last House Guest
• The Last Romantics
• The Last Widow
• A Lethal Legacy
• The Lily of the West
• A Little Green
• Living Lies
• The Loch Ness Papers
• The Lost are the Last to Die
• Lost Roses
• The Man from Misery
• Master and Apprentice
• Miracle at St. Andrews
• Molly Jones and the Six
• Moonscape
• More Than Words Can Say
• My Lovely Wife
• Neon Prey
• The Nickel Boys
• The Night Fire
• The Night Window
• Nothing to See Here
• The Number of Love
• Old Bones
• The Only Woman in the Room
• One Good Deed
• Our Frontier Pastime
• A Plain Vanilla Murder
• Queen's Shadow
• Redemption
• The Right Swipe
• Rule of Law
• The Shape of Night
• The Scholar
• The Seekers
• The Silent Patient
• The Silhouette Girl
• The Stalking
• The Starless Sea
• The Summoning
• The Suspect
• The Tale Teller
• Theme Music
• The Testaments
• The 13-Minute Murder
• Three Widows and a Corpse
• Through Fiery Trials
• Two Can Keep a Secret
• The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters
• Unsolved
• The Warning
• The Wedding Guest
• What Rose Forgot
• The Whisper Network
• The Wonder of Lost Causes

In honor of the Christmas tradition of telling stories, Jill tells a story of carols and Josh teaches Jill about the Islandic Yule Lads.

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Featured Resource: Acorn TV