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

What is success? In this episode, Jill and Josh talk about possible answers to that question.

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Featured Resource: Passport Application Services

Other Resources:

• The Art of Manliness: Begin With the End in Mind
• Casey Neistat YouTube
• Sawbones

Josh is an artist who believes that anyone can draw. In this episode, he talks with Jill about different ways to learn to draw and recommends books to help develop drawing skills.

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Featured Resources: 

• 741.2 Section of the Dewey Decimal System
• Great Courses Library Collection
• Universal Class

Other Resources:

• The Animator's Survival Kit by Richard Williams
• The Art of Basic Drawing with William Powell [et al] (741.2 Art)
• The Dot by Peter Reynolds (E Rey)
• Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards (741.2 Edw)
• FORCE: Dynamic Life Drawing by Mike Mattesi

Groovy Nate, a children's entertainer, has worked library shows for more than a decade. In the second part of this two-part series, he talks about the business of being a children's entertainer, especially when working with public libraries.

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Featured Resource: Qello

Other Resources:

• Groovy Nate
• Potty Song Download

Groovy Nate, a children's entertainer, has worked library shows for more than a decade. In this two-part series, he talks about the business of being a children's entertainer, especially when working with public libraries.

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Featured Resource: Great Courses Video Lectures

Other Resources:

• Groovy Nate
• Potty Song Download

Ask someone to name a medical profession and "respiratory therapist" probably won't be in the top three answers. In this episode, retired registered respiratory therapist Roger Hames* describes to Jill what over 40 years in the profession was like, as well as giving suggestions for those considering entering the field today.

*Full disclosure: Roger is Jill's dad.

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Featured Resource: A to Z World Food

Other Resources: American Association for Respiratory Care

Writing an instruction book is different than writing a novel. In this episode, author Barbara Emodi talks with Jill about the process of using her decades of garment-sewing experience to create a sewing book designed to help new and returning sewers have a stress-reduced experience.

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Featured Resource: Pronunciator

Other Resources:

• Clothes Making Mavens Podcast
• Sewing on the Edge with Barbara Emodi
• Sew...The Garment-Making Book of Knowledge: Real-Life Lessons from a Serial Sewist (646.2044 Emo)

People sometimes wonder why, if libraries exist to help people learn, they have magicians and other entertainment. In this episode, Jill and Josh each tell a story about a time they did an activity and learned something unrelated that has influenced the rest of their life.

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Featured Resource: Marshall Bullock Summer Reading Program

Virginia author Erin Teagan writes fiction for elementary and middle grades. She is also a biochemist. In this episode, she gives suggestions for questions to ask authors. She also talks about microscopes, failed experiments, and her pet rabbit.

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Featured Resource: The JLH Library's Catalog

Other Resources:

• Erin Teagan
• Novelist
• Read Local

Maryland author Veronica Bartles talks with Jill about how her successes are dependent on failures.

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Featured Resource: The Marshall Bullock Summer Reading Program

Other Resources:

• Read Local: Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
• Veronica Bartles

What do library directors talk about when socializing with each other? This episode gives a peek into such an event when J. Robert Jamerson Memorial Library director Ryan Higginbotham chats with Jill.

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Featured Resource: Programming