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- Episode 204: Library Friends and VolunteersThis week we are talking about people who like libraries allllmooost as much as we do! Does your library have a Friends group? A PTA? A volunteer group? Something else? Any of these can be just great for you, and can really help to make your library life easier. There a subtle shades of differences … Continue reading Episode 204: Library Friends and Volunteers →25 min
- Episode 203: GrantsThis week we are talking about Grants. These can be wonderful, and bring your library new materials, equipment, programs, and services! That is all great! Of course, nothing comes for free, so they also bring you extra paperwork, reporting responsibilities, staff time, and the need to oversee potentially new programs. You need to spend some … Continue reading Episode 203: Grants →21 min
- Episode 202: Instructional DesignThis week we are talking about Instructional Design. (Thanks to one of our loyal listeners, Chuck, for suggesting this topic!) A big part of the work you do in any library is to provide instruction in all kinds of things to our patrons. We do this individually, we do this in small groups, in one-shot … Continue reading Episode 202: Instructional Design →21 min
- Episode 201: Community EngagementSeason Two Episode 201 Welcome back to Season Two of Linking Our Libraries podcast!! We are excited to be back, sharing information and ideas for all types of libraries. We are from Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, and our mission is to support libraries. That means we are here to help libraries and library people to … Continue reading Episode 201: Community Engagement →19 min
- LOL Season One Awards Show!We have had such fun making Season One of our Linking Our Libraries podcast! It has been great to read about so many neat libraries, so many great projects, and to get such good feedback from our listeners! We started out to explore libraries, and to find information that would be useful to our members. … Continue reading LOL Season One Awards Show! →18 min
- Episode 15: Information LiteracyThis is our final regular show of Season One!! But stay tuned for info on our LOL (Linking Our Libraries) Podcast Awards Show coming up Thursday June 29! You can download all of our podcast episodes at iTunes, or your podcast app of choice. And check out our website for all kinds of information on … Continue reading Episode 15: Information Literacy →18 min
- Episode 14: Special LibrariesGuest Hosts: Jessie Storlien, Stearns History Center; and Susan Schlepers, St. Cloud Hospital Library Topic of the Week: Special Libraries “A special library is a library that provides specialized information resources on a particular subject, serves a specialized and limited clientele, and delivers specialized services to that clientele.[1] Special libraries include corporate libraries, government libraries, … Continue reading Episode 14: Special Libraries →19 min
- Episode 13: Local History ResourcesTopic of the Week: Local History Collections RUSA Guidelines for Establishing Local History Collections http://www.ala.org/rusa/resources/guidelines/guidelinesestablishing Genealogy work is an important part of local history work, and very popular in public libraries. We have a few big libraries with a lot of resources; but most libraries will have some useful resources people can use as … Continue reading Episode 13: Local History Resources →22 min
- Episode Twelve: Stress in LibrariesTopic of the Week: Stress in the Library Workplace Libraries are generally wonderful places to work – we all like it here! But you also know that some days are just hard. We are a customer service profession, and that means dealing with all kinds of people every day: patrons, supervisors, colleagues – and it … Continue reading Episode Twelve: Stress in Libraries →17 min
- Episode Eleven: CopyrightTopic of the Week: Copyright We will start off by looking at the history of copyright, and getting some ideas about how it has developed over time. Ownership is a big deal, and the rights of a creator to the products s/he has developed are important. Copyright helps to protect that absolute right to complete … Continue reading Episode Eleven: Copyright →23 min
About Linking Our Libraries
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Libraries are amazing places! The work library people do is so wide-ranging, it can be hard to keep up on the latest news. We are here to help. Each episode, we focus on one area of library work, discuss library news stories, recommend some books, and share a Spotlight Library that is doing some interesting work.
If your image of libraries is dominated by crabby old women who shush you, or places where they scowl when you take books home - you are in for a big surprise. Libraries are the jewels of their communities, and doing all sorts of amazing things every day! Books are the backbone of any library, and there is so much more to do and to use. Service to every member of their community means searching out and connecting with the needs of a lot of different groups. No matter what your interests, there is a library out there for you!
Listen to us talk about some of the great things happening in libraries today!