Linking Our Libraries

Linking Our Libraries

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Linking Our Libraries episodes

  • Browsing Books: Goodhue County

    his season we are moving through the state of Minnesota, looking at an interesting fact about each county and giving you a book prompt from that fact. We will share six book suggestions to meet that prompt, to get you started on reading new books. You can also take that prompt and find any other book to meet the challenge!

    This week we admire Goodhue County. James Madison Goodhue was the first newspaper editor in Minnesota. To celebrate the value he brought to Minnesota, read a book with a journalist or involving a newspaper.

    We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

     

    13 min
  • Browsing Books: Faribault County

    This season we are moving through the state of Minnesota, looking at an interesting fact about each county and giving you a book prompt from that fact. We will share six book suggestions to meet that prompt, to get you started on reading new books. You can also take that prompt and find any other book to meet the challenge!

    This week we admire Faribault County. Two 1903 buildings are representative of the substantial railroad activity in Wells: a train station and a freestanding lunchroom that served crew and passengers. We suggest you celebrate these facts by reading a book about trains or train travel. 

    We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

    10 min
  • Browsing Books: Wabasha County
    This week we admire Wabasha County. This county is the home of Anderson Gardens; to celebrate it we suggest that you read a book about gardens or tranquility.

    We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

    11 min
  • Browsing Books: Saint Louis County
    This week we admire Saint Louis County. This county is the home of the Aerial Lift Bridge, the iconic bridge serving as the western gateway to the Great Lakes. To celebrate it, we suggest you read a book with a bridge - literally or metaphorical.

    We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

    11 min
  • Browsing Books: Dodge County
    Today our prompt is inspired by Dodge County! Henry Dodge (1782–1867), was the twice governor of Wisconsin; to celebrate this, we suggest that you read a book about Wisconsin or about cheese.

    We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

    10 min
  • Browsing Books: Fillmore County
    Today our prompt is inspired by Fillmore County! Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), was our thirteenth president of the United States (1850-1853). To celebrate this, we suggest that you read a book about a president - of the US or another country.

    We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

    12 min
  • Browsing Books: Sibley County
    This week we admire Sibley County. This county is the home of Transit Township. Enjoy this township by reading a book with a method of transportation - the more interesting the method the better the book may be.

    You can find our show notes page here!

    We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

    12 min
  • Browsing Books: Morrison County
    This week we admire Morrison County. This is one of the counties in CMLE! All of the libraries in this county are members, and it’s great to have them as part of the CMLE family. This county was named after William & Allan Morrison, fur trading brothers. We suggest that you read a book with brothers.

    You can find our full show notes page here.

    We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

    11 min
  • Browsing Books: Lake of the Woods County
    This season we are moving through the state of Minnesota, looking at an interesting fact about each county and giving you a book prompt from that fact. We will share six book suggestions to meet that prompt, to get you started on reading new books. You can also take that prompt and find any other book to meet the challenge!

    You can find our full show notes page here.

    This week we admire Lake of the Woods County. Since Alaska has no counties, Lake of the Woods is the northernmost county in the United States. We suggest that you read a book set in Canada.

    We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

     

     

    13 min
  • Browsing Books: Benton County
    This season we are moving through the state of Minnesota, looking at an interesting fact about each county and giving you a book prompt from that fact. We will share six book suggestions to meet that prompt, to get you started on reading new books. You can also take that prompt and find any other book to meet the challenge!

    You can find our full show notes page here.

    This week we admire Benton County. This is one of the counties in CMLE! All of the libraries in this county are members, and it’s great to have them as part of the CMLE family. This county was named after Thomas Hart Benton (1782–1858), former United States Senator from Missouri (1821-1851). We suggest that you read a book with a person from Missouri, or - in honor of their state slogan - a book where you are shown something.

    13 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.