TRACpac Road Trip

Melissa chats with us today from the public library in Edson, Alberta. We talk about the library, inter-library loans, programs, a cool notebook they keep on their front desk, and some book recommendations. 

Michael, library manager of the public library in Edson, shares programming ideas, inter-library loan stories, and reading recommendations. 

Boyle Public Library is another one of the fantastic public libraries you can visit and borrow library materials from using your TRAC library card! 

Diane Babcock, from the Northern Lights Library System headquarters, chats with us about all the fun things she gets to do as a acquisitions librarian and she shares with us her current favourites and recommendations. 

Kat, from the Bonnyville Municipal Library, chats with us about libraries, inter-library loans, and staff reading and listening recommendations. 

Visual artist Sabine Lecorre-Moore has been setting up pop-up exhibitions across Alberta. The Painting Alberta Project came to the Cold Lake Public Library Reading garden this summer. She explains her goals for the project, and shares some suggestions on how artists and libraries can partner together for events or programs. At the end of the podcast, she shares the names of a few of her favourite artists and books. 

The author of the Lane Winslow Mystery series chats with the Cold Lake Public Library Book Club, and reads from her latest book. 

Courtney and Simone, from the Behind the Stacks podcast, talk about working at the Spruce Grove Public Library, their first library memories, and several of their favourite books and genres. Next time you travel by Spruce Grove, you can pack your TRACpac library card and borrow some of their materials. 

Gord Hunter is the author of No-Badge Killick: Life at Sea in Canada's Cold War Navy. 

What do you get when you combine librarians and their favourite songs?