– Learn more about the SLO County public library system’s Memory Lab, where library card holders can access equipment to transfer their photos, videotapes, albums, and other analog data into a digital format. We’ll also speak with local radio professional Carol Tangeman, who has used the Memory Lab and is a big fan of the… Read more »
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– Learn more about the SLO Friends of the Library from Karen Perry, a volunteer with and president of this important pro-library group [0:40] – Story time happens at libraries across the SLO County system: learn more about story time at the library from Laura Vazquez, the manager of the Cambria Library [16:00] Music:… Read more »
– Learn about The Literacy Connection from Adult Literacy Coordinator Michelle Haddad [0:42] – Check in with the Arroyo Grande Library, which continues to serve patrons while closed for renovations [18:38] Music: “in THE crowd” by The Years
– We travel the “quail trail” to visit two small but mighty libraries in North County: Shandon Library and Creston Library. Learn more about the unique Tool Library in Shandon from Joey [1:17] and hear from Cookie in Creston about what it’s been like to run the public library for over 48 years [13:40]…. Read more »
– Learn more about the SLO MakerSpace and its collaboration with the SLO County Library System. At certain hours of the week, your SLO County library card provides free access to the SLO MakerSpace. [1:26] – Meet local writer Alicia Gael and learn about her books, her background, and her writing process. She writes what… Read more »
– Learn more about graphic novels from the San Luis Obispo County library system’s Adult Services Coordinating Librarian Monique Matta. Monique likes the varied genre of graphic novels as much as we do, which led to an interesting conversation. [0:56] – Also, hear from Joy Yamaguchi of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles… Read more »
– We speak with Jackie Kinsey, Outreach Coordinator for the SLO County library system. Jackie will explain the difference between a book mobile and a mobile library, describe the Library by Mail program for homebound adults, and highlight several other ways she’s helping bring the library to all of us through the Branch Out program…. Read more »
– We speak to poetry fan Christine Ahern as well as Beverly Boyd, curator and organizer of Poetry Night, to learn about the origins and story of this special free community event at the Los Osos Library. [1:00] – We also check in with librarian Rosalind Willis, the library staff member who helps make… Read more »
– Introducing a new feature: profiles of Library Power Users! Our first guest is Sammy, a 12-year old reading enthusiast and someone who, like us, LOVES the library. [1:00] – Learn more about the well-stocked Explorer Backpacks from the “Library of Things” as well as California and local parks passes that library card holders… Read more »
