Into the Library

Episode 8: Up for the Challenge?

Happy New Year! Join us as we discuss yearly reading goals. Do you have a reading goal? Is a reading goal right for you? How can your local library assist you in achieving your goal? Answers to all these questions and more, as we set off for another year of going Into the Library!
 
Questions, comments, or concerns? Please email us at: intothelibrarypod@gmail.com
 
Book recommendations from this episode:
 
Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear, Seanan McGuire
A Heart That Works, Rob Delaney
Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio, Derf Backderf
 

Episode 7: Getting to Know You

Happy Holidays! Grab a glass of eggnog, slip on those cozy slippers, and join us as we answer listener emails, discuss the First Law of Library Science, and more!

Episode 6: Native American Heritage Month

Join us in celebrating National Native American Heritage Month as we discuss tribal libraries , share some indigenous authors with you, and debunk another library myth! Be sure to continue your celebration and education this month with the following books and links:
 
Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer
Elatsoe & Sheine Lende: A Prequel to Elatsoe, Darcie Little Badger
Godly Heathens, H.E. Edgmon
The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones
 
https://youtu.be/fAvPwjq7Gv8?si=gu4XFgy_Uhjdiarm
https://youtu.be/WmTtQddNbiA?si=1XZOh2vN3mlYf6G1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAX9vBEAIH4

Episode 5: Halloween Special 2024

It's tricks, treats, and surprises around every segment! Join us this Halloween as we discuss haunted libraries, scary books, and fears every librarian must face! Be sure to check out these spooky links after the episode for more library haunts:
 
https://www.oedb.org/ilibrarian/10-haunted-libraries-of-the-us/
 
https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2015/10/28/phantoms-among-folios-guide-to-haunted-libraries/
 
https://bookriot.com/haunted-libraries/

Episode 4: Get Off the Ban Wagon

We discuss why librarians are obsessed with Harry Potter, whether or not you actually need to be quiet inside a library, all things banned books and more!

Episode 3: Book Taco

We discuss what things you can check out at your library beyond books, how books get into your library, and what you should NOT return with your library books! This and more!

Episode 2: April gets an A

We discuss a Library Incident, do some homework, explain why there's no such thing as a bad book, and more!

Episode 1: SMEAC

We're getting off to a great start with strategic plans, library science theory, internet quizzes, and more!