Book Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week!
Today’s book is Infandous, by Elana K. Arnold.
Welcome to a special bonus podcast episode!
You can find our shownotes right here, with links and all of our information in one place.
This week we want to get you ready for Minnesota Library Legislative Week! It runs from Feb. 25 through March 1 – so you have plenty of time to be a part of this important work. If you are not in Minnesota, stay with us; these issues will likely be similar to those in your state, and we would love for you to be part of your state’s Legislative Day or Week activities!
If you are new to advocacy, that’s fine! Advocacy is best done as a team sport – we are stronger when we all work together, so you will not be left alone in your advocacy for libraries.
All of us, as a library community, need the support of our state legislators to provide funding to libraries. It comes in a variety of ways, goes to different groups, and is aimed at solving assorted library needs. It’s all important, and we literally need every dime we can get so that we can keep moving forward in serving our communities.
But we know that a lot of people do not have a complete grasp of all the details, and it’s hard to start advocating for libraries when you are confused about what exactly is happening. We are here to help! We will walk you through the basic issues, and direct you to all kinds of resources to give you knowledge and confidence to be a good advocate.
Welcome back to our podcast Reading with Libraries! We are so happy to be here chatting about books with you.
You can find our full shownotes page here. There we have links to all the resources you can use to find more books, links to the beverages we enjoyed, and links to all the books we discussed!
Today we are talking about books in which weather plays a main role. These books can be fiction or nonfiction, and can deal with things like natural disasters, tornadoes, floods, wildfires, or simply weather patterns and the climate of a particular area. Whether in fiction or reality, dealing with weather is always a part of life. As Minnesotans in the middle of winter, we know this all too well!
Book Bites are quick, five minute looks at a book from readers. Try a new book this week!
Today’s book is Algeria Is Beautiful Like America, by .
Welcome back! We are so pleased you are joining us for our podcast book group: Reading with Libraries!
Check out our full shownotes page here. You can find all the resources we share, links to the books we discuss, and links to the beverages we enjoyed!
This week we are discussing Business books.
We are pleased to welcome returning Guest Host Rhonda Huisman, Dean of the Library at St Cloud State University.
This is such a perennially popular genre of books; you can always new books with new ideas – and books that say the same things that were said 10, 20 or 50 years ago. Business classics are still around and popular, books by successful CEOs are always popular (for a while, at least), and books that try to show a new way to succeed in business and management skills will always be relevant to people working to build skills. You can find books on basic management skills, on starting a new business, on honing communication and creativity, and almost anything else that might help you to be successful in leadership and management.
You can also tune in to our Linking Our Libraries podcast, where we talk about all kinds of library and leadership skills with suggestions for honing your own skills!