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Episode 201: Picture Books

Welcome to our podcast Reading with Libraries! It’s our first show of Season Two  – and our first show with a fun new name, and first one hosted on a fun new server. So there are many fun things happening here!! And we are so excited to be back here chatting about books with you!

Subscribe to our podcast on your favorite podcast app, so it’s delivered right to you every Thursday morning. Search for our name, or use this RSS feed: http://readingwithlibraries.libsyn.com/rss. Or, just click the play button at the top of this article!

Have you visited our Patreon page yet? Support the show, join the book group community we are building, and let Lady Grey know you value her contributions! At $1 a month contribution, we will send you a nice postcard signed by Mary, Angie, and Lady Grey. More rewards are available, based on your interests.

This week we are discussing Picture Books! We are excited to welcome returning Guest Host Kelly Groth!

Check out our full page with all the information: themed beverages, books, and suggestions for more recommendations!


Picture Books are children’s books that provide a “visual experience” – telling a story with pictures.  There may or may not be text with the book.  The content of the book, however, can be fully explained or illustrated with pictures.  Note that picture books do not even need to tell stories – they might illustrate letters of the alphabet or numbers.  A picture book may even tell a story entirely with illustrations.  Many times, these books are published in a small size, something that children can actually hold in their small hands – these books are called hand-books. There are fun books for young, non-reading children to play with.  Often, they can tell the story based on the illustrations, pretending to “read” the book.

 

 

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Coming Next Week: Reading With Libraries Podcast!!

We are Reading With Libraries!

We want you to join us!

Of course you know our podcast, Books and Beverages. We read books, we drink beverages, we have fun talking with guests. It’s a podcast book group experience!!

And it’s coming back THURSDAY MAY 17!!!! Our first episode will look at the Picture Book genre, and I promise our Guest Host knows much more about it than anyone here – it was SO FUN to record!

What would be even MORE fun???

Changing the name!!

Having different genres!! Different books!! Different guests!! Different beverages!! Longer time!!

So yeah – we did that!

Reading With Libraries has the same format and fun, and now will be easier to find in your app and easier to stream on our site. We will be talking about books, we will be sipping beverages, and neat people will be coming by to talk about books. And now we will chat for 30 minutes at a time, instead of just 20! (There was So Much To Say!!)

You can listen to our prior episodes on our host site all here; and you can find our schedule for Season Two right here!!

What else is new???

We want to build a community of readers, to make the book group more of a reality for us all! And, we could use some help from you in making that happen.

Join us on Patreon!

You can join the group and support the show at different monthly levels, starting at $1 per month, or $5 per month, or $10 per month, and so on. We have different kinds of rewards available for each level , so you can choose the level that works for you. At $1 a month, you get our mushy, sincere thanks, as well as a postcard from us signed by Mary, Angie, and Official Office Dog Lady Grey, and access to Discord. The rewards build from there.

One thing we really want to to build community; and Patreon will give us a handy tool for that: Discord! You may know Discord from gaming, or if you support other Patreon accounts. Basically it’s a chat page, where we can set up all kinds of “rooms” for all of us to chat about different topics. So when you join, if you want a room for discussing your super-favorite book topic – we will (almost certainly) create it for you. (We reserve the right to keep some discretion. We have a community to build here, and we want it to be a positive one!)

If you don’t know Patreon or Discord; No worries!! Click on the page and browse around! We would love to have you join us (and we could really use your help – these fancy microphones do not buy themselves!).

You will be able to listen to our podcast whether or not it works for you to join the community and help support us. We want to share it with you! If you like books, we want to share books with you. And if you want to join in the community, and help to support the show – great! Go to Patreon today, and let’s get started.

 

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Episode 315: Future of Libraries

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  1. You can download an app, subscribe to “Linking Our Libraries” and all episodes will appear on your phone – it’s so easy!
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Want to talk with us about this topic? Do you, your staff, or your organization need training in this topic? Want to write a policy, or develop a program? We are here for you!
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Introduction

Welcome back to Season Three of Linking Our Libraries, for this, our final episode this season! We are Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, and we are here to share information with all types of libraries, archives, and other nonprofits working to build their skills. This season, we are working on building a toolbox of leadership skills and ideas. By the end of this season, you will have fifteen specific skills that will make you a stronger leader and manager in your organization.

This week we are looking at the future of libraries!

Joining us is Guest Host Susan Schleper, from CentraCare hospital library in St Cloud.

The Basics

People who think of libraries are repositories for dusty books, or as places where we read books to tiny kids – or sit around and read books ourselves all day – are incredibly behind the times on libraries and their work today.

Where are we going in the future? It is impossible to say for sure, but all signs point to increased service work with the communities libraries serve – students, parents, senior citizens, lawyers, college alumni, tiny kids, and literally everyone else. Everyone is served by libraries, multiple libraries at that, and that service is only going to increase. We are a Multitype library system, which means our members are public libraries, schools, colleges, law libraries, hospital libraries, history archives, rehab centers – any organization with a library. This gives us perspective on the work libraries are doing across the board, and the ways libraries are able to serve their communities.

The American Library Association, with funding from IMLS, has started The Center for the Future of Libraries. They work to:

  • Identify emerging trends relevant to libraries and the communities they serve
  • Promote futuring and innovation techniques to help librarians and library professionals shape their future
  • Build connections with experts and innovative thinkers to help libraries address emerging issues

“The Center for the Future of Libraries works to identify trends relevant to libraries and librarianship. This collection is available to help libraries and librarians understand how trends are developing and why they matter. Each trend is updated as new reports and articles are made available. New trends will be added as they are developed.” Continue reading Episode 315: Future of Libraries →

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Episode 314: Research and Writing

Fountain pen writing (literacy)

Want to listen to an episode?

  1. You can download an app, subscribe to “Linking Our Libraries” and all episodes will appear on your phone – it’s so easy!
    • Apps we like include Pocket Casts, iTunes, and Stitcher.
    • Download any of these, search for “Linking Our Libraries” and hit Subscribe.
    • If it is not readily available, just enter this RSS feed: http://libraries.blubrry.com/feed/podcast/.
  2. Or, you can stream an episode right now on your computer by going to our streaming page, by clicking here.

Whatever tool you use, we hope you enjoy it! Thanks for listening, and sharing ideas on libraries!

Want to talk with us about this topic? Do you, your staff, or your organization need training in this topic? Want to write a policy, or develop a program?  We are here for you!
Click here to get started!

Check out our full information page here!

Introduction

Welcome back to Season Three of Linking Our Libraries! We are Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, and we are here to share information with all types of libraries, archives, and other nonprofits working to build their skills. This season, we are working on building a toolbox of leadership skills and ideas. By the end of this season, you will have fifteen specific skills that will make you a stronger leader and manager in your organization.

This week we discuss Research and Writing. Joining us is Guest Host Rhonda Huisman, Dean of the Library at St. Cloud State University.

The Basics

Talking about research and writing is not typical for management development; but sharing your experience is an important part of being a good library leader. Remember that you are not “just” a manager in your Reference department, or of your hospital library, or working in your grade school; you are also part of a profession. That means you get some great benefits in being part of a large group; and you have some responsibilities back to that group. Carrying out research, and communicating the good and bad experiences you have in the profession, are ways to fulfill that responsibility.

This is a surprisingly tough sell for many library people. They worry they are not doing things that are important enough to share, or that they are not good writers, or that they just do not know where to start.

Fortunately, these problems are easily overcome. In our profession we have a lot of people who are active in publishing their work – in journals, in blogs, in newspapers, in podcasts, or other venues. You can find all sorts of resources on good writing and on publishing to help you get started. And it does not matter at all how big or how small they are – every single library we have ever visited is doing something interesting and unique. Never worry that you have nothing of value to say.

In libraries and archives, research is all about finding ways we can help our organizations to function better, and do more to reach out to our communities. Just like everything else we do, it is about solving problems and connecting people with the right information. As a manager, you want to be actively involved in solving problems and finding answers to different issues that will arise in your organization. Understanding some basics on research will let you do this.
Continue reading Episode 314: Research and Writing →

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Episode 313: Teamwork

Working Together Teamwork Puzzle Concept

Want to listen to an episode?

  1. You can download an app, subscribe to “Linking Our Libraries” and all episodes will appear on your phone – it’s so easy!
    • Apps we like include Pocket Casts, iTunes, and Stitcher.
    • Download any of these, search for “Linking Our Libraries” and hit Subscribe.
    • If it is not readily available, just enter this RSS feed: http://libraries.blubrry.com/feed/podcast/.
  2. Or, you can stream an episode right now on your computer by going to our streaming page, by clicking here.

Whatever tool you use, we hope you enjoy it! Thanks for listening, and sharing ideas on libraries!

Want to talk with us about this topic? Do you, your staff, or your organization need training in this topic? Want to write a policy, or develop a program? We are here for you!
Click here to get started!

Check out our full information page here .

Introduction

Welcome back to Season Three of Linking Our Libraries! We are Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, and we are here to share information with all types of libraries, archives, and other nonprofits working to build their skills. This season, we are working on building a toolbox of leadership skills and ideas. By the end of this season, you will have fifteen specific skills that will make you a stronger leader and manager in your organization.

This week we are looking at teamwork ideas.

The Basics

When a manager (or professor) announces people will be working in teams, the result is always the same: groans, eye rolling, and immediate claims of “I always have to do all the work on a team!” It is frustrating to hear the constant refrain of “Can’t I just work by myself???” complete with dramatic sighs and a multitude of excuses for being a solo operator.

Continue reading Episode 313: Teamwork →