Librarian Live: Librarians talk about librarianship
 

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Librarian Live is a production of the North Texas Regional Library System, the Northeast Texas Library System, the Alamo Area Library System, the Abilene Library Consortium, and the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It is funded in part by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and by the Institute for Museum and Library Services.

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Thu, 20 December 2007
Library Revolution
In this Librarian Live episode, Adam Wright of the North Texas Regional Library System interviews Kerry McGeath about his revolutionary practices at his library in Southlake Texas.

 

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Direct download: DS400028.mp3
Category: NTRLS -- posted at: 3:41 PM
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Mon, 10 December 2007
Altered Books
Julie Ousley, a lay representative and volunteer at the New Braunfels Public Library, discusses a different and creative way of utilizing left over/weeded books when no longer used within the library.  Her method turns books into forms of art.

 

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Direct download: altered_books.mp3
Category: AALS -- posted at: 3:46 PM
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Tue, 4 December 2007
Selecting Nonfiction and Nonfiction Reader's Advisory

Today we speak with the wonderful Jennifer Patterson, Continuing Education Coordinator for CTLS, Inc., and former Branch Manager at Austin Public Library. In this podcast, we discuss:

- what kinds of nonfiction patrons want
- barriers to selecting nonfiction
- resources to help with nonfiction selection
- how to tailor your nonfiction collection to fit the needs of your patrons

What Jennifer has been reading lately:

Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith by Ann Lamott
Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany by Bill Buford
Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich

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Direct download: Episode18-NonfictionSelectionandReadersAdvisory.mp3
Category: CTLS -- posted at: 6:42 PM
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