Sounds from the Shelves

Join us as we talk with Patrick Hoecherl, the current president of the Utah Library Association (ULA), about what ULA does and the upcoming ULA conference. 00:00 - Intro 00:57 - What is the Utah Library Association? 04:33 - Who are the members of ULA? 05:55 - ULA Presidency 09:01 - ULA Organization Structure 13:29 - Book Bans 21:33 - MPLA Conference 24:05 - Just Winging It 30:58 - Let Utah Read 33:43 - Utah's Best Fries 36:43 - Outro

Join us as we talk to librarian Christopher Bray about the County Library's Seed Library program. 00:00 - Intro 00:36 - What is the Seed Library? 02:26 - What Inspired the Seed Library? 04:05 - Do They Come with Instructions? 05:21 - Returning Seeds to the Library 06:25 - Participating Branches 07:05 - Seed-related Programming 08:01 - Favorite Seeds 10:07 - Seed Saving 15:26 - Cultivating Community Connection 17:10 - Mashed Potatoes 18:30 - Outro

It's not just librarians who work at a library. Join us as we talk to some customer service specialists and shelvers from the County Library. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:34 - Sierra Cowley 0:02:22 - How Did You Get Started with the Library? 0:03:41 - Surprise! We're Not all Librarians 0:06:09 - Always Changing/Wouldn't Change a Thing 0:07:42 - Positive Connections 0:11:06 - You're Welcome Here; You're Wanted Here 0:12:30 - David Peterson 0:14:01 - Masters Degrees 0:15:34 - Not Quite Librarians 0:17:52 - Very Polite Small Children 0:19:28 - Better Than Your Job 0:21:24 - April Zirbel 0:23:44 - An Active and Dynamic Space 0:25:11 - Compassion Burnout 0:28:19 - Christmas Morning in Reverse 0:31:04 - A Chance to Practice Feeling Good About Humanity 0:34:48 - Funeral Potatoes 0:37:35 - Alexis Alires 0:40:39 - The People 0:44:28 - Shouldn't You Be "Shhhhh"? 0:47:13 - Duck with a Broken Wing 0:51:57 - Lead with Kindness 0:54:34 - The Library Has Something for You 0:56:26 - Community Engagement 0:57:50 - Early Learning 0:59:51 - Karl Speaks 1:01:21 - I Might Be a Hobbit 1:03:50 - Outro

Join us as we talk to Heather Chynoweth about our Reader's Choice program. Get a behind the scenes peek at how books are chosen, and the work that makes the program run. 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - What is Reader's Choice? 02:37 - How are Reader's Choice books chosen? 05:12 - Is it Ever Hard to Find Enough Books? 07:09 - Two Rounds Each Year 08:00 - Do Books That Aren't Picked Stay on the Long List? 08:50 - Favorite (and Least Favorite) Selections 13:10 - Surprise Winners? 15:48 - What Do Patrons Say About It? 20:35 - Do you ever root for a book to lose? 26:27 - Outro 28:05 - Potatoes!

Join us as we talk to some of our talented staff about their creative endeavors. AJ Irving books: Dance Like a Leaf The Wishing Flower The Bi Book - coming soon! Alesha Adamson books: The Dark King and the Eternal Dance The Wolf’s Golden Deception Blake Casselman books: Devil’s Triangle Weird Wasatch Heroic: Tales of the Extraordinary Blake Casselman films: Kiss the Devil in the Dark Adopting Trouble White Wings Flight from Shadow Doppelganger 4 Limbo Jared Anjewierdan books: The Black Chronicles 1 The Long Black 2 Black Holiday 3 Running Black 4 Black Salvage 5 Battles in the Black 6 Homecoming in Black Clockwork Justice Series 1 Penny Dreadful and the Clockwork Copper Planetary Anthology Series: Saturn Armored Heart Keepers of the Wind Jessica Williams Etsy shop: JessicaSketches Mary Jensen books: Lifelines: a Poetry Anthology Chiaroscuro Tales of Tessagonia Series 1 The Blazing Princess 2 Mirror 3 The Princess Test Timestamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:25 - AJ Irving 0:01:52 - Discovering a passion for picture books 0:02:41 - Creative Process 0:04:46 - Marketing 0:05:48 - Getting published 0:07:15 - Forthcoming book 0:07:56 - Waiting is the Hardest Part 0:08:42 - Reader Reactions 0:10:07 - Alesha Adamson 0:12:46 - Accidental Author 0:16:51 - Writing by Hand 0:19:41 - Did you Get a Developmental Edit? 0:22:21 - Self Marketing 0:24:11 - Future Plans 0:24:47 - Seeing Your Art Out There 0:25:45 - Doing All The Things on Your Own 0:26:39 - Making Connections 0:27:53 - Don't Let Your Struggles Hold You Back 0:28:50 - Blake Casselman 0:30:14 - Screenwriting 0:32:43 - Comics Spark a Love for Reading 0:39:11 - Learn Screenwriting from a Library Book 0:41:08 - Selling a Screenplay 0:48:22 - Marketing Independent Film 0:50:54 - Indie Horror in Post-Production 0:53:49 - Jared Anjewierden 0:56:53 - First Story I Remember Writing 0:57:39 - Let the Character Do What They're Gonna Do 0:58:54 - Publishing Template 1:00:01 - Marketing 1:01:10 - Future Works 1:03:32 - Commas and Spelling and Endings 1:05:39 - A Book Isn't a Book Until It's Read 1:07:20 - Jessica Williams 1:08:41 - Sketching Things Out 1:09:50 - Funny Things on the Internet 1:10:40 - Design to Product 1:12:06 - Favorite Fruit 1:12:48 - Marketing Online and IRL 1:13:29 - Ideas for Miles 1:14:22 - Ideas That Don't Work Out 1:15:02 - Make Someone Smile 1:15:58 - Mary Jensen 1:17:01 - Something and an Author 1:17:41 - Different Sources of Inspiration 1:18:34 - Learning to Self Publish 1:19:33 - Social Media Marketing 1:20:08 - Ten More Books 1:20:57 - Chiaroscuro 1:21:59 - Finding My Audience 1:22:31 - The Act of Creation 1:23:01 - Outro

Learn more about the native tribes and Native Americans in Utah, and what you can do to help support them with our guest Jacob Crane. 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - Tribes in the Salt Lake Area 01:34 - Community Advocacy 02:23 - How to Support Native American Community 03:34 - Recommended Organizations 05:12 - Respectful Ways to Engage 06:58 - Sovereign Nations 09:18 - Building the Realtionship between Tribes and the State 14:01 - Recommended Media

Join us as we talk to Wanda Huffaker and Katie Wegner about Banned Books Week, book challenges, and what you should know about reconsideration requests. 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Read This! 06:17 - Katie Wegner and Wanda Huffaker 07:16 - Banned Books Week 08:09 - Banned vs. Challenged 09:23 - Why are books challenged? 11:00 - Reconsideration Committee 14:50 - How many reconsideration requests do we receive? 16:28 - Reconsideration criteria 19:23 - Where do these criteria come from? 21:41 - Do you think it's important to fight against banning books? 26:54 - Let Freedom Read 30:37 - Favorite Banned or Challenged Books 35:36 - Final Thoughts: Read What You Choose 40:59 - Outro

Come hear about the experience of some of our Summer Interns: the highs, the lows and everything in between. 00:00 - Intro 00:54 - Meet Our Teen Interns 02:00 - How Did You Find Out About the Intern Program? 04:22 - Why Did You Want to Work at the Library? 05:44 - Are You Interested in the Library as a Career Now? 07:17 - Was Your Internship What You Expected? 08:33 - Internship Highlights 12:07 - Good Experiences 13:35 - Advice for Future Interns 16:05 - What Surprised You? 17:11 - What Should Library Patrons Know About Libraries? 19:09 - Book Recommendations 21:25 - Outro

Join us as we talk to Susan Hamada from Utah Pet Partners about reading to dogs, and our Read to a Dog Program. 0:00 - Intro 0:31 - Read This 5:48 - Susan Hamada - Utah Pet Partners 6:59 - Read With Me 7:43 - Pet Therapy Training 8:41 - How Does Reading to a Dog Help? 9:38 - What About Different Animals? 11:37 - Memories of Program Highlights 14:26 - How Can I Participate? 16:56 - Outro

Join us to learn all about Zines. What are they? Where can you find them? Do you want to make your own? Find out all about it here! 0:00 - Intro 1:22 - Read This 4:54 - What is a zine? 8:09 - What is some of the history of zines? 12:20 - Examples of zines 13:36 - What is the zine community like in Utah? 17:05 - What type of person makes zines? 19:27 - Online zines 25:21 - Where can I find zines? 32:07 - What do you love about zines? 37:57 - Do you have a favorite zine that you have made? 40:55 - How do you sell zines? 44:11 - Favorite zine-related books 47:39 - Kearns Zine Club 48:52 - Trading zines 51:49 - Outro

Join us as we talk with our special guest, Kat Zimmerman, about Pride Month and all things pride related. 00:00 – Intro 00:25 – Read This with Cynthia Hinckley and Tami Austin Cynthia’s Reccomendations: For Young Kids: For older Kids: Tami’s Reccomendations: For Teens: For Adults: 12:03 – Kat Zimmerman Introduction 12:47 – What should everyone know about Pride Month? 14:22 – History of Pride Month 16:27 – LGBTQ2IA+ letter meanings 17:34 – Who can celebrate Pride Month 19:56 – How allies can support the queer community 22:58 – Being queer in the library 25:11 – The Rainbow Alliance at the Kearns branch 30:13 – Advice for starting a QSA 33:18 – Favorite Queer books, authors, and other media 42:56 – Wrap up and outro

This month we’re talking to Jeff Buydos of our library marketing department about what they do and why they do it. We also had some bonus questions for Jeff, an avid mountain biker, about National Bike Month! 0:00-0:22: Intro 0:22-0:45: Intro to Jeff Buydos 0:45-4:52: The job of a library marketing team 4:52-7:00: How is the marketing team made up? Who does what? 7:00-10:45: The importance of marketing in libraries 10:45-15:40: How has library marketing changed? 15:40-18:50: A typical day in the life of Jeff 18:50-22:10: Favorite parts of the job 22:10-26:16: Favorite system events: 80s Prom, Mardi Gras, Star Party 26:16-30:50: How the County Library’s marketing has changed 30:50-34:01: Craziest request through social media 34:01-35:44: Last thoughts on marketing 35:44-41:41: It’s Bike Month! Tell us about your bike experience 41:41-43:01: Outro

Celebrate National Poetry Month with us as we welcome local poets Wynter Storm and Rees Sweeten to talk about the magic of poetry! 0:00-0:28: Intro 0:28-6:45: Read This! 6:45-9:35: Introduction to our guests, Wynter Storm and Rees Sweeten 9:35-12:30: Why is poetry so important to people? 12:30-20:05: Favorite poems to share 20:05-24:40: Favorite poets 24:40-29:40: Is poetry hard to get into? 29:40-31:22: The Utah poetry scene 31:22-40:23: How does a slam poetry competition work? 40:23-45:12: How can people participate in your events? 45:12-46:29: Outro

Summary: Celebrate Women's History Month with us as we speak with Ashley Finley about her work as a doula. Timestamps: 0:00-0:21 - Intro 0:21-9:40 - Read This! 9:40-10:15 - Welcome Ashley 10:15-13:33 - What do doulas do? 13:33-17:14 - How did you get into this line of work? 17:14-23:45 - What kind of training do doulas have? 23:45-33:55 - Relationships between doulas and hospitals 33:55-37:54 - How many families do you work with? 37:54-40:34 - Relationships with families after birth 40:34-49:30 - Advocating for women's health 49:30-56:42 - History of doulas in the Black community 56:42-57:32 - The importance of Women's History Month 57.32-1:03:14 - Admirable women of today 1:03:14-1:03:40 - Where to contact Ashley 1:03:40-1:04:53 - Outro

Summary: It’s Black History Month and we are so excited to sit down and speak with Alyssha Dairshow, executive director of CurlyMe, a nonprofit resource for families with children of color, specifically Black girls 5-14 years old. Books discussed in this episode: Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson, Blended by Sharon Draper, Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega Resources discussed in this episode: CurlyMe: curlyme.org We Need Diverse Books: diversebooks.org Black Cultural Center at U of U: diversity.utah.edu/bcc/ 0:00-0:47: Intro 0:47-4:11: About CurlyMe and inspiration 4:11-9:57: What’s your vision for the future of CurlyMe? 9:57-13:40: Upcoming events 13:40-15:19: How can parents sign up? 15:19-25:03: Support, mentoring, and resources for parents 25:03-30:06: CurlyMe’s summer book club 30:06-35:17: The importance of hair 35:17-39:30: Advice for going through bullying 39:30-47:20: Events for Black History Month 47:20-49:12: Recommendations for Black artists, authors, etc. 49:12-50:49: Outro

Starting something new in 2023? Let the library help! From our Create Spaces to car repair, crocheting and beyond, listen in as we go over all the amazing things we have to offer! 0:00-0:30: Introduction 0:30-9:05: Our hobbies 9:05-12:26: How can people learn our hobbies with the library? 12:26-20:38: Create Spaces at the library 20:38-28:00: Other resources for hobbies at the library 28:00-33:00: What hobbies we’re trying for 2023 33:00-33:55: Outro

2022 is coming to a close, and our podcast team has some thoughts about it! Tune in to listen to our favorite things from the year, and what we’re looking forward to next year. 0:00-1:16: Introduction 1:16-11:43: Favorite shows & movies from 2022 11:43-16:48: Favorite books from 2022 16:48-22:07: Best concerts of 2022 22:07-25:09: Trips 25:09-30:48: Personal or professional projects 30:48-32:15: Biggest accomplishment 32:15-34:50: Podcast in review 34:50-38:47: What will you remember about 2022? 38:47-43:46: What will you look forward to in 2023?

Join our hosts as they talk about some fun non-Thanksgiving holidays that happen in November. 00:00-00:49 Intro 00:49-03:35 National Pickle Day - November 14 03:35-05:37 Sweet Potato Awareness Month 05:37-07:30 National Author's Day - November 1 07:30-08:34 Election Day 08:34-10:11 Married to a Scorpio Support Day - November 18 10:11-11:26 National "Have a Bad Day" Day - November 19 11:26-12:20 World Kindness Day - November 13 12:20-14:49 National Sandwich Day - November 3 14:49-18:58 International Tongue Twister Day - Second Sunday in November (November 13, 2022) 18:58-22:34 Stay at Home Because You Are Well Day - November 30 22:34-26:22 Picture Book Month 26:22-31:03 Cliché Day - November 3 31:03-40:12 International Games Day - November 15 40:12-41:29 Transgender Day of Remembrance - November 20 41:29-42:29 Outro

Join our hosts as we talk about all things Halloween! 0:00-1:35: Intro 1:35-7:47: Favorite Halloween Traditions 7:47-13:20: Favorite Costumes 13:20-20:50: Favorite scary movies 20:50-24:37: Do you believe in ghosts? 24:37-28:30: Upcoming Dia de los Muertos and Halloween library programs! 28:30-29:36: Outro

0:00 – 1:30 – Introductions 1:30 – 7:05 - Advice for at-home storytimes 7:05 – 8:58 - Tips for reading out loud 8:58 – 12:25 - Great books for different ages 12:25 – 15:09 - Singing songs with your littles 15:09 – 21:43 - Finding and incorporating children’s music 21:43 - 24:22 - Storytime-to-Go Kits 24:22 – 28:16 - Library resources for storytimes 28:16 – 37:30 - Favorite books from childhood 37:30 – 39:00 - Celebrating children and libraries 39:00 – 40:04 - Outro Summary: Wanting to create storytime magic at home? This episode is for you! Susan and Tami from The County Library join us to talk about tips, books, music, and more for doing storytimes with your family.