national library week

Welcome back to episode 8 of the UCET podcast, where we talk about all things Utah, education, and technology. In this episode, we sat down with two library media specialists to chat about their work, how they go about finding resources for their libraries, and how they can collaborate with teachers. We got the chance to speak with Cindy Mitchell and Lisa Morey from Jordan School District. 

You can follow their work on the Kiss the Book Blog (kissthebook.blogspot.com) or follow Cindy on Twitter @KisstheBook, or you can listen in on the Kiss the Book podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kiss-the-book/id1448161701) and follow the Kiss the Book Pinterest boards (https://www.pinterest.com/kissthebook/_saved/)

Over the course of this episode, we discuss the following questions (and more!) with our library media specialist guests:

• What adjectives would you use to describe your position as library media specialist?
• How do you go about locating and vetting resources to add to your collections?
• What is one book you think every student or teacher should read?

At the end of the episode, we take a minute to spotlight the upcoming EdcampUT events happening in April and June. Check out www.ucet.org/edcamp for more info about when and how to register!

Connect with us!

UCET Newsletter: https://ucet.org/newsletter/

UCET Edcamps: https://ucet.org/edcamp/

#utedchat Weds at 9 p.m. on Twitter: https://ucet.org/utedchat/

Special thanks to Matt Winters for the sound editing and Kiera Beddes for hosting.

About Us: Northeast Mississippi business owners, industry leaders, Main Street Directors, school and hospital leaders discuss what's happening in our "little postage stamp of native soil" - William Faulkner. Interviews are recorded in Ripley, MS at Sun Bear Studio, broadcast every day at 11 am on The Shark 102.3 FM Radio and added here to help you stay informed.   When broadcast on The Shark, the shows will either come from Main Street Moments or Heard It On The Shark.  On Main Street Moments, Melinda talks to area Main Street Directors, Chamber directors and small business owners.  Heard It On The Shark interviews are usually with industry, medical, non-profit and school leaders in North Mississippi.  If you would like to be considered for an interview, you can call us at 662-837-1023.  Ask for Melinda. Topper Time is a weekly presentation by Blue Mountain College Students about life at Blue Mountain College.  BMC a private liberal arts college, supported by the Mississippi Baptist Convention, located in the northeastern Mississippi town of Blue Mountain between Ripley and New Albany. Founded as a women's college in 1873, the college's board of trustees voted for the college to go fully co-educational in 2005.Every Day is an Event is hosted by Beth Benson who is a retail shop owner from Ripley, MS.      

The Shark 102.3 FM Radio Station and Sun Bear Studio are located in Ripley, MS and owned by Chris and Melinda Marsalis.  Chris and Melinda have a passion for community development and love all of the amazing things that are going on in North Mississippi.

This Week: The Ripley Public Library is part of the Northeast Regional Library System.  Eric Melton, Ripley's branch librarian, stopped in at Sun Bear Studio to talk about National Library Week.  He talked about all of the great digital and other non-traditional  resources at the library.  He also talked about the spring activity packets that are available for pick-up until Easter.  

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On this episode of The Book Drop we celebrate National Library Week with tales of the heroes and villains of library world. We also share our librarian origin stories and talk about everyone’s favorite OPL branch for query of the week.

Check out the OPL events calendar for these upcoming events:
OPL Reading Challenge Book Club on Tuesday, April 13th and Thursday, April 15th.

Celebrate National Library Week with OPL by asking for an illustrated branch sticker at your local branch or when scheduling your next curbside pick-up appointment. OPL worked with Minnesota-based artist Kevin Cannon to capture the special characteristics of each of OPL’s 12 branches. Then share your library love by posting a picture of your sticker to Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, and tag @OmahaLibrary or include #OmahaLibrary in your post. 

All the books, movies, TV, resources and bookish items we talked about in this episode can be found here — http://bit.ly/TBDep46

Hello librarians!  It’s National Library Week and I just want to celebrate all of you for everything you do for your students, children, communities, and society every day.

If you haven’t listened to my episode 2, “Librarians, You Matter More Than You Know”, I encourage you to take some time today and listen to that. You can find it at masterfullibrarian.com/ep-2.   It’s full of heartwarming stories of how librarians make a difference to the people they serve. What you do every day is vital to us all – even if that isn’t always acknowledged and appreciated.

Libraries and librarians are always working hard to provide resources, services, education, and programming that supports your users.  That’s just how librarians roll.

Libraries are the great equalizers, ensuring that everyone, regardless of ability to pay, has access to the world. 

But over the last year, during the stressful and often scary pandemic lockdowns, libraries and librarians really stepped up – as I knew they would.  

You found ways to safely provide curbside service to school children and to community members.  You got innovative with ways to be sure people could still access your wifi – sometimes going as far as erecting shade structures outside your buildings and in some places bringing in porta-potties so students could stay  for a long time and work on their schoolwork. 

You developed virtual library lessons and learned how to provide story hour virtually.  You even held summer reading programs using Zoom, though you might never have used Zoom before then or any other type of meeting platform. 

Some of you even opened back up with limited hours and occupancy and had to enforce mask-wearing and social distancing – which often was ugly and unpleasant.  

You worked hard to overcome physical and virtual challenges and to find a way around these new and ever-evolving obstacles. 

And you did it all with shrinking budgets, reduced staffing, and, even, while working from home.

So to all of you working in academic, public, school, and special libraries all over this country, I say Happy National Library Week and thank you.  I and hundreds of thousands like me appreciate all you’ve done since March 2020 and before.  

We couldn’t have done it without you.