Sounds from the Shelves

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 Potatoe...

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 ...

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...

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 fro...

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 - Recomme...

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 cr...

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 fo...

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 zin...

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:

• My Own Way: Celebrating Gender Freedom for Kids by Joana Estrela
• True You: A Gender Journey by Gwen Agna and Shelley Rotner
• Ho’onani: Hula Warrior by Heather Gale

For older Kids:

• Sir Callie and the Ch...

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: Ho...

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:...

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?...

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...

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 202...

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: ...

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

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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 a...