EPISODE · Oct 6, 2023 · 35 MIN
Libraries Week - Friday. Meet the librarian documenting the weird and wonderful things she finds left behind in library books! "Each item is an anonymous glimpse into someone’s life"
from From the Library With Love · host Kate Thompson
Send us Fan MailYou can never be sure what you’ll discover in the pages of a book. That’s even more true if that book is checked out from a library. In twenty years of library work Sharon McKellar from Oakland Library in California has been documenting the weird and wonderful things she finds in library books. From recipes, to kids drawings and crochet hooks and even a backstage concert passes. Each item is an anonymous glimpse into someone’s life. Now she’s helping reunite readers with their lost relics through her ‘Found in a Library Book’ project.Thank you to our media partner: Family History Zone – a website covering archives, history and genealogy. Please check then out at www.familyhistory.zone and consider signing up for their free weekly newsletter.
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Send us Fan Mail You can never be sure what you’ll discover in the pages of a book. That’s even more true if that book is checked out from a library. In twenty years of library work Sharon McKellar from Oakland Library in California has been documenting the weird and wonderful things she finds in library books. From recipes, to kids drawings and crochet hooks and even a backstage concert passes. Each item is an anonymous glimpse into someone’s life. Now she’s helping reunite readers with the...
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Libraries Week - Friday. Meet the librarian documenting the weird and wonderful things she finds left behind in library books! "Each item is an anonymous glimpse into someone’s life"
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