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Brampton Library Stories
by Brampton Library
These are not the kinds of stories that you'll find on our shelves. These are our own tales of the real and the surreal. We talk to our staff to uncover their best, worst, and most hilarious moments at the library and share what libraries are really about - who we are, who we serve, and why it's important.
Episodes
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Things You Don't Learn In Library School.
Disclaimer: The audio in this episode has an unfortunate faint buzzing sound in the background that we have tried and failed to remove without completely ruining the interview audio. So it's there, and we apologize. But this interview was too good not to share, and if you listen for a few minutes...
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The Heart of the Library
From feel-good to do-better, Volunteer Services at Brampton Library have evolved into a self aware, mission driven passion project for the Supervisor of the service, Rada Micic - and it shows. We sit down with Rada as she explains her vision for the value of volunteerism, the opportunity for…
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National Security and other learnings from a Branch Manager
In our first episode of 2020, we are joined in the Chinguacousy branch audio recording studio with our guest and library branch manager, Zarena Cassar. Zarena gives us the low down on libraries from a management perspective, and also walks us through a throwback story from Gore Meadows Branch,...
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Other "Doodies" As Assigned.
Branch librarian and makerspace extraordinaire Ben Smeets joins us at the Chinguacousy Branch audio recording studio to discuss the finer points of opening a new branch. We quiz Ben on is reading habits, professional challenges and, of course, how 3D printers can help local turtles.
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Big Data vs. Little Data
What drives decision making at the library? We take a dive into the world of data and statistics with Alison Clarke, the Performance Measures and Data Coordinator at Brampton Library. What stories do the numbers tell us? What is evidence based decision making? And most importantly: how, in fact,...
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The O.G. (Original Google)
We sit down with Rebecca Raven, the CEO of Brampton Library, to explore what librarianship looked like before the likes of Google, and what it means to work in an ever adapting public institution. Also, catch some really important discussion about ready reference, pre-pinterest picture…
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Library Stereotypes and Library DJs
In our premier episode of Brampton Library Stories, we talk to a veteran of our library system, Mike A. Mike helps us take a look back at what the library used to be, and gives us some insight into what it means to be "a guy" in the context of the librarian stereotype. We will also share the...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
These are not the kinds of stories that you'll find on our shelves. These are our own tales of the real and the surreal. We talk to our staff to uncover their best, worst, and most hilarious moments at the library and share what libraries are really about - who we are, who we serve, and why it's important.
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Brampton Library
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How many episodes does Brampton Library Stories have?
Brampton Library Stories currently has 7 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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These are not the kinds of stories that you'll find on our shelves. These are our own tales of the real and the surreal. We talk to our staff to uncover their best, worst, and most hilarious moments at the library and share what libraries are really about - who we are, who we serve, and why it's...
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Brampton Library Stories is created and hosted by Brampton Library.
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