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We LOVE the Library
by rduchak3000
Do you LOVE the public library? We do! Join us every other week for conversation and insight into the San Luis Obispo County public library system, a 14-branch system that serves the public from Nipomo to San Miguel. Featuring voices from inside and outside the SLO County public library system, this podcast is brought to you by the San Luis Obispo County Library Foundation, a volunteer-powered organization whose members serve as ambassadors for the library as well as wise investors of donations and bequests from the community.
Episodes
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22: Vader, Quincy, Rita, and Kalyn LOVE the Library
– We’ll discuss community connection and the public library with Rita Casaverde, the Executive Director of the Diversity Coalition. With her young family, Rita visits the library on a weekly basis. Tune in to hear how she probably has more books by and about Gabriel Garcia Marquez than anyone…
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21: Shell Beach Library and Good Library Foundation News
- Learn more about the hyper-local Shell Beach Library, which serves as an important hub for this seaside community. Their building on Leeward Avenue is the oldest one in the SLO County public library system and it’s the only one from which you can see the Pacific Ocean while standing on the…
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20: Space Nerds and the Public Library
- Celebrate the anniversary of the successful Apollo 11 mission to the Moon while considering how the public library connects us with issues of human space travel and exploration. Our current NAACP SLO County branch president Barry Stokes studied aerospace engineering in college and speaks with…
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19: Science, Language, Creative Writing, and Freedom through the Library
- Meet Celeste Royer of Latino Outdoors and learn more about how the public library can co-design events and collections that “fill the gaps” in connecting with a diverse cross section of SLO County residents. - We also speak with David McAbee who volunteers with The Literacy Connection, the SLO...
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18: The Morro Bay Library, June PRIDE Celebrations, and Nipomo's 30th Birthday
- Learn more about the Morro Bay Library, built in 1985. In our conversation with Vickie and Joan of the Friends of the Morro Bay Library, they explain the newly repaired mosaic mural that was installed on the library’s exterior west wall of the library. Did you know that a stylized Halley’s…
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17: Caleb Nichols, Poet Laureate and the 2026 Summer Reading Program
- Meet poet Caleb Nichols, our San Luis Obispo County Poet Laureate. Caleb explains how their journey to becoming Poet Laureate of SLO County began at the Atascadero Library. We hope you enjoy this delightful and informative conversation as much as we did. - Learn more about the 2026 Summer…
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16: Santa Margarita Library Power Users & Nipomo Library 30th Anniversary
- Meet another collection of Library Power Users: Zoey (age 10), her sister Ember (age 7), and their Mom (and our friend) Brianne. These fun folks are heavy users of the adorable Santa Margarita Library. We discuss what they love about the library right before they give me a kids-eye view and…
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15: Money Issues and the Public Library & Book of the the Year
- We welcome back to the podcast Monique Matta, the Adult Services Coordinating Librarian for the SLO County Library System. We’ll discuss e-books, audiobooks, and other materials in the collections with a particular focus on costs for digital items within the library system. If you have…
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14: Biblioteca Discoteca and Library Foundation Treasurer Charlotte Alexander
- We discover how the public library collections can help you throw a party. Whether it’s a dance party, dinner party, game night party, live music party, or book club party, the public library has you covered. Local DJ FlutterByCam joins us to suggest some great music you can check out from the...
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13: The Memory Lab and Inspiring Books
- Learn more about the SLO County public library system’s Memory Lab, where library card holders can access equipment to transfer their photos, videotapes, albums, and other analog data into a digital format. We’ll also speak with local radio professional Carol Tangeman, who has used the Memory…
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12: SLO Friends of the Library and Story Time in Cambria
- Learn more about the SLO Friends of the Library from Karen Perry, a volunteer with and president of this important pro-library group - Also, learn more about story time at the library from Laura Vazquez, the manager of the Cambria Library. Story time happens at libraries across the SLO County...
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11: The Literacy Connection and the Arroyo Grande Library
- Learn about The Literacy Connection from Adult Literacy Coordinator Michelle Haddad - Check in with the Arroyo Grande Library, which continues to serve patrons while closed for renovations
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10: Black Excellence and the Public Library
- We celebrate Black History Month by speaking with a collection of super smart Black women who all love the library. First, we meet Sylvia Henson, chair of the Education Committee of the SLO County branch of the NAACP. She supports women and girls in STEM fields and has a deep commitment to...
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9: North County Libraries and a Local Author for Black History Month
- We travel the “quail trail” to visit two small but mighty libraries in North County: Shandon Library and Creston Library. Learn more about the unique Tool Library in Shandon from Joey and hear from Cookie in Creston about what it’s been like to run the public library for over 48 years. - Also,...
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8: SLO MakerSpace and LGBTQ+ Art & Literature at the Library
- Learn more about the SLO MakerSpace and its collaboration with the SLO County Library System. - Meet local writer Alicia Gael and learn about her books, her background, and her writing process. She writes what she calls “Sapphic mysteries” and deploys identity as a crucial tool in solving the...
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7: Graphic Novels and George Takei's Graphic Memoir _They Called Us Enemy_
Learn more about graphic novels from the San Luis Obispo County library system’s Adult Services Coordinating Librarian Monique Matta. Also, hear from Joy Yamaguchi of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles about George Takei’s graphic novel-style memoir They Called Us Enemy. Mr....
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6: Branch Out Mobile Library and Library Foundation News
We learn about the Branch Out program for the SLO County library system, we introduce our newest Library Foundation board member, and we learn about a unique Library Foundation project honoring SLO Library's first librarian.
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5: Poetry Night at the Los Osos Library
We speak to poetry fan Christine Ahern as well as Beverly Boyd, curator and organizer of Poetry Night, to learn about the origins and story of this special free community event at the Los Osos Library. We also check in with librarian Rosalind Willis, the library staff member who helps make Poetry...
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4: Library Power User #1 and Explorer Backpacks
Introducing a new feature: profiles of Library Power Users! Our first guest is Sammy, a 12-year old reading enthusiast and someone who, like us, LOVES the library. We’ll also learn more about the well-stocked Explorer Backpacks from the “Library of Things” and other ways the public library helps...
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3: Festival Mozaic's Young Musicians in the Library & Summer Reading Program
We climb into a Time Machine with folks from Festival Mozaic to learn about the Young Musicians performances that took place in several libraries in SLO County during this annual summer festival. We also speak with Susana Lewis, the Coordinating Librarian for Youth Services, to learn more about…
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2: PAWS to Read and Memory Kits
Meet therapy dog Berkeley and her friend Kathy Baker, who explains the PAWS to Read program that helps young people develop more reading confidence. Los Osos Library Branch Manager Bonnie Richan tells us more. Learn about what library items are included in Memory Kits and then hear from Laura...
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1: Library Director - Dia de Los Muertos ofrendas - Library Foundation
Meet Chris Barnickel, Library Director of the SLO County library system Learn about how to make an ofrenda from artist & educator María Belén Luzuriaga Abad for Dia de Los Muertos. Hear from Juliane McAdam, the president of the SLO County Library Foundation. SLOLibraryFoundation.org/podcast/
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Do you LOVE the public library? We do! Join us every other week for conversation and insight into the San Luis Obispo County public library system, a 14-branch system that serves the public from Nipomo to San Miguel. Featuring voices from inside and outside the SLO County public library system, this podcast is brought to you by the San Luis Obispo County Library Foundation, a volunteer-powered organization whose members serve as ambassadors for the library as well as wise investors of donations and bequests from the community.
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rduchak3000
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