Libraries aren’t as quiet as they used to be. A podcast for library lovers and the library curious. Book chatter with librarians, community perspectives and author interviews
Episodes
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Tekedra Lofton is a librarian. Ophelia Crane is an author. They are synonymous; one in the same. Lofton is currently the Community Engagement Librarian in Taylor, MI, but she is a former employee of the Ferndale Library. On this episode, we're talking about the importance of community engagement, as well as the ideas of literary genres, and why her books, written as Ophelia Crane, might not fit into any category.
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Today, we're chatting with one of our neighbors! Pj Jacokes is an actor/writer/director & co-founder of GO! Comedy Improv Theater! We talk about how to be funny on the fly, how to sustain a small business for 12+ years, what it's like being an improv artist in a pandemic, and also, we talk about GO!'s long-running Detroit Improv Festival...., which...., sadly, is canceled this year. But, if you want to find out more, click here: https://www.gocomedy.net/
Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
Jo Angela Oehrli is the Learning Librarian, and Children's Literature Librarian, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. In 2017, she received an award from the American Library Association for her research and work on Information Literacy. This is the third installment of our ongoing series on the importance of our individual ability to assess the information we're encountering through various mediums on a daily basis.
Discussed in this episode:
Information on Reading Laterally.
2016 Stanford History Education Group Study
and:
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Ferraro is a macro photographer and a conservation photographer; his images
tell the story of a very tiny world inhabited by important organisms that all
have roles to play in creating harmony for our ecosystem. Random patches
of nature in urban environments become sources of new insects that Ferraro
can observe, track, and take photos of on their own terms, never harming
them or taking them out of their environment.
displayed here in the library. That is, before the shutdown. So, we talk
about our high hopes for finally getting to coordinate the art show here
in the library in the very near future, as well as his passion for nature and
science. We also talk about how he manages to capture amazingly
close-up images of the smallest creatures on the planet.
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
The next installment of our ongoing series addressing Information Literacy features WDET's Jake Neher and Shriaz Ahmed. Neher is a reporter/producer who works with 'Detroit Today,' and covers Michigan's political scene, while Ahmed is the radio station's Engagement Editor & Digital Content Editor. We covered the prevalence of confirmation bias, the S.I.F.T. method for spotting fake news, and the daily discipline reporters have to practice regarding the objective framing of a story.
To follow the work of Neher and Ahmed, go to www.wdet.org
As mentioned in the introduction to this show, we have links for more info on the S.I.F.T. Method
https://hapgood.us/2019/06/19/sift-the-four-moves/
https://www.avon-schools.org/cms/lib/IN01001885/Centricity/Domain/3486/SIft%20method.pdf
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Raylon Leaks-May is a Ferndale City Council Member, Mayor Pro Tem, and, as you'll hear--a big fan of libraries! She recently collaborated with our Youth Services Librarians to host a civics-focused conversation with high school students and answer questions about public service, local government, community volunteering, etc. Leaks-May has been a Ferndale resident for twenty-five years, serving in a variety of instrumental professional roles within the community.
https://www.ferndalemi.gov/news/ferndale-city-council-declares-official-commitment-to-antiracism
