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MCPL Director Anita Vassallo, talks shop with Julia and Lauren, discusses how she got to where she is today, her interactions with people throughout her career and tells her vision for the future of MCPL. Title: #55 – Meet MCPLs newest Director, Anita Vassallo Summary: MCPL Director Anita Vassallo, talks shop with Julia and Lauren, discusses how she got to where she is today, her interactions with people throughout her career and tells her vision for the future of MCPL. Recording Date: November 5, 2019 Guest: Anita Vassallo, Director, MCPL Hosts: Lauren Martino, Julie Dina What Our Guest is Reading: https://mdpl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/catalog/search/results?qu=south+of+broad&te=&rt=false%7C%7C%7CTITLE%7C%7C%7CTitle – by Pat Conroy https://mdpl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/catalog/search/results?qu=The+secret+commonwealth&te=&rt=false%7C%7C%7CTITLE%7C%7C%7CTitle – by Phillip Pullman https://mdpl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/catalog/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:26114/one?qu=Human+Comedy&rt=false%7C%7C%7CTITLE%7C%7C%7CTitle – by William Saroyan Murder on the OL’Bunions – By S. Dionne Moore

Summary: Susan Cohen, Head of Adult Services at Germantown Library and Coordinator of the Maryland Deaf Culture Digital Library (DCDL), talks about the online resources, events, and programs available through the DCDL, as well as MCPL's resources and services for the Deaf community.  Recording Date: July 18, 2019 Guest: Susan Cohen, Coordinator of DCDL Hosts: David Payne, Julie Dina What Our Guest is Reading: My Life Language: A Memoir by Paul W. Ogden Books and Other Items of Interest Mentioned During this Episode: Deaf Friendly Library Programs - Check out these upcoming programs at Maryland public libraries.  Deafopia - An expo that brings the community together for an opportunity to showcase businesses, entertainment, organizations and non-profits that are for, by and about the Deaf Community. This year's local Deafopia takes place September 14, 2019 at Gallaudet University.  Introduction to American Deaf Culture by Thomas K. Holcomb Maryland Deaf Culture Digital Library Overdrive - An online collection of ebooks and audiobooks available to MCPL card holders to borrow for free.  The Silent Garden: A Parent's Guide to Raising a Deaf Child by Paul W. Ogden and David H. Smith Read the transcript

Summary: Librarians Christine Freeman and Amy Alapati talk about MCPL's upcoming Summer Read and Learn program, which starts June 15 and runs through August 31. This program offers children and teens fun incentives to read and learn all summer long. There will be amazing events at MCPL branches throughout the summer as well. Join us for the fun! Recording Date: May 9, 2019 Guests: Olney Branch Manager Christine Freeman and Children's Librarian Amy Alapati Hosts: Julie Dina and David Payne What Our Guests Are Reading: Christine Freeman: Before the Devil Breaks You by Libba Bray and One Good Thing About America by Ruth Freeman Amy Alapati: Trace by Pat Cummings, The Strangers by Margaret Peterson Haddix, and Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell Books Mentioned During This Episode: Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone Armstrong: The Adventurous Journey of a Mouse to the Moon by Torben Kuhlmann Cleopatra in Space by Mike Maihack Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce The First Men Who Went to the Moon by Rhonda Gowler Greene How Do Space Vehicles Work? by Buffy Silverman Mousetronaut by Mark Kelly Spaced Out by Stuart Gibbs Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth by Frank Cottrell Boyce The Sun Is Kind of a Big Deal by Nick Seluk Other Items of Interest: Social Justice Book Club for 4th-6th Grades at Olney Library  Read the transcript

Summary: Vinyl Day organizer and Twinbrook Library manager Eric Carzon offers a sneak peak at the April 27, 2019 event, Just for the Record - A Vinyl Day, taking place at Silver Spring Library He also talks about the appeal of vinyl records and recent developments in the vinyl record industry.  Recording Date: April 11, 2019 Guest: Vinyl Day planning committee member and Twinbrook Library manager Eric Carzon.  Host: David Payne What Our Guest Is Reading: Adventures of an IT Leader by Richard Austin  City on the Line by Andrew Kleine The Daily Ukulele by Liz and Jeff Beloff  Guest's Favorite Vinyl Albums: Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hit Volume 2 Between the Lines Lightfoot! The Story of Star Wars Items of Interest Mentioned During This Episode: Cerphe Colwell - Former WHFS DJ and author of the book Cerphe's Up: A Musical Life with Bruce Springsteen, Little Feat, Frank Zappa, Tom Waits, CSNY, and Many More.  Feast Your Ears - A documentary on the history of the DC area radio station WHFS.  Friends of the Library, Montgomery County bookstores Furnace Record Pressing Company Just for the Record - A Vinyl Day - A celebration of the music, culture, art, and sound of vinyl records. Silver Spring Library, Saturday, April 27, 2019, Noon - 4 PM.  Library of Things Music - A collection of musical instruments at Twinbrook Library that are available for eligible customers to check out.  Popular Science article on the first new fully automated record pressing machines in over 30 years.  Read the transcript