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Episode 8 National Library Week Wrap-Up Featuring 2018 Long Island Reads Event

April 13, 2018Uncategorizeda quiet place, birdbox, fall of gondolin, hockey, josh malerman, long island reads, lost in space, mike massimino, national library week, sandra bullock, sean avery, spaceman, tolkien, unbury caroltopshelfatmerricklibrary

Carol Ann talks about celebrating National Library Week and the fabulous event hosted by Long Island Reads: One Island One Book. This ticket is almost as hard to get as Hamilton! If you were shut out of Mike Massimino’s appearance at the Patchogue Theater, join them on Facebook Live instead! Sunday, April 15th at 2pm.

Also give a listen to this great podcast from Ellen Druda @ Half Hollow Hills: https://hhhlibrary.org/2018/03/14/special-podcast-for-long-island-reads/

For more information visit www.longislandreads.org
Like them on Facebook, and follow them on Instagram and Twitter @LongIslandReads.

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Episode 7 Spring Break Recap or How Merrick Library Spent It’s Week!

April 6, 2018Uncategorizeda quiet place, bird box, carol ann tack, children's programming, community service, josh malerman, long island reads, luisa munoz, make and take, meira maynard, mike massimino, spaceman, volunteerstopshelfatmerricklibrary

Carol Ann recaps an awesome Spring Break week at Merrick Library. The podcast features the Make & Take Program, the Teen Art Community Project and the Wednesday Afternoon Book Discussion. She also talks weekend movie plans and Bird Box by Josh Malerman.

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Episode 6 Get Your Kids Ready For Spring Break!

March 28, 2018Uncategorizedchildren's programming, Coco, crafts, Earth Day, meira maynard, movies, recycling, spring breaktopshelfatmerricklibrary

Attention parents: Carol Ann chats with Children’s Librarian Meira Maynard about all the fun events for April.

Events start next week, get your calendars ready!

Listen here! It’s less than 10 minutes…add these events to your calendar today!

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Episode 5 Discussing Dishes: Join our new Cookbook Discussion Group!

March 23, 2018Uncategorizedappetizers, cookbook discussion group, cooking, programmingtopshelfatmerricklibrary

Love to Cook? Join our new Cookbook Discussion group! The theme for May is appetizers. Stop by the Reference Desk, select a recipe from the book, “All Time Best Appetizers”. Listen here and prepare your recipe and bring it to the meeting to share with the group. Registration is open now, don’t miss it!

Thursday, May 17th at 2:30pm

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Episode 4 Hello to Everyone at PLA 2018!

March 20, 2018Uncategorizedlibrarians, library, Philadelphia, PLA2018topshelfatmerricklibrary

Carol Ann sends a quick shout out to all the attendees of the 2018 PLA Conference

in the city of Philadelphia!

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Episode 3 Librarians are Listening: Reference Librarian Kristine Dugan Talks Audiobooks

March 16, 2018UncategorizedAudio books, historical fiction, light reads, Phillipa Gregory, Readers Advisorytopshelfatmerricklibrary

Doing Reader’s Advisory for your audio book patrons? Carol Ann chats with Reference Librarian Kristine Dugan about Audio Books!

These are Kristine’s “Ace-in-the-Hole” picks: The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro, The Mapmaker’s Children by Sarah McCoy, The Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick, and anything by Philippa Gregory.

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey, and The Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline. Kristine recommends these “Light Listens”: Garden Spells, The Peach Keeper, Lost Lake, and The Girl Who Chased the Moon all of these are by Sarah Addison Allen.

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Episode 2 Get the Art Up with Teen Queen Librarian Luisa Munoz

March 9, 2018Uncategorizedart, luisa munoz, teen queen librarian, teen roomtopshelfatmerricklibrary

We have the canvas, you have the talent. Even if you’ve never tried before, now’s the time! Find out how teens can have their very own art “scene” right here in the Teen Room of Merrick Library. Listen to this quick and informative interview.

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Episode 1 What Else is New With Our Teens: An Interview With Teen-Queen Librarian Luisa Munoz

March 9, 2018Uncategorizeda wrinkle in time, community service, luisa munoz, tech week, teen queen librariantopshelfatmerricklibrary

The Merrick Library Spring Newsletter is out now!. Teen-Queen Librarian Luisa Munoz talks about upcoming events, community service opportunities, Teen Tech week, “A Wrinkle in Time” private screening event and more during this episode of Top Shelf.

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