The 6 Best Call Number with American Libraries Podcast Episodes
1) Episode 87: Protecting the Right to Read
The recent wave of book bans and other censorship attempts have threatened democracy, restricting access and the rights of many readers. In Episode 87, Call Number looks at how libraries and library...Show More
2) Episode 90: 2023 Author Chats
As we say farewell to 2023, we look back at another year of unprecedented book challenges, efforts to defund libraries, and other threats to the profession. But one silver lining has been the authors ...Show More
3) Episode 66: Library Architecture and Design: The Past Meets the Future
In Episode 66, Call Number with American Libraries looks at two libraries featured in American Libraries magazine’s 2021 Library Design Showcase. First, American Libraries Senior Editor and Call Numb...Show More
Episode 66: Library Architecture and Design: The Past Meets the Future
33:53 | Sep 21st, 2021
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4) Bonus Episode: Agents of Change
For more than a year, educators, school librarians, and administrators have been responding and adapting to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last spring, Gale, a Cengage Company, and the Ameri...Show More
5) Episode 52: Libraries and Sustainability
In 2019, the American Library Association (ALA) added sustainability as one of the core values of librarianship, and libraries across the US are working to reduce their environmental footprint and rai...Show More
6) Episode 44: Advocacy: Anyone Can Do It
In Episode 44, Dewey Decibel looks at the importance of library advocacy and offers tips on how to get involved. First, American Libraries Senior Editor and Dewey Decibel host Phil Morehart speaks wi...Show More
7) Episode 99: 2024 Author Chats by Call Number with American Libraries
As 2024 comes to a close and we look ahead, Call Number with American Libraries reflects on the important work of librarians and our beloved institutions. In Episode 99, the Call Number team presents...Show More
8) Episode 98: Small Libraries, Big Ideas
Small and rural libraries don’t always have the same resources and opportunities that urban libraries do. But they still have big ideas about how to serve their communities—and, as we hear in Episode ...Show More
9) Rebroadcast of Episode 31: The Haunting of Peoria Public Library
Books flying off the shelves. Shadowy figures roaming the hallways. Unexplained sounds. What’s going on at Peoria (Ill.) Public Library? Is the building possessed by spirits hovering above cursed gro...Show More
10) Bonus Episode: Check Out Your Library
Libraries are so much more than their physical collections. They offer digital resources, innovative programs, essential services, new technologies, and opportunities to socialize. But not everyone kn...Show More