Nantucket Atheneum Podcast

Behind the Shelves: Will the real librarians please stand up?

November 08, 2021 Janet Forest Season 1 Episode 5
Nantucket Atheneum Podcast
Behind the Shelves: Will the real librarians please stand up?
Show Notes

What's the difference between a librarian and someone who works at the library? What does it take to get a Masters in Library Science? 

In this episode, Janet asks Ann, Leslie, Lincoln and Liz about what it was like to study library science. She also interviews the rest of the staff about what role they play and what special gifts and talents they bring to the Atheneum 


Behind the Shelves is a production The Nantucket Atheneum.
It was written, edited and narrated by Janet Forest

Special thanks to the Atheneum Staff featured in this episode:
(In order of appearance.)

Ann Scott -- Head Librarian and Executive Director
Lincoln Thurber -- Head of Reference
Elizabeth Kelly -- Head of Circulation
Leslie Malcolm -- Head of Children's
Pamela McGrady -- Acquisitions
Gillian Lewis -- Library Associate
Laura Pless Freedman -- Library Associate
Jessi Dearborn -- Children's Library Associate
Ellen Young -- Young Adult Library Associate
Daniel Griffin -- Library Associate
Jim Borzilleri -- Reference Library Associate
Katy Dehart -- Children's Library Associate


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