Nantucket Atheneum Podcast

Behind the Shelves: What Makes the Atheneum Special?

November 29, 2021 Janet Forest Season 1 Episode 6
Nantucket Atheneum Podcast
Behind the Shelves: What Makes the Atheneum Special?
Show Notes

In this episode, Janet asks her colleagues what makes the Atheneum so special to the community. Is it the collections or the building or the staff or the patrons? A little bit of everything? Or something greater than the sum of its parts? You'll also find out the staff's favorite spots in the library and what it was like to reopen the building to the public have being closed for more than a year.

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.)

Jim Borzilleri — Reference Library Associate
Laura Pless Freedman — Adult Circulation Library Associate
Leslie Malcom — Head of the Children’s Department
Lincoln Thurber — Head of the Reference Department
Elizabeth Kelly — Head of Adult Circulation
Jessi Dearborn — Children’s Library Associate
Katy Deheart — Children’s Library Associate
Gillian Lewis — Adult Circulation Library Associate
Pamela McGrady — Adult Circulation Library Associate
Daniel Griffin — Adult Circulation Library Associate
Ann Scott - Executive Director/Head Librarian


The Nantucket Atheneum is located at 1 India Street in Nantucket, Massachusetts. We’d love for you to come by and say hello.