This episode of Library Bytegeist is all about New York’s public libraries and the people who inhabit them. In a city that has a reputation for being inhospitable, many people have found a makeshift home away from home in the library. Leila Goldstein reports a story about the live-in custodians and their families who used to have apartments in NYPL. Noam Osband reports a story about Brooklyn Public Library's experiments with new furniture to make library spaces more flexible.

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cOp_s5z2S2vS0aFYVjsvn6U5p30QT_ByyDjX2WcQkxA/edit?usp=sharing

Hosted and Produced by Molly Schwartz
Reported features by Leila Goldstein and Noam Osband
Audio Mastering by Dalton Harts

Music and Soundtracks:

Opening track: “Magic” by Otis MacDonald from the YouTube Audio Library
“Rarified” by Podington Bear from www.soundofpicture.com
"Magical Dirt" by Sir Cubworth from the YouTube Audio Library
Closing track: "Red Hair, Blue Sky" by Monplaisir from the Free Music Archive

Tools used to record this podcast:

The audio booth at METRO: bit.ly/MetroAudio
RE20 microphone: www.electrovoice.com/product.php?id=91
oTranscribe: otranscribe.com/
Reaper: www.reaper.fm/
Izotope: www.izotope.com/en/products/repai…plug-in-pack.html

Magic

#17 At Home in the Library

This podcast is a collection of audio stories from the libraries, archives, and museums of New York City. It is brought to you by the Metropolitan New York Library Council, where the libraries and archives of New York comes together to learn, share ideas, and collaborate.