In Episode 63, Call Number with American Libraries looks at outdoor-related activities with conversations about bugs, beach reads, and outdoor learning. 

First, ALA Editions Senior Acquisitions Editor Rachel Chance speaks with Erin Rothenbuehler and Sean Duffy from Ohio County (W.V.) Public Library about a series of programs the library offers on bugs, most notably the Brood Ten cicadas. Next American Libraries Associate Editor Sallyann Price talks with Susan Maguire, Senior Editor, Collection Management and Library Outreach, at Booklist, and host of the Shelf Care podcast, about this summer’s best beach reads. Finally, American Libraries Senior Editor and Call Number host Phil Morehart speaks with Denni Grassel, director of Delmont (Penn.) Library, about Delmont's new outdoor learning center.

Episode 63: Getting Outdoors

On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to Katie Clausen, a Chicagoland children’s librarian, about what it’s like to be on the front lines of a book banning, who offers some tips and suggested language for dealing with a challenge. Then, on a lighter note, Susan talks to Audio Editor Heather Booth about what she’s been reading (and listening to) and loving lately.

Here's what we talked about:

Interview with Kelly Jensen in Episode 22
Foundations of Intellectual Freedom, by Emily Knox
Kate Messner’s Letter to Parents
The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story, by Pagan Kennedy. Read by Claire Danes.
The Use of Photography, by Annie Ernaux and Marc Marie. Translated by Alison L. Strayer. Read by Tavia Gilbert.
The Suite Spot, by Trish Doller. Read by Sarah Naughton.
Birding with Benefits, by Sarah T. Dubb. Read by Mia Hutchinson-Shaw and Evan Sibley.
How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund? by Anna Montague. Read by Cynthia Nixon.
Nightbitch, by Rache Yoder.
The Payback, by Kashana Cauley.
The Survivalists, by Kashana Cauley.

Other helpful resources for dealing with contentious book challenges:
The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About, by Mel Robbins (A useful book for work and personal development, especially for helping to take book challenges less personally.)
Quick Tips & Language When Someone Wants to Challenge Materials
Handling Book Challenges


Episode 40: It’s Not New (But It Sucks): Dealing with Book Bans from the Frontlines

Where we talk all things readers’ advisory, collection development, reference, and other library-related bookish stuff, from your friends at Booklist. Want more? Is it even possible? Go to www.booklistonline.com/newsletters to discover the magic.

Episode 40: It’s Not New (But It Sucks): Dealing with Book Bans from the Frontlines

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