INTERVIEW: Melissa from the New York Public Library

Today, Kayla and Libby are chatting with Melissa, who is a Managing Librarian at the Bronx Library Center! Stay tuned to hear all about what Melissa’s typical day at the library looks like, the advice she has for anyone wanting to work at the library, what she misses most about being in-person at her Bronx Library Center, and some of the odd things she’s found in the pages of returned library books over her 20 years working there. If you’ve missed browsing the library as much as the hosts of Books and the City have, this interview will fill that library-shaped hole in your heart while we all wait for this pandemic to end. You can find the links we discussed in this episode below, and feel free to drop us a line at [email protected]. Thank you so much for listening!------------------------>

Find out if your local NYPL branch is open for Grab & Go service (or as Kayla would say, takeout for books) here!: https://www.nypl.org/locations/directory.

Help the NYPL celebrate their 125th birthday!: https://www.nypl.org/125

Top 10 checkouts of all time: https://www.nypl.org/125/topcheckouts

Melissa has been reading (and watching): Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman

Melissa’s all-time favorite book: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Explore the rest of the library’s many resources on their website: https://www.nypl.org!

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