Ep. 36: Squirrels & Some Nosedive Technology
Squirrels & Shiny Things: A Library Podcast
English - October 22, 2019 13:57 - 1 hour - 143 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsGovernment Business Non-Profit Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Tremain Jackson & Jessica Reyes are back for a fresh new episode where we'll dish on the popular DVD releases of the week, popular news stories that involve libraries, events & programming to be on the lookout for and more. This time around, we've added a new segment that will discuss technology today. We help a lot of people understand how to use their smart devices, social media, and general forms of technology so we want to cover a different subject each week that we hear from the people we help. Today's topics include:
Technology Review: Discussing the nature of likes in society and how that can positively, as well as negatively, impact your lives, using the a "Black Mirror" episode to reflect that in real life.
DVD Release of "The Lion King" and "Angel of Mine"
News Stories Including: Free weddings offered at Boston Public Library, the King County Library System boycotts MacMillan Publishing over e-Books, Chicago Public Library system becomes the first major system to go fine free, libraries in Chicago to help collect food for Teacher's Strike, Melvil Dewey loses leadership medal award from the American Library Association, Library helps to collect for Backpack Food Program for students to have access to food during the weekend.