Hijinx

Hello and happy summer to our listeners! We hope you are finding ways to enjoy your time outside. In June HCLS hit the Exhibit floor at the 2022 ALA Conference with thousands of other library professionals. We hosted a roving podcast and enjoyed chatting with some of the dedicated vendors who help us bring top-quality education and services to our community, authors, publishers, and others! Listen in for what’s now, new, and next in libraries - then find it all on our Library website. You may even hear a few familiar voices from our staff. Check it out. Authors Author J’nellCiesielski, “The Brilliance of Stars” (New!) (Listen @ 1:13) Author Julie Banks Lewis, “Critical Masses: Who Wins, Who Loses, Who Decides” (Listen @ 2:04) Author Moses D. Powe, “Sean Moses is Martin Luther The King, Jr.” (Listen @ 5:31) Publishers and Friends Corerra, Lectorum Publications, Inc. (Listen @ 8:42) Kurt Nelson, Mad Cave Studios (comics) (Listen @ 10:54) Ash Baker and Stacey Fields, HCLS (Listen @ 13:36) Brock Templin, Farbe

Listen in as we interview Roseanne A. Brown New York Times best selling author oif A Song of Wraiths and Ruin. Rosie was born in Ghana and immigrated to the wild jungles of central Maryland as a child. Writing was her first love, and she knew from a young age that she wanted to use the power of writing—creative and otherwise—

Episode 46: Women's History Happening Now by Howard County Library System

In this episode, we wrap up the past year with a heartfelt thanks to you, our community, and recap two of our in-person fall events complete with shoutouts from you lending your important voices and opinions on HoCo and HCLS favorites. We reflect on the last 12 months with gratitude and appreciation for our customers who stuck with us throughout the uncertainties we faced and difficult times we had to overcome in 2021. From online education and engagement to contactless book pick-ups, and - finally - a return to exciting in-person events last fall, you continued to rely on and make use of the library’s services. It is truly because of your continued support and the hard work of devoted staff that HCLS is once again named a 5-Star Library System for 2021 (and still the only one in Maryland). On October 2nd, we celebrated just that! You came, you saw, and you shared at the HCLS 5-Star Showcase and Community Circles outdoor event. We have clips of all you had to say about your HoCo favorites and things you lo