OFF THE SHELF at the Susquehanna County Library

Hi there,  A while back, one of our Library Managers was having a conversation with me and wondered if using our Podcast would be a way of informing people in our community about our Association and at the same time could be used to capture some of the history or the organization.  Well, here we go!  This special series of eight BONUS episodes is a great way for new County Superviso...

Hi there,  A while back, one of our Library Managers was having a conversation with me and wondered if using our Podcast would be a way of informing people in our community about our Association and at the same time could be used to capture some of the history or the organization.  Well, here we go!  This special series of eight BONUS episodes is a great way for new County Superviso...

Hi there,  A while back, one of our Library Managers was having a conversation with me and wondered if using our Podcast would be a way of informing people in our community about our Association and at the same time could be used to capture some of the history or the organization.  Well, here we go!  This special series of eight BONUS episodes is a great way for new County Superviso...

Hi there,  A while back, one of our Library Managers was having a conversation with me and wondered if using our Podcast would be a way of informing people in our community about our Association and at the same time could be used to capture some of the history or the organization.  Well, here we go!  This special series of eight BONUS episodes is a great way for new County Superviso...

     Welcome to SEASON 3 of our Susquehanna County Historical Society and Free Library Association podcast, " OFF THE SHELF "!  We took a few months off from Season #2 to change the format of the podcast.  For the first two years, we use to report on the most read authors from the prior month, but.... we found that that TOP 10 author list changed VERY LITTLE. &nb...

Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF.  We have a special treat for you as we end 2021.  We have the return of our five part reading of one of the most famous holiday stories,  The Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.  The book was first released on 19 December 1843, We are excited to share five chapters starting today and...

Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF.  We have a special treat for you as we end 2021.  We have the return of our five part reading of one of the most famous holiday stories,  The Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.  The book was first released on 19 December 1843, We are excited to share five chapters starting today and...

Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF.  We have a special treat for you as we end 2021.  We have the return of our five part reading of one of the most famous holiday stories,  The Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.  The book was first released on 19 December 1843, We are excited to share five chapters starting today and...

Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF.  We have a special treat for you as we end 2021.  We have the return of our five part reading of one of the most famous holiday stories,  The Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.  The book was first released on 19 December 1843, We are excited to share five chapters starting today and...

Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF.  We have a special treat for you as we end 2021.  We have the return of our five part reading of one of the most famous holiday stories,  The Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.  The book was first released on 19 December 1843, We are excited to share five chapters starting today and...

As Christmas Eve approaches, we wish to share this reading of a poem that was written in 1823 by Clement Clarke Moore, The Night Before Christmas.  It's a short piece, but one of the most well known writings about Saint Nick. Our reader of this wonderful poem is Susquehanna County Commissioner Allen Hall.  Commissioner Hall was kind enough to have recorded this with us in 2019, and we re...

Last year we did a reading of Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Tell-Tale Heart.  With Halloween just a few days away, we thought it might be nice to repeat this for our new listeners.   Edgar Allan Poe published this in 1843, and it's reported that he was only paid about $10.00 for the story.  Now, almost 200 years later, it is considered one of his best short stories. &nbsp...

Fall is here! We had over 5,500 titles checked out in September.   Will James Patterson still be the number one author for yet another month? Are there any surprises or new authors on the list?  Are the children still reading enough books to get those authors on the list?  You'll have to listen to find out! Don't forget to check out the " Coming Soon " list, which shows the boo...

Summer is almost over!! We had almost 6,500 titles checked out in August.   Will James Patterson still be the number one author for yet another month? Are there any surprises or new authors on the list?  Are the children still reading enough books to get those authors on the list?  You'll have to listen to find out! Don't forget to check out the " Coming Soon " list, which show...

Summer is almost over!! We had over 6,500 titles checked out in July.   Will James Patterson still be the number one author for yet another month? Are there any surprises or new authors on the list?  Are the children still reading enough books to get those authors on the list?  You'll have to listen to find out! Don't forget to check out the " Coming Soon " list, which shows th...

Summer is half over!   We had over 6,400 titles checked out in June.   Will James Patterson still be the number one author for yet another month? Are there any surprises or new authors on the list?  You'll have to listen to find out! Don't forget to check out the " Coming Soon " list, which shows the books that we will be receiving in the next several months.  It is availa...

With COVID this last year, one of our biggest fund raisers did not happen.  As we approach our summer season, which included the auction, we thought, "Can't we do an on-line auction?"   OF COURSE WE CAN!  So, this is a short test to auction off six wonderful gift baskets over a week long period, running Wednesday 23 June till noon on Wednesday 30 June.  It is your chance, regar...

Wow, where did the month of May go?  I hope you had some time to read at least one new book!   We had over 5343 titles checked out in May.   Will James Patterson still be the number one author for yet another month? Are there any surprises or new authors on the list?  You'll have to listen to find out! Don't forget to check out the " Coming Soon " list, which shows the boo...

Welcome to May!  We are running a bit late, but it's time to see what our 20,000+ patrons were reading in the month of April 2021. We had over 6,077 titles checked out in April.   Will James Patterson still be the number one author for yet another month? You'll have to listen to find out! Don't forget to check out our "Coming Soon" list, which shows the books that we will be receivi...

Hi there, If you enjoy listening to our podcasts, " Digging for Answers " and/or " Off the Shelf ", here is your chance to help us to SPREAD THE WORD about them to others and have a chance of winning a DUNKIN' gift card! Our goal is to increase our listeners by at least 20%, which means we need at least 138 additional downloads. Thank you for sharing with others. We hope you are subscribed and enj...

We are off and running into the month of April and it's time to see what our 20,000+ patrons were reading in the month of March.   We had over 6065 titles checked out in March, up over 10% from our February checkouts.   Will James Patterson still be the number one author for yep another month? You'll have to listen to find out! We enjoy getting your inputs.  You can ask a libra...

Are you ready for the time change coming up in early March?  That means that it won't be getting dark outside till after 7 p.m. It's going to make the day seem longer for most of us.  What a great chance to spend a bit more time reading!  It may be your favorite mystery author or maybe a book on gardening, since it is almost time to plant!   We had over 5391 titles checked out...

What?  Six more weeks of winter?  (Did you see the Groundhog's remaining winter prediction?)  You need to find some good books to read!!! We had over 5180 titles checked out in January, up several from December.   Will James Patterson still be the number one author for yep another month? We enjoy getting your inputs.  You can ask a library related question or comment...

We had a question submitted about how do you set up an on-line book club or book review, so we thought that we would do a bit of research and publish a BONUS podcast on the topic.  There are a LOT of ways that you could set up and run an on-line club, so there really isn't a right or wrong answer.   If you do decide to set up a new club or open up your existing club to an on-line format,...

Good bye 2020 and hello 2021!  This episode will take a look at how we ended up 2020.  We had over 4,400 authors checked out in December, many of them with patrons reading holiday themed books.   Will James Patterson still be the number one author for another month? We enjoy getting your inputs.  You can ask a library related question or comment on our podcast.  " pro...