Who Dewey Think We Are?: An Owatonna Public Library Podcast

Welcome to the tenth episode of the Owatonna Public Library’s 125th podcast spectacular!  You’ll hear from our super-awesome host, Christina; our “kool cat” co-host, Allison; Mark, our fearless leader and sound master; and Children's Services dinosaur-enthusiast, Katie!   We’re gearing up for Summer Reading, and we are READY for all the fun ahead! Katie joins us to share all the exciting Chil...

Welcome to the ninth episode of the Owatonna Public Library’s 125th podcast spectacular!  You’ll hear from our super-awesome host, Christina; our “kool cat” co-host, Allison; Mark, our fearless leader and sound master; and Admin-Assistant Extraordinare, Maria.   What was your favorite 125th anniversary event at the Library? We’re sharing our favorite moments (or, if you’re like us—favorites!) and...

Welcome to the eighth episode of the Owatonna Public Library’s 125th podcast spectacular!  You’ll hear from our super-awesome host, Christina; our “kool cat” co-host, Allison; Mark, our fearless leader and sound master; and Allison's so-called "twin", Jeff, our Children's Services Library Assistant.    In this episode, we talk about why we’re thankful for the Library. We share...

Welcome to the seventh episode of the Owatonna Public Library’s 125th podcast spectacular!  You’ll hear from our super-awesome host, Christina; our “kool cat” co-host, Allison; Mark, our fearless leader and sound master; and a voice you probably recognize (probably from all the singing), Brandon!  It’s Banned Books Week—time to celebrate your Freedom to Read! In this episode, we chat about what Ba...

Welcome to the sixth episode of the Owatonna Public Library’s 125th podcast spectacular! You'll hear our super-awesome host, Christina, who has a terrible cold; "kool cat" co-host Allison, and a brand-new voice, Andrea, who shares her ideas on romance and tries to roast Allison.   Do Librarians even have a favorite book? In this episode, we share our go-to reads, genres, and authors...

Welcome to the fifth episode of the Owatonna Public Library’s 125th podcast spectacular! You'll hear our super-awesome host, Christina; special sound effects guy and fearless leader Mark; and "kool cat" co-host Allison. In this episode, we dive into the most “everything” books—longest titles, highest word counts, and even the priciest ever sold. If you’ve actually read one of these,...

Welcome to the fourth episode of the Owatonna Public Library’s 125th podcast spectacular! You'll hear our super-awesome host, Christina; special sound effects guy and fearless leader Mark; and "kool cat" co-host Allison. In this episode, we take a trip down memory lane to revisit Summer Reading Programs of the past—featuring everything from Star Wars to the Moon to horses. No matter...

Welcome to the third episode of the Owatonna Public Library’s 125th podcast spectacular! You'll hear our super-awesome host, Christina, our fearless leader; special sound effects guy, Mark; Brandon, our Owatonna Singer/Songwriter; and Special Guest, Assistant Director Renee! Today, we're celebrating the heart of the Library—you, our patrons! You're the reason coming in every day is...

Welcome to the second episode of the Owatonna Public Library’s 125th podcast spectacular! You'll hear super-awesome host, Christina, rock star co-host, Allison, our fearless leader and special sound effects guy, Mark, and we roped in Brandon-one of our longest-standing staffers and the Maker Space expert.  April is a very exciting month for libraries, as it is the month in which Library week...

Welcome to the first episode of the Owatonna Public Library’s 125th podcast spectacular! With a new episode comes a new voice: our new Librarian, Allison. Think you know how many books were in the Library in 1900 when we first opened? Want to hear our true thoughts on Stephen King? Can you do air horn mouth sounds?? Give us a listen and see what you think. Find us online or on social media: Owaton...

Oh, hey! Welcome back to another episode of "Who Dewey Think We Are?" We've got one of our newest staff members, Katie, joining us this month. Learn about what Katie does at the library and why we love having her here. She also joins us as we discuss the 300s section of Dewey, which focuses on many of the social sciences. Christina's favorite topic, true crime, shows up here, a...

We are so very excited to be back this month with a brand new episode hot off the presses! (Or hot off the editing software?) This episode starts out with library specialist Brandon as our special guest. Find out why he's practically part of the furniture this point and why he was top consideration as the capybara in charge of piloting our new Library Makerspace. (If you get a chance to scoot...

We're back in a much more timely fashion with episode 3 of the "Who Dewey Think We Are?" podcast! This time, we have a special visitor from Children's Services. It's our Children's Librarian, Darla, and she's here to share all the fun things that will be happening during Summer Reading! We also visit the 100s section of the Dewey Decimal System, and good gravy, f...

"LOST IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE" You may have noticed this episode was on a serious delay. We recorded it in early March, and then it...disappeared. Seriously, we couldn't find it. And each time we scheduled an hour to re-record it, one of us ended up sick, with a sick kid, or even broke a foot. (For real, Cassie is rolling around on a knee scooter right now.) We finally got the equipmen...

It's here! It's a...podcast!  Today's episode features your usual hosts, Christina Ingvaldson and Cassie Gilgenbach. We are also joined by Library Director, Mark Blando, as well as our special guest, Nancy Vaillancourt. Nancy is the librarian at our branch library, Blooming Prairie. She is also our local history guru and expert on all things of OPL's past. During the episode, w...