The Librarian Is In Podcast, Biblio File

Help Me, Rhonda! The Librarian Is In Podcast, Ep. 97 by Frank Collerius, Library Manager, Jefferson Market LibraryJune 28, 2018

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Gwen and Frank discover some surprising pieces of family history when Rhonda Evans, Electronic Resources Librarian at NYPL, arrives in the studio with a pile of documents and connects the dots from long-ago paper trails.  Plus: Guessing game shenanigans.

 

Rhonda in the Studio
Rhonda reveals documents detailing Frank's family history.

NYPL Electronic Resources 

Rhonda used the Ancestry Library Edition,  available onsite at all NYPL locations, and The International Herald Tribune a database that is available remotely with a valid New York Public Library card and PIN number, to dig up all the documents she found for Frank and Gwen on today's episode.

If you are interested in genealogy databases available at the New York Public Library you can visit the NYPL Articles and Databases page.

Frank Sr. Declaration of Intention
Frank Senior's Declaration of Intention.

 

Also check out Rhonda's blog post 'New York Public Library's Top 10 Best Kept Online Secrets,' for a peek inside the more than 500 electronic resources  you can access with an NYPL library card.

Rhonda's Recomendations

The podcast Criminal 

Hunger by Roxanne Gay (Especially the audiobook read by the author)

Millions of Cats

Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág

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I just wanted to say thank

Submitted by Morgan (not verified) on June 30, 2018 - 11:18am

I just wanted to say thank you for this podcast. It is one of the many reasons I am going back to school to get my MLIS! This particular episode was amazing and I am actually using the explanation of a database vs google in my presentation on databases! The explanation was clearer than anything I've read in my textbook or heard in class so far. Thank you guys for all the work!

Genealogy

Submitted by Aspasia (not verified) on July 11, 2018 - 2:54pm

My first full time position in a library was in the genealogy/local history section. I had never done my family's genealogy before starting this position, although I always wanted to. While researching my maternal grandmother's family, I discovered that my great-grandparents had a baby named Charles that died as a toddler and their next son was named Charles too. My mom had no idea, so I understand Gwen's feeling of amazement mixed with "I-never-heard-about-this-before" feeling.

Amazing

Submitted by Susanne (not verified) on August 18, 2018 - 11:52pm

Loved this podcast. It is so amazing what you can discover by following a paper trail. Love listening to your podcast.