WE'RE BAAAAAAAACK!
The Librarian Is In
The New York Public Library
4.7 • 595 Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2020
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Didja miss us?! We missed you too! Thanks for joining us on the new season of The Librarian Is In. Our good pal Frank joins us again and welcomes our new co-host Rhonda Evans. Longtime listeners will remember Rhonda from her guest appearance on a previous episode! Rhonda shares with Frank some of her librarian background, favorite genres to read, and information about which branch she currently works, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Frank and Rhonda also discuss their top 5 picks on the New York Public Library's 125 Books We Love List!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, and welcome back to The Librarian is in New York Public Library's podcast about books, culture, and what to read next. |
| 0:22.1 | I am Frank, and those of you who may have listened to this podcast before may realize that |
| 0:29.3 | or know that that I am Frank, for better or worse, but I'm not sitting opposite Gwen. |
| 0:35.3 | Gwen, my podcast co-host for a couple of years, |
| 0:39.4 | has moved on to Greener Pastures, and God knows I'm going to miss her. |
| 0:43.1 | But right now I have a strange and lovely person sitting opposite me. |
| 0:50.5 | How strange remains to be seen. |
| 0:53.6 | How's that for a welcome? I want to introduce everybody to Rhonda Evans. Say hello. |
| 1:00.8 | Hi, everyone. I'm so glad to be here. And some of you may remember me from an episode a long time ago called Help Me Rhonda, where I got to expose the background of Gwen |
| 1:15.6 | and Frank using our genealogy resources. So some of you may know me from that, but I am happy |
| 1:21.3 | to be here now. You definitely have to, listeners, check that podcast out because it does reveal |
| 1:26.4 | some interesting things about my past for |
| 1:28.5 | sure. I'm not going to get into it. And Rhonda, you were a delight and such an informative |
| 1:33.7 | person about New York Public Library, even more than me who's been around for a million years. |
| 1:40.5 | But listen, we have to, for my benefit and also for everyone listening, or all two people listening, you have to tell us all about yourself. |
| 1:52.0 | Sure. |
| 1:52.5 | And also where you work in this giant New York Public Library system. So just tell us. |
| 1:58.9 | Absolutely. So I'll start with where I actually work. So for many people |
| 2:04.2 | who do not live in New York City or who just may not have been here very long, the New York Public |
| 2:10.6 | Library has four research libraries. And one of them is the Schaumburg Center for Research in Black |
| 2:17.0 | Culture. |
| 2:26.7 | And I am the Assistant Chief Librarian of the Gene Blackwell-Hudson Research and Reference Division at the Schaumburg Center for Research in Black Culture. |
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