<div dir="ltr">Hello - <br><br>My name is Andrew Calvetti and I am an adult services librarian at the Salem-South Lyon District Library.  I am doing a virtual Podcast Brunch Club with Google Meet.  For the month of May - I am doing a library themed podcast.  If anyone in libraryland would like to listen to these and join us - we are always excited to hear new voices.  <br><br><h3 class="gmail-iw" style="overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:inherit;margin:inherit;text-overflow:ellipsis;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.3px;color:rgb(95,99,104);line-height:20px"><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";letter-spacing:normal;white-space:normal;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Please join us at Podcast Brunch Club on Thursday May 14 at 11:00 AM for our monthly look at some interesting podcasts.  This month’s time will be taking a look at the EVOLUTION OF LIBRARIES.  Please listen to these selected podcasts and join us on GOOGLE MEETS for a lively discussion. <br><br>Meeting place:  Meeting ID</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;letter-spacing:normal;white-space:normal;margin:0px;color:rgb(23,90,226)"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;font-kerning:none"><a href="https://meet.google.com/mfc-wkxj-mpd?hs=122&authuser=1" target="_blank">meet.google.com/mfc-wkxj-mpd</a></span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;letter-spacing:normal;white-space:normal;margin:0px;color:rgb(23,90,226);min-height:17px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;letter-spacing:normal;white-space:normal;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,233)"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;font-kerning:none"><a href="https://podcastbrunchclub.com/libraries/" target="_blank">https://podcastbrunchclub.com/libraries/<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-kerning:none;color:rgb(0,0,233);background-color:transparent"></span></a></span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;letter-spacing:normal;white-space:normal;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,233);min-height:14px"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;font-kerning:none"></span><br></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:30px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;letter-spacing:normal;white-space:normal;margin:0px 0px 12px;color:rgb(10,13,10)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>Podcast Listening List on <i>The Evolution of Libraries</i></b></span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:19.2px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;letter-spacing:normal;white-space:normal;margin:0px 0px 28.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>Podcast:</b> <i>This American Life</i><br><b>Episode:</b> <a href="https://www.thisamericanlife.org/664/the-room-of-requirement" target="_blank"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:19.2px;line-height:normal;font-kerning:none;color:rgb(212,65,6)"><b>664: The Room of Requirement</b></span></a> <i>(December 2018, 60 minutes)</i><br>Illuminating and unique exploration of the subject that examines what various libraries have meant to various people.</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:19.2px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;letter-spacing:normal;white-space:normal;margin:0px 0px 28.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><b>Podcast:</b> <i>FYI: The Public Libraries Podcast</i><br><b>Episode:</b> <a href="http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2017/11/new-podcast-fyi-024-nicholas-higgins-on-library-service-to-jails-and-prisons/" target="_blank"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:19.2px;line-height:normal;font-kerning:none;color:rgb(212,65,6)"><b>FYI 024 Guest: Nicholas Higgins — Library Service to Jails and Prisons</b></span></a> <i>(November 2017, 17 minutes)</i><br>A great example of what a library in a nonconventional space looks like.</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:19.2px;line-height:normal;font-family:Times;letter-spacing:normal;white-space:normal;margin:0px 0px 28.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-ker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