Santa Barbara Public Library System Staff Picks

Nov 10, 2018

SBPL Coffee Break - Jody Thomas (Episode 14)

This week we were joined by Jody Thomas, Senior Librarian of Adult Services and Programming at the Santa Barbara Public Library System.

Mentioned in this episode:

Origami Thanksgiving @ Carp -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=17304

Dinosaur Adventures @ Central and Eastside -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=17121
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16927

Brontosaurus is real! -
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/04/150407-brontosaurus-back-return-apatosaurus-sauropod-dinosaurs-fossils-paleontology/
Art Hour @ Central -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16925

Armistice Day @ Central -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16923

Nov. 12 - All Library Locations are Closed

Rock Star - Rock Painting @ Buellton -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=17365

Words of Peace @ Montecito Library -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16934

BYOBook Club @ Solvang -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=17470

Papillon -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1069552

Glass Castle -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=500108

Owls in the Family -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1088252

Hillbilly Elegy -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=946629

Hey, Kiddo -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1085999

How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1086123

Maisie Dobbs -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=18823

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina -
https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11755542

A Separate Peace -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=378573

The Giver -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=981081

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Nov 9, 2018

SBPL Coffee Break - Sandra Vose (Episode 13)

This week we were joined by Sandra Vose, Senior Library Technician at the Santa Barbara Public Library System.

Mentioned in this episode:

SB Reads Costume Ball -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=14020

Frankenstein Double Feature at Solvang Library -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16847

What is CRISPR? at the Central Library -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=15757

Hilarious Halloween Haunts Marionettes at Carpinteria Library -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16940

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=377269

Ghosts of the Haunted Coast -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=306720

Children of Blood and Bone -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1030091

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil -
https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11049557

Always Running -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=808356

Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=594261

Pride and Prometheus -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1063000

Wuthering Heights -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=727027

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Blindness - José Saramago

An Extraordinary Union - Alyssa Cole

Mary’s Monster - Lita Judge

The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy - Mackenzi Lee

A Balloon for Isabel - Deborah Underwood

November 2018

November for Beginners
Rita Dove

Snow would be the easy

way out—that softening

sky like a sigh of relief

at finally being allowed

to yield. No dice.

We stack twigs for burning

in glistening patches

but the rain won’t give.

So we wait, breeding

mood, making music

of decline. We sit down

in the smell of the past

and rise in a light

that is already leaving.

We ache in secret,

memorizing

a gloomy line

or two of German.

When spring comes

we promise to act

the fool. Pour,

rain! Sail, wind,

with your cargo of zithers!

November 1981

From Poetry

Nov 8, 2018

There there - Tommy Orange

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now - Jaron Lainer

Mountain Chef: How one man lost his groceries, changed his plans, and helped cook up the National Park Service - Annette Bay Pimentel

Both Sides of Sunset: Photographing Los Angeles - Jane Brown and Marla Hamburg Kennedy (Editors)

Stina - Lani Yamamoto

SBPL Coffee Break - Leon Yen (Episode 12)

This week we were joined by Leon Yen, a Library Technician at the Santa Barbara Public Library System.

Mentioned in this episode:

SB Reads Writing Contest at Central and Solvang (via the SBReads guide) -
http://bit.ly/SBReads

It's Alive! Frankenstein Science Fair -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=14058

Zine Maker Workshop at Central Library -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=14030

Carpinteria Zine Making -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=15363

Solvang Zine Making -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=15382

Crazy Rich Asians -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=986712

The Stormlight Archive -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=544841

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=176694

Kitchen Sisters Podcast -
http://www.kitchensisters.org/present/

Here There Be Gerblins -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1077687

Ivy Sole: Overgrown -
https://ivysole.bandcamp.com/album/overgrown

Lil' Wayne: Carter V -
https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12220785

Ex Machina -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=803038

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Sep 27, 2018

SBPL Coffee Break - Taylor Brasseur (Episode 11)

This week we were joined by Taylor Brasseur, a Library Technician at the Santa Barbara Public Library System.

Mentioned in this episode:

History Book Club -

https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/depts/lib/events/library_book_clubs.asp

Enlightenment Now -

https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1024726

Author Donna Hylton at Eastside -

http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16652

Samuel Sweet at Solvang -

http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=14515

SB Reads Kickoff -

http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=15946

Zine Workshop -

http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=14030

Dr. Strangelove -

https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=236177

Salt Fat Acid Heat -

https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=993801

The Food Lab -

https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=835113

Down and Out in Paris and London -

https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=240982

Tropic of Cancer (mentioned in episode, but did not remember the title) -

https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=56831

Big Night -

https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=121095

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Sep 14, 2018

The Essential Haiku

Painting Flowers in Watercolor - Charles Reid

The Cosmic Game - Thievery Corporation (2005)

The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman

Franny's Father is a Feminist - Rhonda Leet

The Great Chicken Escape - Nikki McClure

Moon - Britta Teckentrup

The Beautiful Stories of Life - Cynthia Rylant

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States - Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Astray - Emma Donoghue

The Indian Doctor (TV Series)

Less - Andrew Sean Greer

The Incendiaries - R. O. Kwan

Acid Tongue - Jenny Lewis (2008)

The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World - Dalai Lama XIV, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Douglas Abrams

Sep 13, 2018

SBPL Coffee Break - Lisa Neubert (Episode 10)

This week we were joined by Lisa Neubert, Youth Services and Programming Librarian at the Santa Barbara Public Library System.

Mentioned in this episode:

SB Reads -
https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/depts/lib/getinvolved/sbplsystem/details.asp?NewsID=1561&TargetID=31

SB Reads Kickoff -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=15946

Social Justice Book Club -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=13518

Costume Ball -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=14020

GSuite Bootcamp -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=14524

Tech Talks -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=14522

Young Romantics -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=542489

Mary's Monster -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1027089

Pink Carnation Series -
http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&type=Keyword&term=pink%20carnation&by=SE&sort=MP&limit=Availability%20%3E%200&query=&page=0&searchid=17

Kiss Quotient -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1057332

Dining In -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1010147

Rebel Seoul -

https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=994550

Sep 1, 2018

SBPL Coffee Break - Devon Cahill (Episode 9)

This week we were joined by Devon Cahill, Adult Education Librarian at the Santa Barbara Public Library System.

Mentioned in this episode:

Adult Literacy "Fast Track" Training -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=15402

Anime and Manga Club -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16022

MakeSB with Wild Animals -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=12765

The Flamethrowers -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=682530

Deadly Class -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=980405

Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=322636

Under the Big Black Sun -

https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=883816

SBPL Coffee Break - Hilary Johnson (Episode 8)

This week we were joined by Hilary Johnson, Youth Services Library Technician at the Santa Barbara Public Library System.

Mentioned in this episode:

Trail Talks:
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=12616

Buellton Bookworms:
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=11808

Overboard at Eastside:
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=14544

Solvang Coding Club:
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=13888

Hope805:
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=14018

New Yorker Discussion Group:
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=15224

A Load of Hooey:
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=774171

Lumberjack's Beard:
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=995045

Medium Raw:
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=542251

Counter Intelligence:
https://www.amazon.com/Counter-Intelligence-Where-Real-Angeles-ebook/dp/B003K15OK2

Vinegar Girl:

https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=886783

SBPL Coffee Break - Jace Turner (Episode 7)

(Mrs. Frances Linn Burns, second city librarian of the Santa Barbara Public Library, wearing a Fiesta outfit.)

This week we were joined by Jace Turner, Community Relations Librarian at the Santa Barbara Public Library System.

Mentioned in this episode:

Tuesday Poets:
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=13675

Eastside Murder Mystery:
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=13730

MakeSB:
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=13524

Edson Smith Photo Collection:
http://www.luna.blackgold.org/luna/servlet/blackgold~9~9

History of the Santa Barbara Public Library System:
https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/depts/lib/getinvolved/sbplsystem/history.asp

Cosplay Definition:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay

Tech Tasting:
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=13521

Library Book Clubs:
https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/depts/lib/events/library_book_clubs.asp

WriteSB:
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=13972

Lawrence Brown Affair:
http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=980308

Sarah MacLean:
http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=727621

Heartbreaker:
http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=577607

Storm for the Living and the Dead (Bukowski):
http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1000741

Dreams From Bunker Hill (Fante):
http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=12887

Lunch Poems:
http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=967144

Nanette:
https://www.netflix.com/title/80233611

Razor's Edge:
http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=458331

Pink Carnation Series:
http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&type=Keyword&term=pink%20carnation&by=SE&sort=MP&limit=Availability%20%3E%200&query=&page=0&searchid=17

RB Digital:
https://www.rbdigital.com/blackgoldca/service/magazines/landing?

Jamaal May:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jamaal-may

SBPL Coffee Break - Ahmad Merza (Episode 6)

This week we were joined by Ahmad Merza, Branch Librarian at the Eastside Branch of the Santa Barbara Public Library System.

Mentioned in this episode:

Makerspace Open Lab:
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=9050&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2018/07/01

Stranger Things Escape Room:
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=7652&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2018/07/01

Solvang Readaloud - Oliver Twist:
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=13882&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2018/07/01

Family Book Club:
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=13577&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2018/07/01

Red Queen:
http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=788993

Red Queen (Hoopla):
https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11588542

Norse Mythology:
http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=979307

Fortnite:
https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/buy-now/battle-royale

Animal Crossing - City Folk:
http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=440762

Summer School:
http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=705290

Masters of Doom:
http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=10571

Saga of the Swamp Thing:

http://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=891717

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