Inheriting colleagues is common in every workplace and… we got super lucky that we inherited each other

Library Director, Jessica Hudson, and Branch Manager of the Tyson’s-Pimmit Regional Library, Christine Jones, talk about how their work relationship transformed into friendship. This conversation was a part of the “All Together Now: Share Your Stories” program for the Fairfax...

Mrs. Brown’s Free Little Library

I interviewed Mrs. Brown about her Free Little Library in her front yard.

Teresa Rhodes and the Salem Public Library Salem, Ohio

Interview for the Salem Public Library with Teresa Rhodes (former programming coordinator) with Debbie Martinelli (current employee)

My dad

In this interview we talked about my father in his current job and his past jobs. We also got into his life and what means the most to him.

Longtime librarian David Huskinson described changes in technology since he began in 1990

Recording August 14, 2018 –After graduating from Southern Utah State College (now S.U.U.), Cedar City resident David Huskinson became the St. George Library audio/visual and periodicals librarian. In 1990 when he was hired, the new library building was nine years...

A Kindness from 36 years ago and never forgotten

From Fairfax County government organizations, Barack Obama, to a random Metropolitan Police Department officer, Lorraine has been shown compassion by so many people and she continues to pay it forward through her community activism. This conversation was a part of...

Memories at the Clements-Anne

Located on the central campus of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, the William L. Clements Library houses original resources for the study of American history and culture from the fifteenth through the nineteenth century. Learn more about the Clements...

Emelia Miller with Debbie Martinelli

Interview between Emelia Miller, long time patron of our library and Debbie Martinelli (current employee of the Salem Public Library)

A Father's Love

Kathleen and Mike Dobbyn share stories and thoughts on friendship with Sherwood Regional Library staff. This conversation was a part of the “All Together Now: Share Your Stories” program for the Fairfax County Public Library’s 2023 Summer Reading Adventure for...

An Interview with My Dad

An interview with my father about life and work in Buchanan County

Annette Coy and Debbie Martinelli

Annette and Debbie talk about favorite movies, pets and apartment storage

Chad Talbert and Debbie Martinelli

Chad Talbert talks with Debbie Martinelli about the importance of public libraries and The Hobbit

Interview for English

Interview on my father about his experience with work life and personal life.

Waldorf School of New Orleans Librarian Lesley Rubenstein

Lesley has been a Waldorf classroom teacher, but her most notable accomplishment at WSNO is our beloved library, which she built from nothing. Find out how she did it.

Uncle Dan

I talked to my great uncle Daniel Pankratz about his life, loved ones, and memories in the city of Chicago.

St. George native Winona Stanley said she loved books and children’s story time

Recording March 27, 2018 – The earliest memory of a library for Winona Crosby Stanley was dropping by the Judd’s Store to spend a nickel on a candy bar and crossing the street to the St. George Library for story...

Lindsay Campbell and Karen Woodworth conversation

Karen Woodworth of Parchment Community Library and Lindsay Campbell, Kindleberger Summer Festival alum, share memories of the Festival and discuss plans for the 40th Festival Anniversary and Oral History project.

Tiffany Do and her librarian, Cindy Die, talks about her happiest moments in Boston, Massachusetts.

In this interview, conducted in November 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts, Tiffany Do (16) interviews her librarian Cindy Die (60) about her happiest moments in her college experience. Ms. Die shares stories about what she have learned in life as she...

Brad Stephens and Debbie Martinelli

Brad Stephens, current director of the Salem Public Library, speaks with Debbie Martinelli about the library today and in the future.