Did you know we have a podcast?

Our member, Bruce Patterson, leads discussions with board members and library staff about library happenings and Friends' happenings. Check it out!

Episode 7 - The Friends of the Medford Public Library have released a new episode of the podcast.

Bruce apparently has forgotten how to count, despite this being labelled episode 7, its actually episode 6. We’ll release the ‘lost’ episode later in the year.

Join Sam Sednek and Jenna Barry as they discuss the Digital Archiving Project. They discuss the mountains of work that is going on in regards to digitizing, collecting, recording and sorting. This is no small feat. What you need to know. They are looking for volunteers to help with the project and if you are interested, email them at medford@minlib.net. If you want to tell your story and why you chose to live in Medford, they would like to hear from you. Again send your email to medford@minlib.net.

FMPL Episode 7

Episode 6 - The Friends of the Medford Public Library have released a new episode of the podcast.

Join us as Gloria, Rowan and I spoke about the benefits of memberships, bookclubs and the number of books left in your life! This is the second take of the initial podcast. We also promote the resources that the Friends of the Medford Public Library assist and the money raised through the book and bake sale go to fund these outstanding programs and resources. Among those were museum passes. Two weeks ago I made a trip over to the Decordova museum in Lincoln. If you’ve never been, you should definitely check it out! I took a few photos posted below. While the main building is closed due to renovation, the campus and gift shop are open Tuesday thru Sundays. Monday of course they are closed.

FMPL Episode 6

Episode 4 - On this episode of the Friends of the Medford Public Library podcast, we landed a pretty big fish, Grady Hendrix joined us to talk about growing up with our President Julia Hendrix who just happens to be his sister and how another sister schooled them by playing the long game! Grady also took some time to give us the importance that public libraries in general are so vital for every town or city that is lucky enough to have one..

FMPL Episode 4

Episode 3 - On this episode of the Friends of the Medford Public Library podcast, Sam Sednek and Bruce Patterson discuss the successful Book and Bake sale from this past weekend. They also discuss a wide range of topics from e-books, fines, the amnesty book return program, why Bruce waited 30 years to return a book he never read. Sam highlights the resource rich library as they both discuss the Library of Things.  

FMPL Episode 3

Episode 2 - The second episode for the Friends of the Medford Public Library podcast has been released. Bruce, Julia and Sharon discuss the upcoming Book and Bake sale. The Book and Bake Sale will be held September 19, 20 and 21st. It is important to note, the opening night is for Friends of the Medford Public Library members ONLY. If you are not a member, please sign up today! You can do that via this link – https://friendsofmedfordlibrary.org/Membership We discuss the rules of engagement and clarification around the event itself. This way the public gets what they want and we get to host a hassle-free event. We also discuss the numbers and how important the mission of the Friends of the Medford Public Library is.

Episode 1 - Just released yesterday, the new podcast for the Friends of the Medford Public Library. The purpose of the podcast is to highlight upcoming events and resources of the library. For example, the podcast was recorded in full at the library’s own podcasting studio! This is among the many examples of things you can do in our library.

Who are the Friends of the Medford Public Library? In short this is a group of members who ensure that the library has everything it needs to be a fully functioning library. They help supplement or pick up the tab for items that may not be funded in full. For more details check out their “About Us” page. The board is presided over by Julia Hendrix and frankly, this may be the most fun board in the city!

This episode the host is Bruce Patterson and his co-hosts for the inaugural run is Sam Sednek (Associate Director of the library) and Mouse (Coordinator of the Makerspace). They discuss in detail about the upcoming Maker Fair which will be August 24th. If you haven’t checked out this part of the library please do. There are also programs for kids and teens in this space, whether its creating stuffed ‘franken toys’ or working with materials or utilizing our 3D printer, this can all be done at the library, this is your resource!

If you are not a member of the Friends of the public library, please consider becoming one.

There are always plenty of volunteer opportunities as well, they would love to have you join!

FMPL Episode 1