Summary: <p>Librarians<span> </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/30/books/librarians-tiktok.html">across the country</a><span> </span>are using TikTok to advertise their services, connect with communities and put their libraries on<span> </span><a href="https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2022-05-16/chesterfield-nh-library-younger-patrons-viral-tiktok">the national map</a>... And they're<span> </span><a href="https://www.milwaukeemag.com/inside-milwaukee-public-librarys-rise-to-tiktok-stardom/">pretty funny</a>! We talk with three librarians about their strategies, goals, and experiences as library workers during a time of rising right-wing<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/12/us/texas-llano-county-library-banned-books/index.html"><span> </span>attacks on books</a><span> </span>and<span> </span><a href="https://heartlandsignal.com/2023/04/11/missouri-house-republicans-vote-to-defund-libraries/">library funding</a>.</p> <p>We speak with<span> </span>Rhea Gardner<span> </span>and<span> </span>Mychal Threets, both supervising librarians at<span> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/SolanoLibrary">Solano County Library</a><span> </span>in California <span>— and they run the library's TikTok!<span> </span><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@solanolibrary?lang=en">Visit them on TikTok here.</a></span></p> <p><span>We're also joined by<span> </span>Lisa Varga, executive director of the<span> </span><a href="https://www.vla.org/">Virginia Library Association</a>, a chapter of the<span> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/ALALibrary">American Library Association</a>. </span></p>
