Libraries

Jamie Sanders talks with Sarah Berry, digital archivist and creator of the blog "A Dollop of History" that explores food history with a focus on historic recipes.

In other news, Salt Lake County libraries are now providing free menstrual products at all 18 of its branches. And, the Supreme Court is considering reviving approval for a rail project that would boost fuel production in rural eastern Utah.

Sam Passey is Director of the Uintah County Library in Vernal and we revisit our conversation with him, reviewing current challenges and opportunities and looking to the future.

In other news: Natalie Cline lost the nomination for re-election to the Utah State Board of Education, and a now-resolved bomb threat was issued towards a Provo bookstore over the weekend, seemingly over events like its 'all-ages drag story hour.'

Sam Passey is Director of the Uintah County Library in Vernal and he joins us for the hour to review current challenges and opportunities and look to the future.

The Let Utah Read coalition hosted an event on Saturday where attendees wrote letters to legislators asking them to oppose book bans.

In other news, state auditors voiced concerns about Utahns' data privacy with state government agencies.

After receiving complaints about book titles and contents from parents, the Alpine School District has decided to pull 52 books off its library shelves.

Librarians, teachers, parents and volunteers on the Idaho side of Cache Valley do a lot to keep children’s reading skills up over the summer.

In a changing reading landscape that now includes ebooks consumed on your device, what is the role of the public library, and how is that role changing?