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Public Service Announcements (PSAs)The past Maine Libraries campaign created 4 general library public service announcements and 2 specific to MARVEL!: Maine's Virtual Library. The PSAs are intended for radio play at any time to promote libraries. If you have contacts with a local radio station, please encourage them to use the PSAs. The complete list is in the right sidebar with transcripts below. 1. Several people talk about Maine libraries. Speaker 1: I think I would send my father to the library. Speaker 2: I would like to send my mother to the medical library. Speaker 3: I would send all you babies to the library. Speaker 4: Um, Mom, you can go to your local library and file your taxes online. Speaker 5: They have videos here and they have audiobooks and flytying workshops Speaker 6: Computers Speaker 7: Game nights Speaker 8: Rug hooking Speaker 9: Fishing rods Speaker 10: You’d be surprised what you find. Speaker 11: Maine libraries, something for everyone Announcer: Brought to you by MaineLibraries. 2. Suzan Nelson from Falmouth High School talks about Maine libraries. Suzan speaks: "A lot of people say, you’re a librarian? And they have this surprise in their voice sometimes and I think because the stereotype of the librarian is very old school; the bun and shush and trying to maintain order. Today a library is a learning community that shares resources and information and guidance. How many hours have people spent on the internet finding something simple that maybe if somebody could guide them they would find it much more easily. The beauty of a library is that anybody can come through the doors. There’s something for everybody." Announcer: Brought to you by MaineLibraries. 3. Several people talk about Maine libraries. Speaker 1: I think I would send my father to the library. He doesn’t get a chance to read that often. Speaker 2: I would like to send my mother to the medical library. She just recently found out she has diabetes and I’d like her to find out more information on how she can cope with it. Speaker 3: Okay, um, Mom, you can go to your local library and file your taxes online. Speaker 4: I would send all you babies to the library. There’s stuff to look at. There’s songs to hear. There are other babies to look at and play with. Speaker 5: I would send my neighbor who’s just gotten a new computer and she’s not sure how to use it and a lot of times you can find out more about how to use computers. Maybe take free classes. Speaker 6: They have videos here and they have audiobooks and flytying workshops Speaker 7: Computers Speaker 8: Game nights Speaker 9: Rug hooking Speaker 10: Fishing rods Speaker 11: You’d be surprised what you find Speaker 12: It’s not your mother’s library anymore Speaker 13: Maine libraries, something for everyone Speaker 14: Something for everyone Speaker 15: Something for everyone Speaker 16: Something for everyone Speaker 17: Maine libraries, something for everyone Announcer: Brought to you by MaineLibraries. 4. Mark Melvnicove and Suzanne Nelson talk back and forth about their school project and about Maine libraries. Mark: I’m Mark Melnicove. I teach humanities at Falmouth High School. Suzan: I’m Suzanne Nelson, librarian. Mark: My students decided that they wanted to pursue the idea of doing an orchard. Falmouth High School. Suzan: We didn’t have a lot of books on apple growing but we have a system in the state of Maine for interlibrary loan and I’m able to get on a computer. Mark: The next day, boom, there’s a website up and we’re off and running with information and experts to meet and help us actually with our project. Falmouth High School. Suzan: I think today a library is not really just the physical building. It is everything that you can possibly draw into that space. Mark: Think of all libraries as really meeting places. Susan: A learning community that shares resources and information and guidance. How many hours have people spent on the internet finding something simple that maybe if somebody could guide them they would find it much more easily. Mark: Go to the library and make something good happen. Make something new happen. (Suzan) I think the beauty of a library is that anybody can come through the doors. So if they just wanted to know something about dirt bikes or if they want to know something about Socrates, everybody who comes in the library is welcomed. There’s something for everybody. Announcer: Brought to you by MaineLibraries. 5. Speaker: It’s as good as a free subscription to consumer reports and thousands of other magazines, medical journals, encyclopedias, and newspapers from around the world. It’s called MARVEL, Maine’s virtual library, and thanks to your state legislature, it’s free for every Mainer. Just visit MARVEL!: Maine's Virtual Library. Search, print or email all the articles you want. There’s even a whole section just for kids. Log on from your home or office or use the free computers at your local library. Maine libraries, something for everyone. Announcer: Brought to you by MaineLibraries. Speaker 1: Ow Speaker 2: Ah, who said that? Speaker 1: I think you sprained my mouse! Speaker 2: Hey it’s my… Speaker 1: Computer. And my keyboard’s killing me from all this internet searching you’re doing. Haven’t you heard of MARVEL? Speaker 2: MARVEL? Speaker 1: Look, you’ve been researching a new car right? Speaker 2: How did you… Speaker 1: MARVEL’s as good as having a free subscription to Consumer Reports and Newsweek and Fortune and medical journals, travel guides, encyclopedias and newspapers from around the world. Just MARVEL!: Maine's Virtual Library. Search the articles; print them; even email them to other humans right from your home or office. Speaker 2: That sounds expensive. Speaker 1: Are my speakers broken? Speaker 2: No Speaker 1:Thanks to your state legislature, MARVEL is free for every man, woman or child in Maine. MARVEL’s got a whole section just for kids and there’s no pop up ads or nasty images or sucker sites trying to sell stuff. Search the resources you know for information you can trust. Speaker 2: Wow, thanks, desktop man. Speaker 1: Don’t mention it, but do visit your library sometime. Your librarian is the best search engine around. Make both our lives easier. Speaker 2: No more long searches. Speaker 1: No more mouse aches. Speaker 2: Sorry. Announcer: This message brought to you by MaineLibraries. |
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