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Kallman discusses her reasons for enrolling in the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies at Queens College and describes various projects that she was involved in through two fellowships that she completed. In particular, Kallman recalls conducting oral history interviews with her grandmother and great-aunt for Queens Memory, a community-driven archiving program jointly sponsored by Queens College and Queens Public Library.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eKallman graduated from Queens College in 2023 and began working at Queens Public Library later that year. Kallman speaks about her work in the library's ID Assist program, which helps people impacted by the justice system obtain New York State non-driver identification free of charge. Kallman also discusses her work providing resume workshops at Queensboro Correctional Facility, providing book service at Rikers Island and Crossroads juvenile correctional facility, and updating the library's Reentry Resource Guide. 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So my name is Kit Moszynski and I'm interviewing Alice Kallman on December 3rd, 2025 over Zoom for Queens Memory Project. By making this recording, we both consent to the use of our names, voices, images, and likenesses by the Queens Public Library, understanding this recording will be the property of the library and will be used in connection with the promotion and marketing of the library, its programs and services. It will not be sold by the library in any way. We understand that we will not receive compensation and agree to hold the library harmless from any claim arising from the use of this interview and recording.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=3.0,32.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kit Moszynski: Okay. So, Alice, I'm excited to speak with you and hear more about the work that you're doing with the prison outreach and reentry program at QPL [Queens Public Library]. But to start with, where did you grow up and did you visit libraries when you were young?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=32.0,48.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: Yes. So I grew up in New York City, moved from Chelsea to Midwood and then to the Upper West. So between Manhattan and Brooklyn mostly. And I did go to Queens a lot as a child. My dad's from Bayside. But mostly the libraries I went to were around the different houses, apartments that I lived in, in Midwood, and then in New York City, the Bloomingdale branch on 100th [Street], which is a lovely, lovely branch of the library. Yeah, I have a lot of fond memories of reading and checking out ten books at a time or more. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=48.0,99.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kit Moszynski: Classic. Did you have any idea that you wanted to work in libraries or did you just enjoy going and reading?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=99.0,108.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: I never considered it as a career. It was actually my sister who suggested it. After college, I worked in New Orleans for a few years at a public defender's office, and it was meaningful work, but it was also very emotionally taxing and I was really burnt out at the end of two and a half, three years. And I didn't really know what I wanted to do next, but my happy place while I was throughout this job—and it was also during the pandemic, so it was just overall a mess—was the library near my house on St. Charles in New Orleans, uptown. Beautiful library. It looks like a stunning house. I think it's the Milton Latter [the Milton H. Latter Memorial Library on St. Charles Avenue]. I have to look it up.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=108.0,167.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: But it's a really beautiful branch, and that's where I would go every Sunday or when I had free time, I would walk there. And so I was there and my sister was on the phone with me and she was like, \"Why don't you just work at a library? You're always talking about how you love the library. Why don't you just work at a library?\" And that's when I kind of—kicked me into researching what does it actually mean to work in a library. Degree, different pathways. And so that led me to Queens College for my master's in library science.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=167.0,204.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kit Moszynski: So why specifically Queens College?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=204.0,210.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: I was ready to come home, be a little closer to family, and, speaking to some people in the field, it became clear it wasn't going to be the most lucrative job [laughs]. So I figured, why go into a crazy amount of debt at a grad program that was private and more expensive? So I figured, support public education, public universities, and also just for my own personal financing, it made sense.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=210.0,245.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: And it also, sorry, seemed like there was a lot of new stuff happening at Queens College. They were really kind of trying to revamp the department and bring in new professors and have a more critical lens to librarianship. So it's a combination. That made me more excited, but it really was the money at the end of the day.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=245.0,267.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kit Moszynski: Yeah, that makes sense. So tell me more about your experience with the library science program at Queens. Do you think it prepared you well for a career in libraries? Did you have a favorite class that you took there?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=267.0,281.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: Okay. So, yes, I really liked some of my classes. I took a digital librarianship class that was cool. I did a memory work class that was amazing with Robin—I don't remember last name [Robin Margolis]. So I definitely learned a lot in the program and I love the freedom of choosing your topic for the thesis project, but I do believe that an apprenticeship model would also be fine, and we don't necessarily need to force master's degrees down people's throats to learn how to do this job, and it can be kind of a barrier that may not be totally necessary. That being said, I enjoyed my time at Queens College. Even though some of my classes were remote, because it was like 2021 to 2023. Yeah. I guess that's that on that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=281.0,351.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kit Moszynski: So what kind of jobs were you doing while you did your MLIS? I know you mentioned you had worked in a public defender's office, and was that affecting the kind of jobs you were applying for, your areas of interest within librarianship?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=351.0,364.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: Yeah, because of that, I was thinking about public libraries, then I was also thinking of archiving and community archiving a little bit. But definitely information, access to information, equitable access to information, were things that I hoped I would be able to get at from a different angle through library science. I worked at NYPL [New York Public Library] as a page, at the Schwartzman building, made some nice friends through that. I then did a scholarly communications fellowship through CUNY's [City University of New York] Office of Library, Office of—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=364.0,414.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kit Moszynski: Library Services?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=414.0,416.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: Library Services. Yeah, that sounds right. That was really cool. That's when I started learning about the open access movement, open educational resources. So that's right along the lines of equitable information access. And of course, then also the Citi—Citi Center for Culture and Queens Public Library Fellowship?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=416.0,444.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kit Moszynski: Fellowship, I think. It's a long name.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=444.0,447.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: Yeah, long title. So I was kind of trying out different things while I was in school, which was—it was nice to get a sense of the many different types of things you can do with a library science degree.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=447.0,462.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kit Moszynski: What were you doing during the, for the, was it open access, public access fellowship?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=462.0,470.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: I was doing a lot of metadata work in CUNY's institutional repository, Academic Works. So uploading faculty, staff, and I think students also, alumni, papers on the open repository so that anyone could read their work. So a little bit of metadata. I think I also sat in on some committee meetings. I don't think I participated very much in those, but it was cool to get a sense of what people were doing. Oh, and I did a environmental survey of, maybe that's not the right term, but I did a survey of all the journals being published at CUNY on the many different platforms across the 26 campuses. So it probably wasn't—it was supposed to be comprehensive, but CUNY is so decentralized that it's really hard to track everything down, but I was trying to do that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=470.0,534.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kit Moszynski: Cool. So when you were doing the Citi/QPL fellowship, what was that experience like and especially your experience working with Queen Memory Project?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=534.0,544.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: It was really interesting. The Citi component, I've never worked in a—is this true? I don't think I've ever worked in a real corporate setting before, so that was kind of a little culture shock moment. But it was really interesting getting to track all the way through physical archiving process, all the way through metadata using TMS [The Museum System collections management software], and doing the survey. So that was really good archiving experience.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=544.0,579.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: And then Queens Memory was really, really—it was great. I did my interview with my grandma, my Queens Memory Project interview with my grandma, who's from Queens. So it was really nice to get to use the professional experience to do personal, I don't know if I would say outreach or research, but yeah, just to tie the personal into what I was doing. And also was working on Queens Name Explorer project, which was really cool to just get to learn more about major Queens institutions, namesakes. I remember doing this—I think I did a Steinway entry. I know there are a lot of things named after Steinways. I don't remember exactly which one, but yeah, that was a really—I definitely learned a lot through doing Queen Memory Project work.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=579.0,655.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kit Moszynski: Great. Could you tell me more about your experience interviewing your grandmother? And I think you also said—did you interview your great-aunt as well?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=655.0,663.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: Yeah. I did the interview with my great-aunt after I technically finished the fellowship because she heard—after my grandma passed away about a year, maybe less than a year, after I did the interview and I showed some of my family members, my great-aunt's kids were like, oh, we want our mom, we want to have her memories kept somewhere and not just in an old box that's going to get lost somewhere.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=663.0,703.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: So anyway, I did the interview sitting next to my grandma while I was visiting her. And yeah, she spoke about her childhood. I think at first she was a little hesitant, like, why do you want to know these things? That was maybe more off camera, but she kind of got into it a little bit more and tried to kind of capture stuff about Queens. And then also just wanted to hear about how she met my grandpa and her childhood, which actually was, I think, in Williamsburg. I feel like all Jews lived in Williamsburg.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=703.0,749.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kit Moszynski: I think my grandfather, his family lived in Williamsburg.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=749.0,754.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: Right. That was the era for that, before it became young and hip. Anyway, gentrification aside, yeah, it was a great interview. I can't remember that much more else about it, but—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=754.0,773.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kit Moszynski: That's okay. It's great that you had that opportunity.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=773.0,777.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=777.0,779.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kit Moszynski: So you said—did you graduate in 2023?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=779.0,783.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: Yes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=783.0,784.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kit Moszynski: So what were you doing after you finished your MLIS until you started working at QPL?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=784.0,793.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: That's a great question [laughter]. I don't really remember. I think I was, I don't know, I think I was doing two fellowships and they both ended around June. And then I think—I don't know.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=793.0,816.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kit Moszynski: That's okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=816.0,817.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: I think I was doing odd jobs or a random side hustle here or there before I started my Queens Public Library job in October, and then I started another CUNY adjunct job around then also. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=817.0,836.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kit Moszynski: So tell me more about your job at QPL in Jail and Prison Outreach.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=836.0,846.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: Yeah, so I got hired as a reentry family liaison. And when I started, my primary jobs were going to be working on our ID Assist program, so helping people who have just, well, in theory it's have just gotten out, but we end up seeing people in different stages who have had contact with the justice system, who need help obtaining their New York State ID. And we also help people with their New York City IDs depending on the situation.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=846.0,889.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: The idea is basically that navigating these bureaucracies is hard, period. If you have additional obstacles, like you don't have stable housing, so you don't have mail coming to you, so you can't use that as your proof of address, or you lost your release ID because—or you had an ID and it was in your property and then the city or state lost it when you got released. There are just so many more obstacles, obviously, when you're coming home from incarceration. And so our goal is really just to make things run a little bit smoother by helping navigate the confusing point system at the DMV [Department of Motor Vehicles] and then helping people obtain new documents. If they need to get a copy of their birth certificate, we pay for that. We make people appointments at the Social Security Administration.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=889.0,950.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: So that was one main role, which I still do. And then work at Queensboro Correctional Facility in Long Island City. And there we're doing résumé workshops, so for people about to come home, in their last 90 days or so, getting people ready with résumés. And we had digital workshops. Those are still—those are being reformatted. There's a lot of obstacles due to internet at the facility, but hopefully those will be up soon. And that's been also fun to work on.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=950.0,998.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: I would say since—those are two main portions, and then over, now it's been about two years, I think, working here, I've done a little bit of subbing at Rikers for doing book service there. I've started doing once a month book service at Juvenile Correctional Facility, Crossroads.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=998.0,1025.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: And I guess it feels important that Queens, and all public libraries are supposed to serve everyone, and the people who can't come in, how do we meet them where they are? So I really appreciate being a part of that ethos. And the team is really great, really dedicated, small but mighty. And yeah, I think the nice thing is that they're always open to new ideas. So, have some things in the works that I don't even know if I'm allowed to say or if they're going to [crosstalk] so maybe I won't. But there's a lot of creativity on the team and problem solving cuz we run into a lot of obstacles on every side pretty often. So it's like a very nimble, flexible group of people.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=1025.0,1086.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kit Moszynski: That sounds great. So what is, I guess not a typical day, but how often are you working at QPL or remotely, versus at Queensboro or Rikers or anywhere else?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=1086.0,1103.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: So let's say I do two and a half days a week at QPL. So I'll do, I would say once a week I'm probably at Queensboro Correctional or Crossroads Juvenile Correctional. And then we do also have a newer program where people come from Queensboro who are on work release, not general population, so they can leave. So they come to us at Ravenswood [Community Learning Center]. So I would say maybe one day out of the week is maybe at a correctional facility, and then another day is maybe at Central. Ideally, I mean, often people are coming in to talk about ID Assist, and then, in between, trying to make calls and follow up with people about ID Assist from home or from wherever I'm working. So it's definitely a little bit all over the place. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=1103.0,1178.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kit Moszynski: Do you feel like since you've been working there, has the outreach program changed at all or are there ideas that you've proposed that have been implemented?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=1178.0,1191.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: The Crossroads program is new. That's new in the last year. Rikers is consistent, Queensboro is consistent. There's been smaller, newer projects. So expanding our reentry guide every year. I'm not in charge of it, but I kind of take the lead on helping coordinate edits and updates. And as you gain institutional knowledge, you know, like, we've added a section on voting rights that will hopefully come out—I think the next version should come out in 2026. So voting rights, depending on if you're in jail or prison or felony, misdemeanor, et cetera.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=1191.0,1245.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: Adding in things about—I mean, one of the most common questions we get is people want to hear about OSHA [Occupational Safety and Health Administration] trainings. So having a direct apprenticeship section so people can know about how to get into union trades, building trade unions, et cetera. And we're currently working on a guide for people serving long sentences. So not a reentry guide, but more like, how do you fill your time and do things that you need to do while you're inside. So there have been some new things, definitely. But I would say the core programs are still core programs, and ID Assist has really grown, which is great.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=1245.0,1291.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kit Moszynski: Cool. And is there anything—what do you hope to see for the future of the outreach program?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=1291.0,1298.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: More funding.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=1298.0,1299.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kit Moszynski: Yeah!","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=1299.0,1300.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: More staffing. More funding. It's a lot of part-timers, including myself, so it's really hard to—I mean, I'm sure every department says the same thing. And who knows, now that we have a new mayor, maybe our libraries will be better funded.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=1300.0,1323.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kit Moszynski: Yeah, we'll see.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=1323.0,1324.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: Zohran [Mamdani]! Well, we'll see what happens.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=1324.0,1327.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kit Moszynski: How many of you are there in the department, program?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=1327.0,1333.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: So people move around a little bit, but I guess I would say there's, like, Caroline [Hartman], Jill [Anderson], Mike [Riley], Axcel [Solis Martinez]. Four full-timers, but one is kind of—and then three part-timers.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=1333.0,1357.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: But I guess all that's to say, in a dream world, we would provide more than twice a month service to Crossroads Juvenile Center. That's such a huge need. We don't even get to see everyone once a month just because one unit is at school and then we can't visit them. Or another unit, one person is sick or the elevator's not working. I mean, you name it, everything happens. But being able to do more consistent service there would be great.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=1357.0,1392.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: Being able to order more books that people really want and not just—I spend some time every week going through the weeded discard books to see if there's anything we can kind of scavenge, which, there have been really great things. But yeah, I would love to see more of a prioritization of such an important, not just important issue, but people who are important, who deserve to be served with well-funded, well-staffed services and programs. So that's always the goal, and there are a lot of constraints on that goal. But yeah, I'm going to manifest it into the near future. We'll see.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=1392.0,1440.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kit Moszynski: Yeah, definitely. I'll manifest it too [laughter]. Is there anything else you want to share before we wrap up?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=1440.0,1452.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: I guess, I think the Queens Memory Project serves a really important role in capturing—I mean, the staff interviews are cool and interesting, but I don't know who wants to hear me talking. But I think it's really great that they're also capturing community, local histories that really would otherwise be lost. Or, again, in a box maybe that gets lost or flooded or who knows what.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=1452.0,1487.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: Having a repository that we can put our faith in, in an institution that has existed for a long time and will exist for a long time—again, no one knows the future, but I do have faith that these memories are being guarded responsibly and with care. So I just think it's a really great service that QPL offers that not a lot of other public institutions do. So, happy to participate and be a tiny thread in the tapestry or whatever that corny expression is.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=1487.0,1532.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kit Moszynski: Yeah. Well, great. Thank you so much.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=1532.0,1536.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104/transcript/88850/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Alice Kallman: Thanks, Kit.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/164949/file/300104#t=1536.0,1538.328"}]}]}]}