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Jarecki also describes Queens Public Library programs organized in respone to the murder of George Floyd in 2020 and the Capitol riot in Washington, D.C. in 2021. Jarecki reflects on the role of libraries in serving various community needs and bringing people together. 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So my name is Joseph Mancuso and I am interviewing Kacper Jarecki on March 8th, 2022. By making this recording, we both consent to the use of our names, voices, images, and likeness by the Queens Public Library, understanding that 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 use of this interview and recording. So with that said, m, thank you for joining me again. Um, the first question is how have you contributed to the work of the library?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=2.0,44.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: Oh, thank you, that's uh, such a good question. So I've worked with the library for nearly fifteen years, so it's been a nice ride. Um, I'm so fortunate that the library hired me when I finished library school. I didn't know, what was gonna happen to me cuz I was looking for a job for so long, so it was so nice that the library believed in me and gave me this job, and I was able to do a lot of things at the library, and I'm so fortunate that I work in a library because libraries are flexible and we're there to meet the demands of the community and we can do all sorts of different things.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=44.0,78.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: So one of the things that I really enjoy doing is ping pong at the library. So um, I was able to--when I was a librarian I wanted to do ping pong and they said no, when I was assistant manager, I wanted ping pong, and they said, no. So finally I became manager and then, then I was able to do ping pong [laughs] and it was a lot of fun. Um, I've done ping pong at every library where I was a manager and it's always a blast, because of the pandemic we weren't able to play ping pong, but I'm looking forward to going back to normal so we can do ping pong again. And since then, a lot of other libraries also started their own ping pong clubs, so I'm glad I was able to be innovative and start a ping pong club at the library.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=78.0,119.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: One other thing that I like to do and this was usually before the pandemic, but I'm looking forward to doing it again, is I like to do motorcycle outreach. So once a month I'll go on my motorcycle and I'll visit local politicians and community organizations, and I'll give them a flyer with our different events and programs. So it's so cool that I can make friends with different people in the community and they all know me because they see me on my motorcycle, so I get to stand out. And they also know that we're the library with the ping pong table, so that's so cool. I remember when we were going to Albany and I saw state Senator Leroy Comrie he's like, \"oh, how's it going?\" So it's so nice to have that relationship with our community. And I think the motorcycle makes me stand out more. And let's see, cuz I was writing notes on the train. So they're a little bumpy.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=119.0,172.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: Oh yeah, so when I was at South Hollis Library, we were able to start a new friends group. So that was exciting. Um, there was a mom who used to come to the library nearly every day and I saw her, she was really involved helping kids with their--with homework cuz she knew Spanish and Haitian Creole, and I said, \"since you're here so much and your kids use the library a lot, you're really invested in the library, so do you want to be part of our new friends group?\" And she said yes, so that was exciting how we were able to do a brand new friends group at the South Hollis Library. Also, when I was a manager at the Seaside Library, there was a lady there and she asked me about the, um, L G B T books and how to find them, and it, it wasn't that easy to, to find them offhand. So I was able to, you know, walk--talking to the lady and talking with the library. We got permission to start the first ever, L G B T section in the library when I was at Seaside. So that was really exciting. And now even ifthere's new books, you're able, we're able to catalog them as L G B T books, so that they're easier to find. So that was something cool that I was able to work with somebody to create a brand new section.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=172.0,240.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: During the pandemic, I've been involved with a lot of online programs. So I've been involved with literary Thursdays, we were getting authors every Thursday, so I was working with Karen Vermut , who is really good, and she worked with the library for nearly 40 years, but she recently retired, so I've been able to help out with the program now, which has been really exciting. And I always liked to get people involved, so we do an author festival every year. So, we used to do it in person, which was a lot of fun and the authors would bring like a jazz musician, like a saxophonist to play music in the background. They're really creative, but during the pandemic we moved it online, but we're still able to do an author festival every year here. And we even had a girl who, who was five years old and wrote a book during, during the pandemic. So she was able to share her story during our author festival.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=240.0,287.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: I also like art. So we do art displays at the library. So that's a lot of fun at Cambria Heights--and we have a large, large walls, so we were able to display art from the community, but I remember when I was at Seaside and there was a, a gentleman and he was homeless because he told me about it, but he loved to draw. So I said, \"let's do a display with your artwork\" and then he came in one day with his artwork hanging up and he took pictures on his cell phone and he was so excited. So I'm so happy that we're able to promote our community and people in the community and share all the good, the good works that they have. And I think that's all I have in my notes. I hope I didn't forget too many things.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=287.0,328.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joseph Mancuso: No, no problem that's [crosstalk]--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=328.0,329.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: --[crosstalk] stutter too much.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=329.0,330.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joseph Mancuso: No, that's no problem that, that definitely sounds like a lot compared to when I was growing up in the library in my neighborhood, I know for children, there was definitely like reading groups and there were also other things like they would have a, a Thursday would be sort of a game day for all the kids coming outta school, and it was definitely a lot more since when I was going to the library when I was younger, and I'm glad to see that, it's definitely that the Queens public library is definitely finding a lot more ways to interact with the community, so that's great.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=330.0,366.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: Yeah, thanks. And look, I brought, I brought our therapy--a robot therapy dog.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=366.0,370.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joseph Mancuso: [laughs] That's Cool.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=370.0,374.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: So he helps with kids who have--are having a temper tantrum.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=374.0,379.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joseph Mancuso: That's nice.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=379.0,380.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: Yes. Thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=380.0,381.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joseph Mancuso: Um, so the next question, how has QPL responded to changing needs you have witnessed in our communities?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=381.0,388.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: Thank you. So that's a good question. Let's see if I can read my notes. So I would say that there's uh good news and bad news and, the bad news is the world will be a difficult place, right? It'll never be perfect, but the good news is that libraries will always be there for you to help make things a little better. Was that a good answer?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=388.0,409.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joseph Mancuso: That was good.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=409.0,413.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: Thank you. So, yeah, so the libraries are always there no matter what, and things will happen, and often we can't even predict what will happen, but we're always there for people in the community. And like, if somebody's going through a difficult time, are they gonna go to Target or Walmart or Amazon? No, they'll go to their library for, for assistance. And usually people need small things, like they're looking for a book that that's important for them, they're looking for help with assignments, but we do all sorts of help, like, I can give two like serious examples. Like one time we had a veteran and he came to the library because he said he was suicidal. So we had to call the police. Another time we had a girl who said she was being raped by her brother. So the library, I mean, those are horrible things, and of course that's terrible, but it's fortunate that the library is there and that people trust us and they come to us for help and support. And even though we can't obviously solve most of the problems, we can try to refer people or get them assistance that they need so, so there always will be different stuff that's going on. One thing that happened when I was working at the libraries, when I was the manager of the Seaside Library, I was just promoted to new manager and I was there for a month and then Superstorm Sandy hit and destroyed our library, so I was there just for a month and, and the library was already destroyed. So that was, I mean, who could have predicted that would happen? But we were there like a few days later working in a book bus servicing the community and people were coming us because it was cold.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=413.0,501.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: So they were coming to the book bus to get warmed up. They were coming there cuz they needed to talk to someone to learn about where different resources were being provided such as food. Um, so it was really an interesting time and I was fortunate to be part of it, that something terrible happened, but the library will--was always there in one way or another, even though our building was destroyed, we were still able to help people through a book bus. So no matter what happens, the library's there to help and offer that connection. And let's see. And also, you know, when, when George Floyd was murdered, that was also a horrible, tragic time. But, we were working with our friends group and we did programs to talk about police brutality and racism. So we were, even though it was a, a really difficult time, we were still trying to bring people together and offer them a source of comfort and, and being there for them.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=501.0,558.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: During the insurrection on Washington DC, we had our youth justice court and we had a program with our teens and they were able to talk about their feelings, see, you know, and learn and discuss all, you know, about the bad things that were going on. So we were still a force that united and brought people together, and we're there for them to listen to their voices, which I think is really important. So I think unfortunately things will happen and we can't even predict most of them like the pandemic, for example, or the hurricanes and who knows what else is going to happen in the future. But one thing that will always stay the same is we'll always be there for our customers and you'll always try to help them and be a force for, for good in the community. Let's see. Do I have anything else on my notes? [pause] I think that's--that's it, that's it for my notes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=558.0,614.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joseph Mancuso: Awesome. Yeah. Um, I think a lot of people, um, don't realize how, how powerful, like the lib--libraries are as a, a gathering place as a resource for help. Um, I think it's just this common idea that the libraries are just houses for books, but they're so much more.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=614.0,632.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: Yeah, and in fact, now we rarely get people reading. They come in to play chess, to hang out, to, you know, stay after school, to do different activities. So nobody cares about books, but we're still there for as a source of comfort and to help people, you know, be together, cuz you'll always see that human connection. Right? Even once we're robots and they replace our brains, I think we're still wired to seek that human connection.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=632.0,655.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joseph Mancuso: Right. Um, so for my third question, can you share a story of QPL having a positive impact on someone's life?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=655.0,663.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: Okay, let's see. Yeah, that's a good question. So I guess to start, I just wanted to reverse the question and say that QPL has had a really good influence on my life. I know when I was growing up, I was like an immigrant and I didn't speak English and it was always hard for me to fit in and I didn't have friends for the longest time, but the library really accepted me. They gave me the job and I had so many wonderful friends that I had made at the library. So that's something that's really that I've been really fortunate to have. I know when I was working at the South Hollis Library, that was kind of a rough library with a bad reputation, and I was working with a gentleman called Kane Noel, and he was also a pastor in his community and it was a pleasure working with him. Sometimes I would get really stressed and I'm not that religious, but he would hold my hands, he would tell me that he loved me and we would pray together. So that was a real source of comfort. And unfortunately Kane passed away in 2020 because of the pandemic. So well, I'll miss him, but I'm still lucky to have all of these great relationships through the library.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=663.0,731.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: Like I'm planning to go on a trip soon to Albuquerque with one of my friends that I made in the library. I'm planning to go to California with another friend that I made in the library. So the library has given me so many friends and even my assistant manager Tejas, we went to high school together and we went to graduate school together, but I never talked to him at all, and I didn't really know him that well just by seeing him, but now we're working together and we're friends and we hang out all the time. So [laughs] so school didn't bring us together, but the library did. So I'm so lucky that the library was able to give me so many great friendships. And I think that's something that I like to do also as a librarian, cuz I like to bring people together and unite them. Recently we did an author talk for literary Thursdays and the author mentioned that he likes to play chess. So I invited him to play chess with our chess club. So we got the computer set up and he was there virtually with the monitor, just kind of like we're doing, and he was playing chess with our customers, even though he is like in Boston or another state, so that was really cool.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=731.0,798.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: And one story that I like to give is I always like to work with different populations. So when I was at the South Hollis Library, we had a disabled population, they were on wheelchairs and they would help us wrap the DVDs to secure them. And I always like to sit with and talk with them and I was talking to Lorenzo and he was telling me that his birthday was coming up and I asked him, \"oh, that's so cool, what, what do you want on your birthday?\" and he was telling me that he wanted to dance with a girl on his birthday. [laughs] So I thought that was kind of cute. And I was talking to another person who was doing outreach and doing health outreach to encourage people to do health insurance, and I asked her, I said, \"did you ever dance or do you like dancing?\" and she said, yeah, she was like a star dancer in high school, and then I said, \"oh, do you mind dancing with Lorenzo for his birthday?\" and she said, sure. So it was so cute, I have a picture of them dancing together. He's on the wheelchair and she's dancing with him and there was music in the background. So I think that's so cool that even with that, with limited money and resources, all we have to do is just bring people together. And I think that's one of the benefits of libraries that no one will, will ever be able to take away is that human connection and just bringing people together, so I always like to tell that story.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=798.0,870.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joseph Mancuso: Definitely a good story.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=870.0,873.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: [laughs] Oh, thanks.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=873.0,877.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joseph Mancuso: Excuse me. Um,--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=877.0,879.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: and it's not, and it's a nonfiction story","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=879.0,881.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joseph Mancuso: #NAME?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=881.0,888.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: Sure. That's a good one. Let me see. So one of the things that I wrote--oh, I don't know if that's so good--is I wrote, you know, because of the digital divide, a lot of people come to library because they don't have access to internet or computers. Some people don't even know how to type anymore cuz they do everything on their phones. So we're able to give them a, a lot of just having the access on the computer, having access to a word processor, having access to a printer, means so much for people. So we definitely try to bridge the gap, so people have the same access to resources. So I was hoping in the future when once there's time machines, then the library can give access to time machines, and that way I could also go back in time to visit my cat who I miss.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=888.0,938.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: So and I just wanna copyright that. So if the library makes a lot of money from time travel, if they could just gimme a cut of the percentage and I'll make a foundation or something [laughs]. And also, I guess, you know, like I said before, there's always going to--life is difficult and you always need somebody to help you out. So the library will always be there. I guess, in a perfect world, there would be no libraries, cuz books would be free, everything would be free, but right now just libraries offer that free service, so hopefully there won't be any more libraries because we won't need them. But if, if the world continues to be a bad place, then the libraries will always be needed.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=938.0,975.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joseph Mancuso: Yeah. Um, excuse me. Uh, so for the fifth question, just, is there anything else you would like to share? Um, yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=975.0,988.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: Oh, sure. So some things I wanted to share is I invented chocolate covered cotton candy balls. So that was so cool. Like the library was like--Queens Public Library is doing a cookbook. So I was like, I [unclear] cook. I don't like to cook that much, cuz I just like to eat candy, but they didn't, um--so I invented this recipe for chocolate covered cotton candy balls and they didn't accept my recipe. I guess they didn't think it was healthy enough, but I still would like to get credit for inventing something like that. I don't think they're sold in stores. And also I drove my motorcycle across the United States of America. So I think that's cool. Right. I drove to California and back on my motorcycle and I only fell twice. And also I made a movie like I bought the mo--uh, rights to Eeee Eee Eeee, which is a novel by Tao Lin, and me and my friends, we, we filmed the movie in my apartment from the library--all my, friends from the library. And it was really cool, but the movie was so bad that the library wouldn't even screen it and I didn't become a millionaire.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=988.0,1045.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: And also I dropped out of school three times cuz I never really liked school, but I was able to get my library science degree. So I dropped out of flight school, I dropped out of Bard College when I was going for my bachelor degree, and I also dropped of business school. But fortunately I was able to study library science. So, if anybody has a hard time in school, I recommend studying library science cuz it's not that hard. And also my favorite color is blue. And also I think I mentioned that I miss my cat. My cat was my best friend growing up, so hopefully someday we'll get to see each other again.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=1045.0,1077.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joseph Mancuso: Uh, something that was, I found interesting actually was that you mentioned uh, having gone through all those different schools, I myself actually transferred and went through different majors and I found myself in doing history, which I really enjoyed compared to my previous major. Is there anything you would like to add to, excuse me again, is there anything you would like to add to sort of guiding other people to finding something that they really like in terms of career? Like maybe if what you experienced with the library sciences that was considered your passion?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=1077.0,1119.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: Yeah. Library science is nice. I, I think it's really exciting with the libraries that you can just walk around on the shelves and you're you can see all the different books that are out there, cuz if you're doing a search on the internet, you have to search for have, have something in mind. But in the library can just look around at the different subjects, all the different topics that are out there. And it, I think it's a source of inspiration. Sometimes I like to go to the bookstore and just look around, look at all the different books that are out there, there's so many things that I don't know about. So I really enjoy just going through a library, looking at all the different books and usually I'll borrow so many books and I won't get a chance to read all of them, but there's so many things out there that we don't know about, and I think a library gives us access to different sources of knowledge and information and points of view. So I think that's really exciting and I definitely encourage people to go into the library science field. I think it's a unique field that we have flexibility to try a lot of different things like we can do ping pong. I have like a NBA jam video game that we can play with with the kids. Oh, you can't see it. Let me--wait, let me turn off my background, right. Is that better?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=1119.0,1188.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: [pause] Uh, that's not hard, right?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=1188.0,1198.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: So yeah, we're lucky in the library, we can play ping pong, we can do a lot of fun and it's really exciting that people always need us, and we have the flexibility to different things. Sometimes it can get stressful because people have high expectations for us. Like they want us to--so you have NBA jam. So what other fields will, you get paid for playing like video games, playing ping pong, right? I mean, you probably won't get rich, but it's not a bad field. Then you get benefits and vacations and you make lots of friends. Yeah, so I don't know, I tried to make the movie, I tried to write books, but the library's the only one that gives me money on a regular basis. I've been really fortunate with that. [laughs] I don't know if that's good career advice.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=1198.0,1241.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joseph Mancuso: I think that was good. Um, --","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=1241.0,1243.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: Thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=1243.0,1244.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joseph Mancuso: No problem. So just one more final thing, if you could just, uh, give a shoutout to the library by saying happy anniversary Queens Public Library.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=1244.0,1254.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: [unclear] Oh, happy anniversary Queens Public Library.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=1254.0,1257.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joseph Mancuso: All right. Thank you so much for your time. Um,--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=1257.0,1263.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: Oh yes, and if you could please edit this to make me look really good so I get a promotion.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=1263.0,1267.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joseph Mancuso: --Gotcha. I mean, I'm not in charge of editing, but uh, I'll see.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=1267.0,1275.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: Oh yeah. And I also, I forgot to mention this, like this interview is for posterity, right? Like it'll be available for a hundred years, right, or a million years. So, I--my, one of my dreams was for the Knicks to win a championship, but it might take several lifetimes before they win a championship, so if anybody's watching this in the future and they win a championship, I'm--I'm there with you in spirit celebrating with [laughs].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=1275.0,1303.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joseph Mancuso: Awesome. All right. Uh, once again, thank you for your time and um,--","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=1303.0,1309.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kacper Jarecki: Yeah, you have a good--you have a good future in radio and television.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=1309.0,1314.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442/transcript/42107/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Joseph Mancuso: Thank you very much.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/88416/file/181442#t=1314.0,1316.928"}]}]}]}