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Dorvillier speaks with interviewer Owen Lockwood about the big role that visiting New York City libraries had on her while growing up in the 2000s and 2010s. Dorvillier reflects on libraries as being one of the few places she could go to and be independent as a child and as a teenager. Specifically, Dorvillier remembers enjoying checking out non-fiction books, talking to librarians, and spending time in libraries with friends.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDorvillier began visiting the Ridgewood branch at the age of 9; she began volunteering there at the age of 15 and ran a sewing program for kids under the supervision of the Children's Librarian. Dorvillier, who earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, speaks about her experience as a teaching assistant in college and her deep interest in providing art education in a library setting. Dorvillier also discusses the importance of having dedicated teen spaces and teen services in libraries and the increased teen attendance at the Ridgewood branch from 2023 through 2024. 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My name is Owen Lockwood. I am interviewing Isa Dorvillier on October 10th, 2024. By making this recording, we both consent to the use of our names, voices, images, and likenesses by the Queens Public Library, understanding that this recording will be 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. Would you like to tell me what you do at the library?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1.0,43.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: Yeah, so I am the Youth Counselor at the Ridgewood branch of the Queens Public Library. So I act in a supportive capacity to our Teen Librarian. I plan and facilitate teen programming. I do book displays in the YA [Young Adult] section. And kind of just, like, have a general presence and build relationships with teens in the community [unclear].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=43.0,71.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: Awesome. What—well, actually, I'll start there. What drew you to libraries?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=71.0,77.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: I always came to libraries as a kid. Growing up, my branch was Greenpoint in Brooklyn, and I spent a lot of time there with my mom. We went pretty frequently on the weekends. And, you know, I could kind of, like, browse independently. And when I got a little bit older, I started going to, like, summer reading programs and would kind of just chat the librarians ear off and, you know, want to talk to them. And when I was seven, I was like, \"I'm going to get a master of library science\" [laughs]. So, you know, I just felt very, like, at home in the library.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=77.0,121.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: We moved to Ridgewood when I was nine. And, you know, I grew up about a block and a half away from this branch, and I spent a lot of time here. It was sort of like one of the first places I could go independently as, you know, an older elementary schooler. And my mom would, like, you know, bring me here while she was doing errands. And I would just kind of like look at the books, or they had, like, a spelling bee program or something going on. And I would always, like, really enjoyed spending time with librarians. I was more of a kid who liked to talk to adults.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=121.0,159.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: And when I was 15, I started volunteering at this branch under the supervision of the Children's Librarian at the time. Things were very different then [laughs]. There was a lot less regulation. So she let me plan a program on my own. I ran a sewing program for kids who were—the age limit, I made it, like, a year younger than me [laughs]. And she gave me a hundred dollar bill to, like, go to the craft store and buy supplies for it, and I just brought her the receipt and the change. So definitely you could never do that now, but it was so empowering to me. And she really, you know, saw that I had a lot of capacity to be responsible and to plan and lead things and just was, like, \"Okay, go do it.\" So, yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=159.0,214.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: That's awesome. That actually reminds me a little bit when I was a kid, I had a very similar experience. I'm museum administration, and I used to love to go to museums. And I used to go around to everywhere. It's one of the first few places I could go as well, when I was young, on my own. So I really relate to that actually a lot. Do you remember how old you were when you first got your library card here?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=214.0,238.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: So when I got a QPL [Queens Public Library] card, I think I was nine because we just moved. But I got my first—my first library card, I think, was probably NYPL [New York Public Library] because we went with my pre-K class, which was in Manhattan. So I was probably four when I got my first actual library card. And I have no memory of getting one at Brooklyn, even though that was the one I went to the most [laughs]. But I had all three, and I still do.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=238.0,265.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: You still have them? I was actually supposed to ask.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=265.0,267.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: I had to—they expired and I had to get new ones, but I now have all three. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=267.0,272.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: Wow. Yeah, it's pretty awesome. Do you—what did you enjoy about coming to the library besides, you know, the autonomy of it?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=272.0,283.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: I have always really enjoyed browsing and, like, I don't know, ideas and information is just interesting to me [laughs]. I love—I've always kind of been, like, gotten into specific topics and really wanted to dive deep into them. I think when I was little, though, I learned to read pretty late because I have a—I had like an eye muscular difference as a child and I had to have vision therapy. So, it took a while for, like, my parents and my teachers to catch that and then for me to do the vision therapy. And so I wasn't really, like, reading at grade level until fourth grade.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=283.0,330.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: But before that, I was, you know, I just wanted to kind of, like, be around people. And, like, I love talking to the librarians. And I was an only child and lived far away from where I went to school, so I just kind of, like, wanted to know people nearby. And then as I, like, became more independent with reading, I got really interested in nonfiction books. I would check out all the books about, like, how to knit and sew. And I just, like, wanted to learn how to do things and understand more about how the world works. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=330.0,366.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: So you really like that practical learning aspect of it?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=366.0,368.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: Yeah, I think so. And, I mean, I remember there was a—if there was something I was interested in, like, I liked baking when I was in fourth or fifth grade. I got into baking and so I just wanted to, like, learn new recipes. Or for some reason, I was really interested in pigeons at one point and I, like, checked out all the books about pigeons and took notes [laughs]. So I think that was a big thing. I wasn't as interested in, like, fiction or narrative fiction as a kid for some reason, but I just wanted to know more about the world. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=368.0,407.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: Yeah, I was about to ask, a lot of people from around your age group, they really came into liking reading because of the fiction at the time. You had a very great amount of fiction. You had Harry Potter, of course, and, you know, you had a lot of other books that came out. I know a lot of—that was, like, the birth of YA novels. But it's actually very interesting that you're attached to non-fiction so greatly. I—that's what drew me a lot. I like museums and museums are all—most, hopefully—non-fiction [laughter]. So that's very interesting. Did you like still going to the library as you moved into being a teenager?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=407.0,450.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: Yeah, and at that point it really became more of a social place. That was when I started to, like, have more friends and socialize more on my own terms. And so we would go to—by my middle school, there was the Tompkins Square branch of NYPL, and we'd, like, hang out and do our homework and then kind of get up to shenanigans. And I definitely see a lot of the same behavior that I did in the teens that I work with now, which is kind of funny. But it wasn't really—like, there wasn't a dedicated teen area. It was just, like, the children's room. So—and I feel like we were mostly using the, like, our classroom libraries at school for, you know, independent reading and that kind of thing. So it was really more, like, a social space where I could be, you know, safe and hang out and have a kind of quiet place to do homework. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=450.0,510.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: Yeah. I, actually, very, very interesting about that, I also, my library was literally right across the street from my high school, so we used to go there a lot as well. It's—there was also a kids section. We actually had to take over the kids section sometimes because we weren't allowed to be anywhere else. Because we were—we were diabolical, and they just put us there because that was the easiest place to just stick you. So by the time that you became—you went through this and you were a young adult into being a, you know, a teenager, you were already like, \"Alright, I'm going to continue with my my original goal of going and working in libraries\"?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=510.0,553.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: I think by that point I had kind of, like, maybe veered away from library, I don't know, for a while. I was also really interested in art, and I ended up going to art school. And I have an art practice now, like, I'm an artist. And so, like, that really kind of took over my focus.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=553.0,581.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: And I thought, you know, my experience volunteering here and, like, leading an art program, I kind of started to consider, maybe I want to teach. Maybe I want to—like, what are the different ways that I can make a living and make art? So that's sort of something I'm still figuring out. And, you know, does that mean being a librarian and, like, having an art education aspect to my library science studies or practice if that happens? Or, you know, should I become an art teacher? Should I take a different path? So I've kind of been exploring that for ten, fifteen years now, so [laughs]—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=581.0,630.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: What type of art do you make?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=630.0,633.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: Well, I studied fiber. So, like, textile art, but I also do a lot of drawing and printmaking and photography. And I kind of consider, like, my art education work part of my art practice also. So, things I do here, things I do in other work that I do outside of the library. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=633.0,657.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: Yeah. So you really are attached to this idea of, you know, trying to find your way in this and trying to find out what you like. What ultimately makes you keep coming back to the library?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=657.0,676.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: I always feel really at home here. I'm always happy to come to work. There's always something interesting happening, even if it's interesting because it's stressful [laughter]. I feel like it's such a important community space, especially for teens. Like, this is really one of the few places that teens can be safely independent. And, you know, it's also really important to me to kind of, like, provide programming to young people that they're not going to get anywhere else.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=676.0,718.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: And I'm very, like, attached to the relationships that I have here. I feel like the staff here is very tight knit. You know, I enjoy talking to everyone who works here. I really enjoy the customers, especially, like, the teens and some of their younger siblings who also come to programs. I love hearing about what they're interested in and, you know, getting to see them. Especially, like, the transition from sixth to seventh grade is so interesting to me. It's really, like, they're in middle school, but it's really when you start to see adolescence really hit and there's a big personality change, so—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=718.0,760.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: I remember that very well.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=760.0,761.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: Yeah [laughs].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=761.0,762.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: Yeah. So you've been—how do you feel that your time here and the people you've met and also your general education and your previous experience with libraries, how do you feel like that's prepared you for working here?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=762.0,777.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: I feel like my experience volunteering here in high school was really informative and supportive. I learned a lot through doing that. And when I started working here, I had a lot of other experience doing kind of like education adjacent work. So I, in college, I worked as, like, a teacher's aide in an elementary school ELA [English Language Arts] classroom. And I did, like, teacher's assistantship in college in one of my courses. You know, there were a lot of, like, ways that I was doing kind of like informal education, or kind of like supporting other teachers, which is sort of adjacent to the work I do here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=777.0,830.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: I also feel pretty strongly that—so, like, a lot of children's and teens programming in libraries is art based. And I think that—I've seen, and from talking with colleagues, like, it works really well and it's a very effective way to get, you know, to build a relationship with young people and to get them to come back. And it's also just something that they always enjoy.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=830.0,868.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: And I feel a lot of the times it's, you know, it can be—I don't want it to sound disparaging in any way—but a lot of the time I feel like there's so much else happening. It takes a lot to plan a program. And, you know, the focus can be very much on the product or the outcome. Like, we're all going to make a turtle that's going to look kind of the same. And I don't think that there's anything wrong with doing that, per se, but I feel like there's so much opportunity to, like, be engaged with art processes in a very real and deep way that I think we miss out on.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=868.0,921.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: And I feel like my experience studying art and teaching art, I'm able to kind of like bring in programming that, you know, people might not get to do otherwise. And I feel kind of strongly that, like, if there's a library science program where there's a youth services or a public library concentration, there should be an art education aspect because it's so often a requirement of the job. And a lot of people just, like, learn how to do it as they go, which, you know, that's a lot of working in the library, is you learn from experience. But it seems like such a important thing to me to kind of, like, delve deeper into. I don't know if that makes sense.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=921.0,981.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: I completely followed that. That was really—it's really incredible. I kind of—I really appreciate that. So you feel like, in a way, you've brought a lot of this art aspect to this branch of the QPL because you feel like it's lacking or you feel like it was something that should have been expanded upon?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=981.0,1004.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: I feel like I had a really good foundation here. The previous Teen Librarian had really amazing art supplies and—I wasn't here, we didn't overlap, but I know she did really excellent art programming. And our manager here also has, like, a theater background and has done a lot of programming in that regard. So, you know, we're a very, like, skilled branch, I think. I don't think that it's necessarily lacking, it's just something that, like, I feel is important. It's something, like, important that I can provide. And I think it's also really effective as, you know, programming goes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1004.0,1050.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: I just kind of—I feel like a lot of times I've, both from, like, attending library programs as a child and then seeing them a little bit, I think it's hard to think of art projects constantly. Like, that's a whole job. People are art teachers, right? And I kind of feel like it could be—it's something that, like, could be improved maybe, and I feel like I have capacity there. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1050.0,1084.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: So how do you feel the QPL in general has kind of changed as it's gone on? Because, you know, you've—you talk about how there are all these people who've come in, who come from a variety of different standpoints, and you were here beforehand, you volunteered here in the past. How do you feel like you've seen it change?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1084.0,1109.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: Yeah. Well, I, you know, I'll caveat it with saying I was fifteen when I volunteered here, so I saw it from a 15-year-old's perspective. It definitely feels like there's a lot more, like, policy and procedure, which definitely, you know, there's reasons that we need that. But, you know, there—I think it was really cool that I was able to, like, have that much autonomy as a teenager volunteering here. And that would just never happen now.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1109.0,1146.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: And I think it, you know, it kind of—things have to move a little slower, which can be okay. I also think that, like, on the positive side, there really—I don't remember there being a dedicated teen space here until I was later in high school. We didn't have—maybe I was in middle school. I don't quite remember when they renovated it, but that just wasn't a feature of libraries I was going to when I was younger. And now, especially at QPL, I think almost every branch has a dedicated teen area, if not like a teen center. And so there's, like, really a dedicated place for teens to be. You don't have to just be, like, put in the children's room, where there aren't that many books for you and there's a lot of younger kids and it's loud [laughter]. I mean, the teen area can get loud too, but it's teen noise, you know? Which is different from toddler noise. A little bit [laughs].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1146.0,1207.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: Less screeching, more shouting.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1207.0,1209.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: Yeah, exactly. More words are being said [laughs]. And I think that that's really important, like, giving teens their own space. So, yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1209.0,1220.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: So you feel like—actually, this is a good point for me to ask a question I was thinking about. You've been here for a very long time, and obviously you've seen how this library and all, you know, QPL has served its community. How do you feel it has changed to serve its community? How do you feel like it's improved? Or any place you feel like it could be further improved to serve its community, because that add on of the teen space is definitely to help serve the community.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1220.0,1253.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: Yeah, definitely. I mean now, this neighborhood has also changed a lot in the past, like, ten years especially. And it is a much younger neighborhood. There's a lot more people my age now. So I know that we are making efforts to kind of attract the—emerging adult is what they call us [laughter]—the emerging adult crowd, so, like, 20s and 30s. And it is kind of challenging because the library is mostly open when people are at work, so they try to do stuff, like, on Thursdays when we're open later. But definitely I think there's a lot of effort and thought being put into how we can better serve younger adults.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1253.0,1310.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: And, you know, I think those kinds of shifts take time. You have to, you know, recognize that, like, this demographic is coming to the library. And, like, what might they need? And I think there's also a lot more—this branch has really excellent programming for pretty much every age. And also, like, we have a teen program every day. We have, like, multiple storytimes. We have adult art programs. We have—there's just, like, always something happening. And I've been in and out of here for a while, but it does feel like it's just a very active branch, which I think is really excellent and important.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1310.0,1369.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: Yeah. So you feel like that you definitely are trying to improve, to help that, grow that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1369.0,1378.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: Yeah, of course. Yeah. Definitely.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1378.0,1385.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: Yeah. So in that aspect, do you feel like, as you guys are trying to move in this direction, do you feel like you're community has responded? How do you feel like they've reacted to your image or how you guys—are you guys getting more people now? Are you getting—what's the reaction you've gotten?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1385.0,1406.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: I mean, I can—maybe I'll stay more with the teens because that's the population I work with the most. I've been here since, like, in this position since January of 2023. And the first spring that I was working here, it was kind of sporadic. Like, we'd have maybe ten teens come in one day and then one person the next day. Some days we'd have no one. And, like, last year, it picked up a little bit more. And this year, pretty much we're getting about 20 kids, give or take, every day.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1406.0,1441.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: And I think part of that is people are kind of rediscovering the library after the pandemic. And, you know, I'll have kids come in and be like, \"Oh, yeah, we used to come here to storytime when I was in kindergarten.\" Or like, you know, \"I used to come here with my older brother.\" And I feel like it's—the middle schoolers are kind of, I'm not 100 percent sure why, it seems like they're more engaged or, like, coming to the library more this year. I don't know if it's just, like, they remembered that this building exists, because there's a middle school right across the street, so they all cross the street and come over here. But it does seem like there's more demand for an indoor space to, like, be social and active.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1441.0,1502.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: That's awesome. Beyond that, what else do you hope for the future of the Queens Public Library?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1502.0,1507.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: I definitely hope that, like, teen services continue to expand. I know that a lot of, like, what I've heard from teen librarians is when they redo teen areas, there's not always enough space to put books. So, I don't know. I hope that with the kind of expansion of programming and, like, emphasizing the library as a community space, we don't forget that we're also a library, because that, you know, the books are kind of the thing [laughs].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1507.0,1544.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: And, you know, something that the Teen Librarian here, Sarah [Healy], and I are pondering a lot is, like, how can we support middle schoolers in developing literacy in a fun way that doesn't feel like school? So I'm hoping that, you know, those things are emphasized, and teen services staff are kind of supported to have the skills to support young people.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1544.0,1580.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: I hope that—yeah, I hope that, like, kind of the humanities and art aspects of the library are still emphasized. I know that there's, like, a lot of interest and excitement around STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics], and I think that's great. But I feel like sometimes the way it's executed is not as appealing to teens. And I feel like it's important to, you know, go based on what we can observe middle schoolers and high schoolers are really enjoying, like, what is going to benefit them the most. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1580.0,1631.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: Awesome. So in that aspect, if you had the power, you were just given god-like powers, what would you do to change the library, just to make it or to create the perfect library right here?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1631.0,1645.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: I would fully staff every branch. Definitely. Maybe even over-staff [laughs]. And I think that would just do so much already. I would—I think I would expand teen areas and, like, you know, maybe have a teen center at more branches that need it. Like, I definitely know there are a lot. I feel like we almost could use one here. And, like, having a even more dedicated space for teens because it's still, like, our teen area here is still technically kind of part of the adult area. And adults do like to sit in there because it's nice and sunny and there's outlets, but it's not really there for them.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1645.0,1703.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: Yeah. And I think I would just, I mean, I don't want to stop at just, like, we need more staff, but I think everything else can kind of come after that. And when staff are really, like, supported to do interesting things and, you know, dream big in terms of programming, which I feel like we really are at this branch, I just think really wonderful things can happen. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1703.0,1745.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: You're a very minimalist god. You just said [laughter] just staff and then we'll just go from there.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1745.0,1755.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: I mean, it's not like we're—I don't know. I feel like I should say something [crosstalk]—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1755.0,1762.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: No, it's fine. That's completely—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1762.0,1764.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: —but it just, we've had less staff than we need here for a while, and it just, I think it kind of—maybe I'm getting stuck there a little bit because I'm like, \"Oh, if we wanted to do this amazing program—\". But we need to have enough, you know, clerks and librarians to cover the desk so people can run programs, and just kind of like support the basic functioning of the library so we can do the things where we go above and beyond. Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1764.0,1794.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: It's incredible. That's a—I feel like that's a very astute answer because I know libraries in New York, Queens especially, they've suffered a lot from having lack of staff to help meet the demands.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1794.0,1808.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: Totally. Yeah. I would also say it'd be nice to have a green roof, but [laughs], you know, if we're dreaming really big.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1808.0,1816.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: Yeah, of course. So I think we're at the end of this now. Is there anything else you'd like to share? Any other, like, loose thoughts that you'd want to say out loud? I'm more than willing to expound upon this.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1816.0,1830.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: Yeah, I don't know. I feel like I got to talk a lot about things I'm interested in. I don't know. I really appreciate that there's this, you know, effort to, like, record staff's stories and thoughts. Yeah, I'm not sure. I just kind of—I have a lot of thoughts, and I feel like maybe it's better to just leave it where I'm leaving it [laughs].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1830.0,1874.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: Well—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1874.0,1875.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/65","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: Oh, actually, well, I guess I didn't really talk about this so much, but I—so Jerrie [Jerrie Grantham, Assistant Director of Civic Engagement at Queens Public Library], I think, recommended that Meral [Meral Agish, Queens Memory Coordinator at Queens Public Library] reach out to me for this. And the reason that I connected with Jerrie is because she ran the career accelerator program for part-time staff last year, which was, like, a pilot program to, you know, teach part-time staff more about library science as a profession. And there were weekly seminars from librarians and archivists and, you know, different people in the field talking about specific aspects of their work. And, you know, I learned so much about how this particular library system works and also libraries in general. I got to go to the New York Library Association conference, so that was really fun.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1875.0,1932.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/66","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: But I feel like it also kind of, you know, I feel like I got a lot of, like, institutional knowledge that allows me to—I don't know. Even though the kind of stated goal of that program is to get people to go to library school and, like, here I am a year later not in library school, and that's fine [laughs], but I feel like I'm more a part of the organization from having done that and, you know, can collaborate more with other departments. And I don't want to say too much about it, but the Teen Librarian and I are planning to have a exhibition here of WPA [Works Progress Administration] work that's in the library's permanent collection.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1932.0,1985.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: So, you know, because I know Meral and other people within the organization, I can reach out with our teen librarian and say, like, \"We want to do this program. What's possible?\" So, yeah. And I think kind of—I would like to see maybe that program done again or expanded and, like, help people feel like they're kind of, you know, have the information they need to make a big choice about going to grad school or just to continue doing their best work here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=1985.0,2039.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: That's awesome. That's actually—I didn't know that. So thank you about that. I was—it's awesome. Actually, that's really interesting. I didn't know that you guys had a program like that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=2039.0,2051.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: Yeah. So I think it was just a pilot program. I don't know that they've necessarily got funding to repeat it. I really hope they do though. It was so good.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=2051.0,2063.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: That's awesome. I hope so. I hope they do as well. It sounds like you guys are doing some really awesome stuff here. Thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=2063.0,2070.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: Sure. Thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=2070.0,2071.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: Well, thank you, Isa, for this interview. It was actually really wonderful.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=2071.0,2078.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: Oh, good. I'm so glad.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=2078.0,2079.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: So, thank you. I'm going to turn—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=2079.0,2083.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Isa Dorvillier: Great. Yes. And thank you for coming out to Ridgewood.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=2083.0,2085.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544/transcript/91194/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owen Lockwood: Thank you for having me.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1432/collection_resources/166829/file/303544#t=2085.0,2087.568"}]}]}]}