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Interview with Mark Grainger
Mark is a long-time resident of Weston, who actively takes part in his community. He is also a frequent customer of the Weston Branch, who, armed with his iPad, takes advantage of the print and electronic resources by the Toronto Public Library.
Tags: Grainger, interview, Mark, Mark Grainger, YAG, youth advisory group
Daniel Interviews Antanas Sileika
This image shows Daniel DiSanto (Youth Advisory Group Member, Weston Branch) interviewing Anatanas Sileika.
Raakave Works on a Display Board for the Weston Library Centenary Project
Aside from helping film, edit and conduct interviews, digitize documents and photographs, volunteers were involved in other aspects of the project as well. Many helped with publicizing the project as well. Here is Raakave helping prepare a display…
Linda Davis prepares for her interview
Here, Linda Davis is seen reviewing her notes, before the camera starts rolling! Linda was Branch Head at the Weston Branch, before and after Weston was amalgamated into York.
The Set
The interviews were filmed in the program room, on this set. Green screen technology was used to insert a backdrop of the adult fiction section. This allowed for the interviews to be conducted in a quiet area of the library during open hours, to as…
What Goes on Before the Interviews
This is an image of some of Gobiga, Theresa and Love from Weston's Youth Advisory Group and staff member Jorge Rivera (Former Project Leader) waiting for an interviewee to arrive (clockwise from left to right).
Meet Theresa: Video Editing Extraordinaire!
Theresa Nguyen, a member of the Branch's Youth Advisory Group, is Weston's resident video editing guru! Theresa spent many, many, many hours after school cooped up in the Weston Library Centenary Project Headquarters – the Branch Head's office…
What Goes on Before the Interviews
This is an image taken on the day of Brinda Sampathkumar's interivew. Brinda, seen seated at the table speaking to Jorge Rivera (Weston Branch staff, Fomer Project Leader), is in the midst of signing paperwork for the interview. These forms give…
Love Waiting For Her Turn to Film
This is an image of Love Asare, a member of the Weston Youth Advisory Group (YAG). After helping with the set up, Love is sitting waiting for her turn behind the video camera to film and interview.
Tags: Asare, behind the scenes, bloopers, Love, Love Asare, out takes, teens, volunteers, YAG, youth advisory group
Interview with Margaret Rome
Margaret is a long-time resident of Weston and former employee of the Toronto Public Library. As a high school student, she began working at the library as a cataloguer in the mid-1950s and the 1980s.
Tags: 1950s, 1980s, cataloguer, cataloguing, jobs at the library, Margaret, Margaret Rome, Rome, staff, YAG, youth advisory group