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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Sauda Tasnim, Intern at Brooklyn Public Library
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Sauda Tasnim, an intern at Brooklyn Public Library's Saratoga branch, shared her experiences and the value of libraries for young adults. She emphasized the importance of libraries as community resources and urged for increased investment in library programs.
- Highlighted unique learning opportunities, including field trips and gardening
- Described libraries as places for knowledge, community, and personal growth
- Stressed the impact of her internship on her personal, career, and college goals
Sauda Tasnim
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Good afternoon everyone.
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Thank you so much for this opportunity.
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It's a pleasure to be with you all.
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I am Sauda Tasnim.
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I have been an intern at the Saratoga branch of Brooklyn Public Library since January of this year.
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I'm a librarians of tomorrow and from the beginning of the year, I've learned tremendously about so many things in the library as an intern that the school couldn't have taught me in any other way.
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I had the fortune to work with an incredible mentor and amazing staff members and peers who I met through the library.
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It wasn't the actual small tax of an intern that made this experience so memorable for me.
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It was the connection, the daily conversations I would have with people, the guidance they provided me, and all the amazing experience and my favorite being learning how to garden in my branch's backyard.
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Throughout the months, I've had opportunity to visit a lot of field trips including the Morgan Library Museum and Book Ops to see the logistics and behind the scenes of how books end up in libraries.
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Those were experience and knowledge I couldn't have found anywhere else.
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I'm so grateful for the Brooklyn Public Library to have all these opportunities for us young adults.
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And even for teenagers who are not interns, I believe libraries are still a great place and resources.
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It's a place surrounded by knowledge and an understanding community.
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And it's especially important that in this era where everything is slowly becoming online, we keep the importance and cultures of libraries alive.
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Libraries are not just bookkeepers but they are filled with unique experiences and people that young people wouldn't find anywhere else.
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My experience there has impacted my personal goals, my career, and my college goals and opened me up to so much more opportunity.
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It is only through the library that I was able to have all of that.
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My ask would be that you consider libraries as more important pillar of society and invest for more into them so they can continue their programs and work that support and guide young adults just like me.
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Thank you so much again.