Plexiglass? Check. Signage Promoting Safety and New Rules? Check. Visible people counter? Check. Stanchions? Check. Revamped shelving and computer areas? Check. Ready to reopen? Ready as we’ll ever be! 🙂
I’ve been fortunate to be able to work from home since March 18 but as I take another big step and prepare to head to my first full week back in the library this week (with our branch to open to the public soon as well), I thought it might be interesting to make a […]
I did a list like this about a month ago and so I thought I’d do another one as I’m now a few days into my *fourth* month of quarantine to see what’s front of mind these days… 1. Public libraries *finally* have a date for permitted opening which will be Phase Four Stage Two […]
There’s been a huge amount of attention to police budgets and police brutality recently. It’s been so overwhelming that a 15-year veteran of a Georgia county police force had a melt down in a McDonald’s parking lot after her food didn’t come out right away and she thought the staff were likely planning to poison […]
No matter how bad they are, most of the time, disasters tend to be localized events -hurricanes, tsunamis, even droughts – that areas recover from soon after the event. Covid is the perfect disaster in a few ways… 1. Its devastation is truly worldwide. I was reading a book about pandemics and the author observed […]
…might as well buy a book-themed one!
In a time of unprecedented challenges, the big debate in libraryland is how/when libraries should reopen. There are good reasons on both sides of the ledger but as Saskatchewan libraries inch closer to reopening, here’s a few of the main ones… LIBRARIES *SHOULD* BEGIN RE-OPENING 1. The single biggest reason libraries should be reopening is […]
RPL closed all branches and sent staff home on March 18 which means we’re now into our third month of quarantine. (“Quarantine” is a bit misleading since I’ve obviously not been 100% locked at home during the past three months – trips to grocery stores, restaurants for pick-up, the “occasional” liquor store. Plus Shea’s going […]
This is too funny to wait for Music Monday…