Public Libraries in the time of COVID

Jessamyn West
librarian.net/talks/covid
Vermont Humanities Council - 10mar21

Slides

• PDF of these slides, all the slides on one page
• See this talk on YouTube, Facebook

Links & Notes

• Public library statistics from VTLIB
• IMLS CARES Act Grants for libraries and museums
• OCLC's REALM Project
• VTLIB COVID Status Survey
• Vermont Public Service - Wifi Hotspots
• Vermont Library Association's COVID-19 vaccination statement
• VTLIB's COVID-19 information page
• Vermont Library Association's events calendar

Libraries Shown

• Background image: Stowe Free Library
• Safety Guidelines video from St. J Athenaeum
• Domes of Yosemite facemask from St. J
• Waterbury Public Library
• Bixby Memorial Free Library (Vergennes) Lego competition
• Rochester Public Library
• books from Kimball Library in Randolph
• Greensboro Free Library and Cabot Public Library
• Windsor's virtual dog show Co-sponsored by Windsor On Air.
• Manchester Community Library's Crafternoons
• What's Going on Online and Outside talk
• Ice Harvesting in Acton and New England from Acton (MA) Historical society
• Norwich Library and Norwich Historical Society's "Norwich Circles" project
• Barnet Public Library's "library on the lawn"
• Peacham Library and their "social distancce aids"
• Jeudevine Library's instagram (Hardwick)
• Charlotte Library's activity kits
• Ainsworth's Book Bingo
• Lincoln Library
• A list of all of Vermont's public libraries' websites