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Virtual Resources
and Activities Abound:
COVID-19 Won’t Keep Us Down!
Libraries don’t close for spring break,
but this was the spring of COVID-19.
Because the Library serves as a community
connection for everyone, when the doors
closed in March, staff got busy delivering
virtual services from their homes.
“While we could not create a sense of
normalcy for our Library community, we
could embrace our new reality and learn
how to offer our services differently,” says
Library Director Amy Switzer. “Staff came
up with good, creative ideas.”
Adult and children’s staff set to work
researching and developing resource
pages for children (shakerlibrary.
org/kids/learning-resources) to help
supplement virtual learning, and for
adults (shakerlibrary.org/services/libraryresources)
to lead them to educational
and entertainment sites. Not only
did they promote the Library’s virtual
eLibrary and access to helpful databases
including Lynda.com – where people can
learn business, software, technology,
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Cook the Book attendees
took to Zoom to share
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and creative skills – they also led readers to exercise sites and places where they could
volunteer digitally.
With thought to the recently unemployed and struggling small businesses, staff
created a helpful resource page for them. (shakerlibrary.org/services/employmentresources/
covid-19). Staff also joined in the City’s initiative of creating cheerful message
cards for seniors (shakeronline/690/volunteerdonate).
During April’s National Poetry Month, staff videotaped themselves reading their
favorite poems and shared them online. Some read from books and some used props
and special effects from their home offices. Children’s staff pivoted from in-person story
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