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How San Franciscans use their libraries is shifting dramatically | San Francisco Chronicle
By Nami Sumida, Dec. 31, 2022 With library buildings closed, book talks moved online and millions of fewer items checked out, the pandemic transformed San Francisco’s public libraries. Two and a half years later, all library branches are now open and operating at pre-COVID hours and circulation has nearly bounced back from its pandemic low.…
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How the pandemic affected our approach to reading and interpretation of books | The Conversation
Published: December 6, 2022 12.24pm EST, By Ben Davies and Christina Lupton During the pandemic, reading took on new meaning. People turned to books for comfort. Some read to confront difficult issues, especially following the murder of George Floyd in 2020. Others used reading as a way to care for their children in locked-down houses.…
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Quitting Time | American Libraries Magazine
The pandemic is exacerbating attrition among library workers By Lara Ewen | June 1, 2022 *Editor’s note: All librarian names have been changed to protect their privacy. Alex* can pinpoint the day she knew she was done with library work. “I was doing a lot of extra emotional support for people who didn’t have anybody…
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On Books: Read Dangerously, In the Margins, Write for Your Life : NPR
By Sharmila Mukherjee, May 13, 2022 What does this perilous time of disease and destruction ask of us as readers and writers? Three new books spotlight the power of the written word to foster creative responses to confinement and oppression — and to inspire deep change within us. Azar Nafisi’s Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power…
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Who should get a second Covid-19 vaccine booster shot — and when? – Vox
There is no right or wrong answer on getting another booster shot. Here’s what to consider. By Dylan Scott@dylanlscott dylan.scott@vox.com, Mar 31, 2022, 2:30pm EDT The Biden administration has approved a fourth Covid-19 vaccine shot for all Americans over age 50 and for all adults who are immunocompromised. But does that mean everybody who is…
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Libraries Find New Roles as Pandemic Lingers — Voice of San Diego
As Omicron surge slows reopening process, new online services such as portable Wi-Fi access are hot By Randy Dotinga, February 4, 2022 San Diego’s head librarian Misty Jones has a lot of numbers on her mind these days, and not just the Dewey Decimal System. Residents just besieged branches to snap up 20,000 rapid covid…
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Part Netflix, Part Amazon Warehouse, Libraries Adapted During Pandemic | Honolulu Civil Beat
Hawaii Public Libraries were among the first state agencies to physically reopen to the public after pandemic restrictions eased. By Lee Cataluna, January 23, 2022 · 6 min read If public libraries had been struggling for relevance in the digital age, they may have found it during the pandemic. Libraries are often thought of as…
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Rising number of Baby Boomers retirements may create ‘eye-opening’ changes, jobs, business, economy, Dayton, Kettering | Dayton daily news
Local News | July 17, 2021, By Nick Blizzard The growing number of Baby Boomer retirements nationwide is accelerating, raising concerns locally about losing a large chunk of the workforce sooner than expected. Data shows nearly 6 million more Boomers in the U.S. retired from October 2020 through March of this year than the same…
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Have vaccine, will travel: How a road trip served as a needed jolt from the blahs at home – The Washington Post
Travel By Kate SilverMay 21, 2021 at 7:00 a.m. PDT In early April, when my husband, Neil, and I had both secured vaccine appointments, he suggested a road trip. He had been fixing up a sporty old car — one of his many pandemic sanity projects — and wanted to put it to the test,…
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Hydroponic Gardening Offers a Space-Saving Way to Grow Your Own Food | WIRED
Lia Picard Gear, 05.08.2021 07:00 AM Today’s home kits are stylish, smart, and easier to use than ever. Here’s how to get started. We all became homesteaders during the pandemic. The inability to leave home and disruptions to the food supply chain led a lot people to plant gardens to grow their own food. Upon…
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Why We Feel Exhausted And Irritable And Lack Focus During The Pandemic : Shots – Health News : NPR
Updated May 7, 20215:52 AM ET, Rhitu Chatterjee Twitter In recent weeks, Dr. Kali Cyrus has struggled with periods of exhaustion. “I am taking a nap in between patients,” says Cyrus, a psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins University. “I’m going to bed earlier. It’s hard to even just get out of bed. I don’t feel like…
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Baseball lifts San Diego’s spirits. Can it revive a pandemic-stricken U.S. economy? | Reuters
By Daniel Trotta, Chris Canipe, and Howard Schneider May 6, 20218:09 AM PDT It was Saturday night in downtown San Diego, and J Street near the Petco Park baseball stadium was bustling. Fans of the hometown Padres, many decked out in team gear, packed the bars and restaurants with more waiting in line and happy…
