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Eight Basic Literacies For Librarians: A New Normal Agenda For Librarianship Education, Lorri Mon
Eight Basic Literacies For Librarians: A New Normal Agenda For Librarianship Education, Lorri Mon
New Librarianship Symposia Series: Fall 2021
Proposal Abstract: A New Normal Agenda in a COVID-Affected World
During the COVID-19 pandemic, libraries became a vital community support hub for information and broadband access. In March 2020 as K-12 schools and universities shifted to all-online classes, librarians taught people to use technologies, provided wireless hubs for classes and homework to those lacking home broadband digital access, and offered distance education test proctoring as well as online books, articles and databases. People sought information about sewing masks and making homemade hand sanitizer, and some library makerspaces 3-D printed face shields. Libraries partnered in health efforts to distribute free masks, …