Staff and volunteers at the Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Library celebrated Halloween week by dressing up each day. (From left) Roberta Champeau, Lynn Herman and Christina Johnson are pictured on Library Cat Day. Submitted.
Library use soared as local librarians innovated to meet patrons’ needs during a COVID-19-challenged year
During a time when so many people and businesses were struggling to find themselves at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, the eight libraries in Door County wasted no time moving into a new normal.
They shut down, of course, while the state’s Safer at Home emergency order was in effect, but innovations were soon in place. Virtual programming started with book clubs and story times, then transitioned into a summer reading program.
Door County Library Director Tina Kakuske said it was exciting to find new ways to connect not only with…