We spent the entire summer making plans for reopening, writing protocols for the institution, setting up crisis management plans, setting aside a “sick room”, spacing out all of our classrooms and study spaces to 6ft/2m “social distance”. Yeah, that poor word-choice was difficult to get back once...
More perplexing to me than toilet paper shortages, was the shortage of yeast in supermarkets everywhere. I scrounged message boards for news of where I can find this now seemingly “hot” item. As with other families, life under quarantine allowed ours to reclaim life’s simple pleasures like making...
In late 2019, a new coronavirus emerged and began to spread globally, causing a once in a lifetime pandemic. Personalizing the Pandemic offers a snapshot of how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the professional and personal lives of theological and religious studies librarians, especially as they b...
