I hope everyone is faring well out there. I'm continuing to adjust to this new normal. Ran some programs on facebook live, and also debuted a "Get to Know Us Through Books" series that I'm running over on Instagram and Facebook as well. I'll link to the first post below, but in short, I sent out a survey with thirty book related questions to all of my coworkers. I thought it would be a fun way for our patrons to learn a little more about us, and to also break up some of the stigma about librarian's being boring stuffed shirts. We have unorganized shelves! Not all of us enjoy classics! Etc. Our patrons are having fun with it, and sharing their own answers too. As far as the live programming goes, I hopped on the trend train and did a tutorial on how to make Dalgona, or Whipped, Coffee. If you haven't seen it yet, it's a coffee making technique where you combine instant coffee, sugar, and water, mix it really hard, and then science happens! The result is a fluffy coffee creation that I could eat with a spoon (you have to really like coffee to eat it with a spoon though.) The recipe is simple: it's equal parts (I did two tablespoons each) of instant coffee, hot to boiling water, and sugar (I used splenda, so the mixture turned out a little darker than it's Instagram counterparts.) While you can mix it by hand, I strongly recommend breaking out a hand mixer and knocking it out in three minutes versus twenty. Once it's fluffy, add it to a cup of milk and ice and stir. Our area has like four coffee shops in a five mile radius. We (not just staff but patrons too) have been jonesing for some fancy coffee, so this was a fun alternative. It's still not a white chocolate mocha with two pumps raspberry and an extra shot of espresso but... it'll do for now! I also did another watercolor paint along. Again, I want these to be fun and I want them to be basic. No sketching required, no fancy watercolor sets. Just a brush, some water, and your kid's watercolor palette. We made jellyfish this week, and they turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself. I ALSO started a Twitch channel for our library. Our teens are pretty into gaming, and I'm also into gaming... so this seemed like an excellent way to get them in on our digital programming. This week we played the Sims 4, and I attempted to build our library from memory. I've been in that place nearly every day for the last four years and it was still a struggle! We all had a lot of laughs over it. I was beyond grateful for the input from our viewers, let me tell you. I had low expectations for our first stream, but it actually had a decent turn out, and we had a lot of fun! The idea is to finish it up next week and have it available for patrons to download to their own Sims games at home. Unfortunately I am pretty new to Twitch, and I didn't realize it doesn't automatically record it and post it after a live stream, so we lost the footage from our first stream! But, lesson learned and I am ready for next week. Here are the links for anyone interested: Get to Know Crossroads Through Books, Day One Learn to Make Whipped Coffee Watercolor Paint-Along: Jellyfish
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