Storytime Evolved: What is the “New Normal” for Storytimes?

Authors

  • Shawn D. Walsh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.21.1.26

Abstract

To talk about how storytime has changed as a result of COVID-19, it’s important to talk about how it has stayed the same. Talking heads drone on about the “new normal,” and I don’t think that this is new. The evolution of storytime was already in motion. At most, COVID-19 accelerated it.

Storytime will always be storytime, regardless of whether it’s in person or online. However, how successfully that happens is up to you and your colleagues. And that is my story.

Author Biography

Shawn D. Walsh

Shawn D. Walsh is the Emerging Services and Technologies librarian for Madison (OH) Public Library. In a post-COVID world, his job has become a combination of marketing manager, technology manager, grant writer, and video executive producer. Working in libraries since 1997, Shawn has a BS/AS in computer information systems with a minor in marketing from Youngstown State University and a Master of Library and Information Science at Kent State University.

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Published

2023-04-04

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 1 (2023): Spring

Section

Features

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