Emergency Program Plans

 

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Who hasn't had something come up that necessitates either canceling or changing a planned program at the last moment? 

In a recent ALSC blog post, Blogger Amy Steinbauer shares her questions, thoughts and strategies on how to cope with these moments.  Amy writes "What to do with the patrons who made the effort to come to an event that now needs to be cancelled due to staff shortage/callouts/covid/desk coverage/branch needs, etc? Shouldn’t we provide something for the people who showed up? Is it our public service duty to provide service, no matter what? Maybe this thinking will veer into too much of an existential question. Because while we want to say yes to all that, I’m still unclear how our favorite message of “doing more with less” has ever actually provided us with anything more, usually it’s just than less and less and less."

Stop here to read the full post. [The Show Must Go On? Emergency Program Plans. Steinbauer, Amy. ALSC blog. November 29,2022]