Mindful Moment with Mike: Tulsa County Library Helping Residents Remotely

Mindful Moment with Mike: Tulsa County Library Helping Residents Remotely

WORKS FOR YOU'S MIKE BROOKSSHOWSYOU SHOWS US HOW THERE STAFFIS WORKING REMOTELY ANDDOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TOHELP WHILE EVERYONE WORKSFROM HOME.

IN TODAY'SMINDFUL MOMENT WITH MIKE.YES... THEY'RE MAKINGTHEMSELVES AVAILABLE TOANSWER ALL KINDSOF QUESTIONS... THROUGH APHONE CALL... TEXT...EMAIL... EVEN INSTANTMESSAGING.

PLUS... THEY'REHELPING PEOPLE CELEBRATENATIONAL POETRY MONTH...We love poetry.

We think ithas a calming effect onpeople.

It brightens yourspirit so we're happy to beable to offer that littlebit of sunshine.

So again,people who don't have accessto computer or the internet,they can use theirtelephones to call in.

Wehave a line set up whereeveryday we're recording anew poem read by one of ourlibrarians.3:21 and they cancall in and hear that.

3:23And our phone line chat andemail features so people cancall in, they can askquestions, they can get helpif they're still trying tobridge the digital divide ofunderstanding how to usesome of these new devicesthey're not using.

We've hadbusinesses call in askinghow to make hand sanitizer,what's the best recipe to dothat in the best way.

Wehave research librariansavailable who can did intomore in depth questions ifneeded.SHE SAYS THERE'S A BEEN AHUGE INCREASE IN AUDIO BOOKSAND DIGITAL RESOURCES WHICHHELP PEOPLE LEARN A NEWLANGUAGE.

SO TULSANS AREN'TJUST BEING LAZY WHILESTAYING AT HOME.

WE ARELEARNING NEW THINGS ANDREADING NEW BOOKS.

AND THATIS GOOD NEWS.

MIKEBROOKS... TWO WORKS FOR YOU.CITY LEADERS ARE ENCOURAGINGTULSAN'S TO STAND STRONG ASTHE