Explore York Libraries and Archives Annual Review 2022 - Report - Page 7
APRIL TO JUNE 2020
Home Library Service: Delivered city
wide from Acomb and Clifton hubs
Library at Home offer: Online
SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 2020
All libraries open for browsing
and computer access
(no computers at New Earswick
and Dunnington due to social
distancing)
Safety visors for
frontline health
workers
Early in the first lockdown Explore
supported a project mobilising
makers in the fight against covid
to make free safety visors for
health workers. The project was
the idea of a couple of Explore
Labs digital makers, and
we donated our 3D
printers to support
them. Within a week
they had more than
50 printers and
the network grew
fast. They supplied
9,000 3D printed
safety visors.
Home Library Service: All libraries
(books delivered by volunteers)
Archives access: by appointment only at
York Explore
Library at Home offer: Online
All Reading Cafes open for
food and browsing and borrowing
JANUARY - MARCH 2021
Click and Collect offer: Reserved books or
‘Lucky Dip’ selections and computer access,
all by appointment only from Acomb,
Tang Hall, and York
Home Library Service: Delivered
city wide from Tang Hall
Looking forward –
100% Digital York
Lockdown highlighted
the disadvantages
for people who are
not online. Recognising
this gap, Explore took the
lead by organising a Digital
Inclusion webinar in July 2020.
84 organisations came together
to consider how this gap might be
closed, and the 100% Digital York
partnership was born. Its key priorities
are to make sure people can
embrace digital if they wish and
to provide help when needed.
The partnership continues to
develop during 2021 and
aims to establish a network
of digital champions
across the city.
Archives enquiries service by email:
Online
Library at Home: Online
Takeaway at Rowntree Park
and Hungate Reading Cafes
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