The Urban Libraries Council has named St. Louis County Library one of the 10 Top Innovators during the 2020 Innovations Celebration held virtually Dec. 11. The annual Innovations award program recognizes and raises the visibility of cutting-edge programs, strategies, tools, techniques and ideas from ULC’s member library systems across the U.S. and Canada.
St. Louis County Library (SLCL) was selected by a panel of expert judges from 260 submissions in 10 categories that showcase creative thinking and imaginative applications of library resources. The Innovator award recognizes St. Louis County Library’s Drive-Thru Services in the Wellness, Safety and Sustainability category.
Throughout the pandemic, SLCL has worked with a variety of community partners to provide critical resources to the region. Branch parking lots have been used to distribute vital services such as drive-thru meals and fresh produce with Operation Food Search (over 1 million meals provided to date), emerge
St Louis hospitals are still at capacity, and a surge in cases is expected following Thanksgiving gatherings
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Widespread prevention of the COVID-19 virus is still many months away despite at least three new vaccines that could start distribution as soon as this month.
The vaccines signal a potential end to the pandemic that has halted everything in 2020, but they won’t affect the current surge overwhelming hospitals in St. Louis.
“I celebrate the vaccine, but I also offer a word of caution that this is not going to change anything for a significant period of time,” said Dr. Alex Garza, the head of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, in a videoconferenced presentation at the Economic Outlook Breakfast at LiUNA in Sunset Hills Nov. 12. “So a light at the end of the tunnel, but we’ve still got a long tunnel to go through.”