5 10 56 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document The public library in Davidson closed at 5:00 pm on March 17th. When the announcement of our impending closure was made, our loyal Davidson customers came through the library like a swarm of locusts, gobbling up bags of books, movies, music and more. We answered the endlessly ringing phone, checked in returns at an unheard of pace, and asked everyone to maintain social distancing as we headed into the unknown. It was chaos, and then total silence. We locked the doors and left. We haven't been back since. In the days and weeks that followed, life became weird. We stayed home, washed our hands and made masks. We called and texted with our family and friends. We learned Zoom. We watched the morning news, the evening news, the news feed on our phones and binge watched Netflix, all in our yoga pants. And we waited. As a librarian and information professional, I am not used to such quiet days (although I am known to revel in them). Weeks later, in the midst of the now too long quiet of my non-existent work life, came an interesting, welcome email, like a daffodil poking up through the ground that is still frozen in winter. The library was beginning to offer story times online. To no one's surprise, they became a big hit. But what about something for adults? Virtual book clubs were the answer. While the Town of Davidson has at least 36 registered book clubs, some dating back before 1900, people are always looking for more. At the Davidson Public Library we usually host five adult book clubs per month. I reached out to our wonderful volunteers. Three of our five were willing to come back online. In my comfy yoga pants I emailed our groups. I posted the virtual version of our book clubs on the library website. I learned Jitsi, the platform the library was using to offer programming, and I waited. On the day of the first virtual book club I walked my dogs, put on some blush, lipstick and a pretty scarf (something I hadn't done in weeks) and logged into my computer at home. It was 10:45 am and the book club was scheduled for 12:00 noon. Nineteen people has signed up. I was nervous and excited, wondering what this new experience would be like. I opened my browser and couldn't connect. My internet was down! It had been fine the whole morning! A frantic call to our service provided gave me the dreaded "service outage in your area" message. Heart pounding, I grabbed my laptop, my car keys, my book, my notes, my coffee in an actual mug because who knew where the travel mugs were anymore, and headed out the door to.... the parking lot of the public library where the WiFi was still on. I sat scrunched up in my car on this cold, wet day, with my stuff spread out on the other seat and the floor, and logged in. There on my screen in my Jitsi room were the smiling faces of my History and Historical Fiction Book Club. Before this moment I had thought I was doing OK. I was relishing the quiet of home, the less frantic pace, the joy of staying up late. But I had not realized until this moment how much I had missed these wonderful, smart, courageous people. My heart sang. We spent a joyous hour catching up on how we were doing, learning the ins and outs of virtual meetings, discussing the finer points of our book, "Pope Joan", but mostly just being really happy to be together - even virtually - again. Our meeting finished, I closed up my laptop and gathered my stuff, feeling grateful for a flexible library system that encouraged us to take our programming online, for flexible library customers who were willing to try new ways of staying in touch, and yes - grateful for my flexible yoga pants that let me stay comfortably all scrunched up in my car while running the virtual book club. Once the internet came back at home, I ordered two more pairs. Let's hear it for flexibility. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource On Flexibility Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nancy Lingle Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Community Member Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 05/22/2020 Description An account of the resource A public librarian shares her story of learning to host online book clubs, dealing with internet issues and how remaining flexible is the key to it all. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Davidson, North Carolina https://davidsonlibraryexhibits.net/covid-19/files/original/1a1c4eb88294095a1fda54d8f92498d9.jpg e59d93da6a7984401d6790b5d43bb26b Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource COVID-19 Graffiti Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mark Sample Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Faculty Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 03/15/2020 Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Description An account of the resource COVID-19 graffiti on a gated culvert pipe on the campus of Davidson College Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Davidson College https://davidsonlibraryexhibits.net/covid-19/files/original/b8a3a2c0dd597b76244bff743478ec3f.jpg 471e655b6c28311732a4ce006a0df90d Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Town of Davidson Outdoors Social Distancing Sign Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cara Evanson Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Staff Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 03/28/2020 Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Description An account of the resource Town of Davidson sign encouraging social distancing and other public safety practices when visiting parks and trails. It was posted in front of a playground at Roosevelt Wilson park that had been wrapped with orange fencing. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Roosevelt Wilson Park in Davidson, NC https://davidsonlibraryexhibits.net/covid-19/files/original/589db660645ab0ec1da5b6e1979d2c1b.jpeg ce5fb97b59fe2ce78833c7f706ecdf55 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Belk Arena - Shadow Pattern From Empty Seats Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource John Christian Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Staff Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 05/07/2020 Type The nature or genre of the resource Photo Description An account of the resource Looking forward to the return of our students to campus buildings. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Davidson College Belk Arena Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document The story of the Syrophoenician Woman from the Gospel of Mark 7:24-30. My friend at Sojourners hopes the poem will find a place. I can think of no better place than at Davidson. It represents what was planted on the grounds of Davidson. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Refugees: Covid-19 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kemmer Anderson Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Alumna/us Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 04/15/2020 Description An account of the resource After hearing that President had canceled funding for W.H.O. I checked with a retired doctor-writer on Signal Mountain. He felt like I did, this was an immoral betrayal. After taking part in a phone conference with Amnesty International on Refuges and COVID-19 and listened to the first question about the funding for W.H.O. I wrote a first draft and sent it my classmate Dr. Steve Humphrey ('67) who had just returned from Uganda on a cardiology teaching mission. He said go with it. I wrote another draft with his words "manage on the ground" Here is the poem: Refugees & COVID-19 Mark 7:24-30 I am the daughter of the Syrian-Phoenician woman, The child whom Jesus healed long ago. Now we are in a refugee camp. My mother Is dying from coronavirus and cannot breathe. Her fever is high. The virus is like that demon. But this time it ravages the lungs unlike the demon That tore up my mind with that evil spirit. I am looking for Jesus. No one can help us. Your President has cut off funding from W.H.O. The World Health Organization knows how to manage A crisis on the ground: governments lie to their citizens. Where is Jesus? He is nowhere to be found. Our hospitals have been bombed. We need intensive Care, an international rescue. No one will help us: All we get is silence. The virus is sweeping the camps. We need doctors, masks, gloves, ventilators. Cramped like cattle in a stockyard, we live in tents. Help us. Even the dogs in your humane society Eat better than we do on crumbs of foreign aid. Your indifference is killing us. Your hearts are ice. Where does our help come from? Bishops Sing God has the whole world in his hands. But there are no hands in the refugee camps But yours. Are Christians dead? Where is Jesus? Who can make a vaccine to cast out this evil Germ that eats away our lungs like a man dying, Heaving breath on a cross from execution? Who? Come quickly. People are dying. Kemmer Anderson ‘67 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant In my office at 6:30 AM 4/16 after wrestling and planning it out. Since I had published poems and written letters to the editor and rode back from England sitting next to a Syrian-American returning from Damascus, I moved into poem space with talent for justice that I learned from my janitor and friend during the 60's Tam Connor. https://davidsonlibraryexhibits.net/covid-19/files/original/86c472b5eb82d744fe9bb57e243d706f.jpg fefbf8e1b0e275d47e31b3f105f9dab8 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource C19 3.20 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource John Christian Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Staff Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 03/05/2020 Type The nature or genre of the resource Artwork Description An account of the resource Acrylic paint on wood panel. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Personal studio, Davidson, NC Hyperlink A link, or reference, to another resource on the Internet. URL https://wildcat-career-news.davidson.edu/career-exploration-and-development/3-ways-to-increase-productivity-while-at-home/ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 3 Ways to Increase Productivity While at Home Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Stephen Shank Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Student Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 4/1/20 Description An account of the resource This blog looks at ways students can increase their productivity while doing work from home. https://davidsonlibraryexhibits.net/covid-19/files/original/a72470f533efe9e5db3c419e636c0258.jpg ab61b4b41f0acfb4269f9ca9c0f3d8c4 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Going to the vet circa COVID-19 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sharon Byrd Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Staff Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 04/24/2020 Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Description An account of the resource Before COVID-19 a trip to the vet involved going in, talking with the doctors and techs, and waiting with our pets. Today, I took my four-legged baby, Pace, in for surgery, and had to hand him off to the staff in the parking lot. Thank goodness, my super vet is still able to take care of my boy! Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cornelius, NC https://davidsonlibraryexhibits.net/covid-19/files/original/964ea14acfdde3ed98ddd72fab9f0db3.pdf 91d6709f5be29cffb49a4e4908e64459 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2020 Earth Day 50th Anniversary COVID Communications Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Yancey Fouche Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Staff Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 04/24/2020 Type The nature or genre of the resource PDF archive of e-mails Description An account of the resource This e-mail series documents the transition of Earth Day 50th anniversary programming from in-person campus programs to virtual sharing with select students, alumni, faculty, staff, and community members during the stay-at-home order period of Spring 2020. Series was created using Mailchimp e-mail management system and sent to the Office of Sustainability mailing list by Director of Sustainability Yancey Fouche. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Director of Sustainability Yancey Fouche's home in Cornelius, NC (working remotely during stay at home orders) https://davidsonlibraryexhibits.net/covid-19/files/original/46bfd744f478f20cac5bb17b73d91410.jpeg a2b944ee57726ed99774627aab2d5d99 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Finding Your Castle Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dr. Edward Boye Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Community Member Date Created Date of creation of the resource. April 8, 2020 Type The nature or genre of the resource Painting Description An account of the resource This time has given me the opportunity to discover one of the talents God has given me. I am grateful that the people walking in front of my house where I am displaying my paintings seem to be creating their own fantasies and joy as they stand taking in the scene. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant My studio