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B.Lauciuvienė, looking at the weekly data from the library, is still surprised: the activity of readers during this quarantine is growing. “We can only offer one service: book publishing. Most people order books online in advance. Come here just to collect. We notice that more books are taken at the same time: five or six. It is taken for you, children, elderly parents or neighbors, ”said the library manager.
According to her, the government’s decision to allow the libraries to function during quarantine is welcome. People always thank librarians for the joy they left reading. “Of course, almost everything has moved into the electronic space. Only older people sometimes have a hard time getting caught up in the library system, they have to help, ”added the library manager.
Library file photo / Bronislava Lauciuvienė, head of the library
Readers cannot walk around the fund and choose books, reading rooms are closed. True, there are several shelves left with the most recent and popular publications.
Posts returned by readers are bagged and, as librarians joke, quarantined for at least 72 hours.
There are fifty readers lined up for the book.
Kristina Kundrotienė, deputy director of the I.Simonaitytė library, stated that the preparation for the second quarantine was more robust. In the library the so-called library terminal has appeared, which allows readers to avoid any contact with staff. The news became popular quite quickly, the terminal is often crowded.
“As with the postal machines, we also ask that you collect the books as soon as possible, as other readers are waiting,” he said.
He said that sometimes he has to see a line of readers running through the library courtyard.
15min photo / book by Delia Owens “Where cancers sing”. Almost fifty readers of the I. Simonaitytė library are waiting for this book.
“People who read, keep reading. We just noticed that fiction is more popular now, ”said K. Kundrotienė.
However, he noted that older readers can often be seen in line. “You miss eye contact, people. We are often asked why pharmacies and libraries that treat orally cannot function at full capacity, ”said the library employee.
The I.Simonaityt biblioteca library staff compiled a list of books with 30-50 people waiting in line. These are “Mud of America” by J.Cummins, “Peter’s Empress” by K.Sabaliauskaitė, “Where Cancer Sing” by D.Owens, “God with Slippers” by J.Gaižauskas, “Beloved” by R.Hausmann , all A. Marsons detectives.
It is remarkable that readers are following the announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature. After that, interest in these authors and their books grows.
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