Excerpt of my Webinar on "Changing Time, Changing Libraries: Repositioning and Strategizing Community Engagement :Repositioning and Strategizing Community Engagement” organized by Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Ministry of Culture, New Delhi on May 15, 2020
The deliberation is on to make the peer group to understand the impending change of life due to COVID-19 pandemic. It explains how to tackle the change through Change Management. I also discussed about the strategies of the libraries during lock down and post lock down. The strategies are substantiated by the global case studies.
The International Media visualized the change of life post lock down in the following ways:
The deliberation is on to make the peer group to understand the impending change of life due to COVID-19 pandemic. It explains how to tackle the change through Change Management. I also discussed about the strategies of the libraries during lock down and post lock down. The strategies are substantiated by the global case studies.
The new normal of social distancing, masks, gloves and washing of our hands is here to stay. Even if all restrictions are lifted, until a vaccine is found, we have to remember that the virus is still among us.
Empty-chair economy, with new shift patterns at factories, half-full buses and trains, staggered opening hours and unusually roomy restaurants.
Young working couples will be adapted to ‘Work From Home’ (WFH), home-schooled their children, and used video-conferencing for work calls and family socials.
Social bubbles
Each household is a bubble. Citizens can now expand their bubble by inviting up to two specific additional people into it who, ideally, live close by. In other words, two bubbles bump together and become one. Social contact increases in a controlled way: grandparents see family, singletons can meet up instead of being home alone.
Technology to track, trace and test
Roll-out of smartphone apps to track infections. More and more nations - or at least those that can afford it - are designing apps for their population.
Virtual personal exclusion zones
A safety system like wristband which buzzes, if workers who may be too busy to notice each other inadvertently become too close.
Staggered school days
Lots of teachers say social distancing can't be done in schools. But Norway is giving it a try. Children are now arriving for school at staggered times to prevent overcrowding at the gates. Parents can't come inside and mill around for a chat with friends.
Teachers then take the students and place them in small groups which, crucially, they must remain in - both for lessons and playtime-without variation.
Colour-coding communities
Iran is experimenting with a flexible approach that allows more freedom in areas that are the least affected. Towns and cities across the country are being graded white, yellow or red - and each of those designations indicates the level of infections and deaths - and what level of easing each community should expect. The more places that are coded white based on the local health data, the more freedom there will be.
Passport to freedom?
China, on the other hand, has decided to colour-code people rather than places - the first nation effectively to license people to go about freely.
A month ago it rolled out a health status smartphone app. In the corona virus epicenter of Wuhan, residents must show their status to use public transport. If they're green, they're healthy and good to go. If they're red, they should be in isolation as a known sufferer of Covid-19.
Musk and Sanitiser Vending Machine at Workplaces
Plexiglass barriers to be installed in Worktables and Dinning tables