According to the original press release, today is the first day of Boston Public Library's New Normal. At some point, I'll go to Copley and pickup my next reading from a designated 'contactless pickup' area, the details of which are (somewhere else) online.
I'm not sure what to expect, but it probably shouldn't be too complicated. It struck me the other day that in The Good Old Days, I would grab my books from a 'hold' shelf, use a self-serve checkout kiosk, and never come within six feet of a soul. My point is that the library already ran a system very close to Pandemic Proof.
I'm not expecting huge problems just because the library is loaning out the Berenstain Bears again. It's everywhere else, where pre-COVID business practices brought me within touching distance of all others, that I remain wary of as we tiptoe through Phase 2.
