Great advice!! I have lots of thoughts on this about some library messaging over the years not being helpful during a political change like this but overall many libraries are incredibly popular and in a good place to weather this. I've been through a few difficult political times but the flexibility of libraries in offering services and being community oriented and popular is very, very helpful in getting through this. I do feel for libraries in places where there is a lot of hostility for their mission, they might have a rougher time (or not---sometimes communities draw together during times of upheaval.
I think you're very right about people panicking at this moment. Half my family is doomscrolling and sending me horrendous screen shots about nothing but speculative nonsense. It's best to ignore it and wait until we know what we're actually facing. After all, a good portion of the people predicting disaster today were predicting a different outcome for this election, they're not always correct in their predictions!
Great advice!! I have lots of thoughts on this about some library messaging over the years not being helpful during a political change like this but overall many libraries are incredibly popular and in a good place to weather this. I've been through a few difficult political times but the flexibility of libraries in offering services and being community oriented and popular is very, very helpful in getting through this. I do feel for libraries in places where there is a lot of hostility for their mission, they might have a rougher time (or not---sometimes communities draw together during times of upheaval.
I think you're very right about people panicking at this moment. Half my family is doomscrolling and sending me horrendous screen shots about nothing but speculative nonsense. It's best to ignore it and wait until we know what we're actually facing. After all, a good portion of the people predicting disaster today were predicting a different outcome for this election, they're not always correct in their predictions!