Catherine Hoang and Tamekia Jackson
Recorded
January 16, 2025
42:06 minutes
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Id:
ddd001956
Description
StoryCorps facilitator Tamekia Jackson (38) interviews public technology services librarian Catherine Hoang [no age given] about her work at the San Diego Public Library during the COVID-19 pandemic. Catherine describes and celebrates how the library served the community during lockdown through creativity and problem-solving.Subject Log / Time Code
Catherine Hoang (CH) shares how she came to work for the San Diego Public Library. She explains her role overseeing the library system's technology services.
CH and Tamekia Jackson (TJ) discuss the maker spaces at the San Diego Public Library.
CH remembers being on a snowboarding trip when the COVID-19 lockdown began.
CH outlines the San Diego Public Library's response to lockdown. She describes how staff used the Central Library's maker space to create face masks and shields.
CH describes the library's archival project, "Snapshot: A Photo Journal of Life During the Pandemic."
CH celebrates the partnerships that the library built by donating protective gear to the community.
CH emphasizes how rewarding it was to keep the library open during the pandemic.
CH describes how the library resumed in-person services.
CH reflects on the mental toll of working during the pandemic. She considers how being a problem-solver served her and her team well.
CH expresses gratitude for the library's executive team, staff, and supporters.
Participants
- Catherine Hoang
- Tamekia Jackson