Benjamin Wood
The Salt Lake City Public Library system is back up and running after a long year of closures and curbside services. In an interview with
City Weekly, Glendale Library branch manager Brooke Young describes how these important community resources are getting back to the old way of doing things but will keep some new tricks they ve learned during the coronavirus pandemic. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Benjamin Wood: When did the Glendale branch reopen?
Brooke Young: We did a trial run in late August/September of 2020 but then [COVID-19] cases got really high again, so we shut back down. We officially opened back up on March 15, [2021], which is exactly a year from when we closed.