COVID-19

  • COVID Vaccine Clinics at The Seattle Public Library – Summer 2023

    Have you gotten your COVID vaccine booster so you can safely gather with friends this summer? Get it done during a trip to the Library. Public Health – Seattle & King County is hosting free community vaccine clinics at a number of Library locations over the next few weeks. All approved vaccines will be available for… Continue reading

  • COVID Vaccine Clinics at The Seattle Public Library

    Public Health – Seattle & King County is hosting free vaccine pop-up clinics at several Library locations this fall. More clinics may be added. First and second doses of vaccines will be available as well as the updated (bivalent) booster for qualified individuals. Walk-ups are welcome, but you can register ahead of time for some… Continue reading

  • COVID-19 Rapid Testing Kits Available at Libraries

    Starting this week, The Seattle Public Library will begin distributing a limited supply of COVID-19 rapid testing kits at all 27 of our locations. Public Health — Seattle & King County is providing these free self-tests to the community to make it easier for those most impacted by COVID-19 to test when they need to… Continue reading

  • Reduced Hours at Most Library Locations Starting Friday, Jan. 21.

    Starting Friday, Jan. 21, open hours will be temporarily reduced at most locations of The Seattle Public Library due to staffing shortages related to the current surge of COVID-19 cases in our community. We are making these temporary reductions to provide more consistent and reliable operating hours for Library patrons. Starting Friday, Jan. 21, Library… Continue reading

  • Pregnancy During Pandemic

    The pandemic was a very odd time to be pregnant. All the ideas I had about community and gathering and connection was very different, but also in a way I didn’t have to share this time with anyone besides just my husband and I. I had a small bubble I could reach out to, I… Continue reading

  • Toolkit for Tough Times: A Sheltering Place

    Happy Starts at Home.  These days, it can take a bit of doing to get to happy! For some it is, exactly, how to work with My Small Space and others, My Bedroom is an Office and Other Interior Design Dilemmas.  See what I mean? It takes work to get to that Clutter-Free Home and… Continue reading

  • Three on a Theme: Pandemic Philosophy

    As we progress into what seems like the umpteenth month of this pandemic, the long-term effects of what it feels like to be isolated from loved ones, constantly exposed to news reports about death and infection rates are starting to feel quite exhausting. Even though some lockdown measures are slowly thawing (have you tried curbside… Continue reading

  • Contemporary Plays Available as E-Books

    Months into this pandemic, Seattle’s theatres are still dark and the Central Library’s amazing play file is still behind closed doors. Nonetheless, there are still ways for you to access play scripts virtually and stay engaged with some stimulating contemporary theatre as we all await the theatres’ re-openings. Here are three plays that are available… Continue reading

  • Pandemic Post-Apocalyptic Podcast

    Pandemic Post-Apocalyptic Podcast

    It was amazing, astounding, this loss of communication with the world. It was exactly as if the world had ceased, been blotted out. …With the coming of the Scarlet Death the world fell apart, absolutely, irretrievably. – The Scarlet Plague, by Jack London Just a handful of years after the novella quoted above came out,… Continue reading

  • Covid-19 Community Collection

    Are you interested in helping the Library’s Special Collections Department document history? Please consider contributing to our new Covid-19 Community Collection! We are asking you to tell us (and show us) how the events of the past few months have impacted you. We are looking for stories, photographs, signs, artwork, short videos and other materials… Continue reading

  • Fiction eBooks – Available NOW!

    Hundreds of Always Available fiction eBooks are now available until June 30th due to the generosity of several publishers and distributors. Check some out while you wait for your holds to be filled and for the library to reopen. This collection is particularly a boon for fans of translated fiction. Some highlights include Sayaka Murata’s… Continue reading

  • Noteworthy Nonfiction eBooks – Available NOW!

    Thanks to the generosity of several publishers and distributors, The Seattle Public Library now provides access to hundreds of Always Available nonfiction eBooks until June 30th! While you wait for your holds to be filled and for the library to reopen, check some of these out. Five National Book Award nominees are available, including two… Continue reading

  • Imagining Life, Post-Pandemic

    There was a time – two months or so ago – when readers flocked to dystopian fiction so that they might imagine  what strange, dark days might lay ahead. Now that we’re all living through something that feels a bit like sci-fi itself, futuristic fiction is still there to help us envision and contemplate the… Continue reading