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A desk for working parents at a Henrico Public Library goes viral, called a 'game-changer' by Newsweek
https://richmond.com/entertainment/a-desk-for-working-parents-at-a-henrico-public-library-goes-viral-called-a-game/article_75a622a0-dac5-5bb7-9047-cd6b1d9c37fe.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=916
When Richmonder Ali Faruk snapped a picture of a desk for working parents at Henricos Fairfield Area Library and posted it to Twitter, he didnt think much of it.
"A new public library in my area has these work stations for caregivers with babies!" he tweeted. "Maybe these are common in other places but [I've] never seen anything like this before."
The computer work-and-play stations at Fairfield Area Library debuted in 2019 when the brand new $29 million library opened to the public at 1401 N. Laburnum Ave. in Henrico.
There are four parent-child carrels joined together in a cluster on the second floor of the library in the childrens area. The desks were designed by the Henrico County Public Library and Quinn Evans, an architecture firm with a location based in Richmond, which designed the library. The idea for the parent-child carrels arose during the planning phase for the new 44,800-square-foot library building.
Washington Post link. God the Times-Dispatch sucks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/desk-for-working-parents-at-a-virginia-library-goes-viral/2022/01/29/fa10279e-810b-11ec-8cc8-b696564ba796_story.html
flying_wahini
(7,832 posts)hlthe2b
(105,429 posts)will that all go away now that the R(regressive) party has taken control?
Ms. Toad
(35,231 posts)(The last thread on this was quite . . . interesting . . .)
underpants
(185,651 posts)Didnt see it.
Ms. Toad
(35,231 posts)At least two librarians took extreme issue with this desk.
I'll see if I can find it.
Piasladic
(1,161 posts)Ms. Toad
(35,231 posts)Demovictory9
(33,330 posts)CurtEastPoint
(19,075 posts)unless they did something for HER.
VGNonly
(7,642 posts)demmiblue
(37,710 posts)Excellent idea!