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Libraries As ‘Second Responders’ In The COVID Crisis

AUDIENCE, WORDS Posted: April 2, 2020 11:02 am

“When libraries closed their doors abruptly, they immediately opened their digital communications, collaborations, and creative activity to reach their public in ways as novel as the virus that forced them into it. You can be sure that this is just the beginning. Today libraries are already acting and improvising.” Deborah Fallows gives some examples of what they’re doing. – The Atlantic

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AUDIENCE, WORDS Published: 03.31.20

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