Barbara A. Ferrara, Susan La Paro, Billette Ripy, Jeffrey D. Kozak, H. Hannan, Elizabeth Kocevar-Weidinger, Kaitlyn M. Hodges, Jonathan Bradley, Kayla B McNabb, Alice Rogers, Sonia Alcántara-Antoine, W. Yarbrough, Dana Bomba, Stephen Hudson
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The need to support learning and provide equal access to information does not stop when a health emergency arises. It becomes even more important, and as such, libraries of all types in the Commonwealth quickly responded to 2020’s emerging crisis by enhancing existing services and creating innovative new services, proving that once again, library staff are vital participants in providing for the well-being of patrons. This column explores how library workers and libraries in Virginia quickly adapted to restrictions imposed as the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread.