Future. Libraries. Now.

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There have been many changes in our lives and communities since March 2020, a month which now marks the beginning of widespread concern about the COVID-19 pandemic. But, the memory that always sticks in my mind from that month were the closings. Specifically, the closing of the library and the schools.

In March of 2020, I was physically and metaphorically living in-between three spaces which are central to my life: a…