For area libraries and patrons, pandemic has meant a whole new story
For area libraries and patrons, pandemic has meant a whole new story By Luciana Perez-Uribe and Michelle Siegel Capital News Service WASHINGTON — When the COVID-19 pandemic emerged — but before everything truly shut down — Elyse Kovalsky’s first stop was the Mt. Pleasant Library on 16th Street in Northwest Washington. “When everyone else was freaking out and going to buy toilet paper, I freaked out and went to the library,” said Kovalsky, 39, an employee at a nonprofit in the city. “I got as many books as I could physically carry, and I remember walking home and they, at some ...
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