FROM MAKESHIFT TO MAINSTAY: What pandemic adaptations taught libraries about community needs.

WORK; INTERNET access; SANITATION; IMMUNIZATION; PUBLIC libraries; HEALTH; WORK environment; SCHOOLS; LIBRARIANS; COMMUNITIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; PUBLIC opinion; INFORMATION resources; REFLECTION (Philosophy); INFORMATION needs; LIBRARY public services; ONLINE education; COVID-19 pandemic; ACCESS to information

The article discusses what libraries learned about community needs during the pandemic. Topics covered include the practice of curbside pickup of books and other materials which had lessened in 2022, the continuing availability of parking lot Wi-Fi from libraries, the addition of digital materials, schools' continuing bookmobile journey, and analog adoption in rural areas. Also noted are schools' automation of their 3D-printing operations.