At a press conference on the evening of March 11 2020, the Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, declared a closure of all non-critical public sector institutions likes schools, kindergartens, universities and libraries for 14 days. The context for this reopening of libraries in Roskilde is: Roskilde Municipality, Denmark has 85.000 citizens and our library organization consists of 6 libraries (one city library in Roskilde city were 50.000 of the 85.000 citizens live and 5 branch libraries in local communities), 3 local archives, 1 library bus, citizen services and a House of Culture for Children. Below I will as detailed as possible try to explain how we went about balancing safety with the reopening of some library services. ![]() It feels both liberating, important and right to be reopening libraries slowly in Denmark at this time but also alerting and with a huge amount of respect for the situation and the safety of staff and citizens – that is our main priority. Right now, for many citizens in the Roskilde community, that ‘crack’ is a hatch in a plexiglass window at our 6 libraries were they can get requested books, journals, music etc. “There is a crack in everything – that is how the light gets in” Leonard Cohen sings in the song Anthem. ![]() Even though the situation and practical circumstances varies from country to country and library to library, hopefully it can be of inspiration to others who are facing a step-by-step reopening of library services in the coming times. This blog post will be about our practical considerations and actions on reopening libraries in Roskilde Municipality after almost two months of lockdown due to coronavirus. Denmark are slowly reopening and so are the libraries.
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