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<p>Although physical library locations have closed, library services continue to provide
and deliver services to its users. This includes online services such as access to
e-books and e-audiobooks, where there has been a significant increase in demand, as
well as developing innovative and exciting digital ways to provide services such as
Rhyme Time and Storytimes, often reaching far more people than before.</p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>Ministers and officials have held regular calls with public library
stakeholders, including the Local Government Association (LGA) since the announcement
on 23 March that libraries were to close. These now include discussions related to
the re-opening of library services and how this can be achieved in a safe way for
both staff and users.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DCMS is working with the library
sector and the LGA to identify issues, and to develop guidance, around the measures
that public libraries will need to take to enable physical library buildings to reopen
and for services to begin to be restored in a phased manner in due course.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p>
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