How COVID-19 Affected the Cove's Libraries

Martinsburg Community Library

The director of Martinsburg Community Library, Danette Feathers, said that the library shut down due to COVID-19 on March 13, 2020. No one was allowed on the property for 10 weeks, though Feathers still checked on the library every Monday during these weeks. Feathers worked from home and came up with needed policies to work through the pandemic.

The week before Memorial Day, May 25, 2020, staff started to come into the library to prepare for patrons. Staff sanitized nearly everything, placed plexiglass around the library and worked to follow guidelines the CDC was...