{"id":1222,"date":"2021-05-03T13:19:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T13:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/?p=1222"},"modified":"2021-04-27T13:20:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T13:20:44","slug":"library-lockdown-reflection-what-we-achieved-how-were-working-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/2021\/05\/03\/library-lockdown-reflection-what-we-achieved-how-were-working-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Library lockdown reflection \u2013 what we achieved, how we\u2019re working now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1223\" style=\"width: 686px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1223\" data-attachment-id=\"1223\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/2021\/05\/03\/library-lockdown-reflection-what-we-achieved-how-were-working-now\/glen-carrie-af-gyalxzww-unsplash\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2021\/04\/glen-carrie-Af-gYALXZWw-unsplash-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Source&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2021\/04\/glen-carrie-Af-gYALXZWw-unsplash-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2021\/04\/glen-carrie-Af-gYALXZWw-unsplash-scaled.jpg?fit=676%2C451&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1223 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2021\/04\/glen-carrie-Af-gYALXZWw-unsplash.jpg?resize=676%2C451&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"scrabble tiles spelling lockdown\" width=\"676\" height=\"451\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2021\/04\/glen-carrie-Af-gYALXZWw-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2021\/04\/glen-carrie-Af-gYALXZWw-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2021\/04\/glen-carrie-Af-gYALXZWw-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2021\/04\/glen-carrie-Af-gYALXZWw-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2021\/04\/glen-carrie-Af-gYALXZWw-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2021\/04\/glen-carrie-Af-gYALXZWw-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=676%2C451&amp;ssl=1 676w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2021\/04\/glen-carrie-Af-gYALXZWw-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=272%2C182&amp;ssl=1 272w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2021\/04\/glen-carrie-Af-gYALXZWw-unsplash-scaled.jpg?w=1352&amp;ssl=1 1352w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 676px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 676\/451;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/Af-gYALXZWw\">Source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>As staff return to campus and libraries are once more staffed daily, it is going to be possible to provide more face-to-face assistance.<\/p>\n<p>However, throughout lockdown library staff have continued to work behind the scenes. 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