Second Report of the Depository Library Council’s Working Group on the Long-Term Impacts of COVID-19 on Federal Depository Library Access, Collections, and Services (October 18, 2024)

The COVID Impact Working Group is tasked with assessing the immediate and long-term impact of COVID-19 mitigation policies and procedures in Federal depository libraries. This second report offers an ongoing analysis of how the operations of Federal depository libraries (FDLs) have continued to be affected by COVID-19. It is based on the responses to Question 4 of the 2023 Biennial Survey of Depository Libraries. With this report comes the capability to compare two data sets that allow for direct comparisons of multiple years of Biennial Survey results. The report contains recommendations for Council’s consideration to transmit to the Director of the U.S. Government Publishing Office.