Editor's note

Abstract

Andrea Lydon has written about Source – Uncovering stories of art in Ireland, a national project in its last stages of completion (2017–2021) to catalogue and digitise archives and documentation related to Irish art held at the National Gallery of Ireland's ESB Centre for the Study of Irish Art. COVID-19 pandemic At the time of this issue going into production, late March, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has become a public health emergency unprecedented in modern times, with wide-ranging social and economic implications for many countries around the world. The implementation of social distancing measures have included total or partial public and university library systems closures, museum and gallery closures, and the suspension of public activities in countless educational and cultural institutions in Asia, Europe and North America, currently (see data and resources compiled by IFLA in: “COVID-19 and the Global Library Field” https://www.ifla.org/covid-19-and-libraries) In this context, digital resources and services are key to libraries being able to continue to fulfil their missions.