Today is the first of three COVIDCalls special episodes in partnership with two great research libraries: the American Philosophical Society and the Linda Hall Library.  These episodes will explore challenges and changes for research libraries and the scholars that use them in the time of COVID.  We will be especially interested to think about the ways that library and archival materials in the history of science, technology, and medicine can teach us about COVID-19. 

Adrianna Link is the Head of Scholarly Programs at the American Philosophical Society. She received her Ph.D. from the Department of History of Science and Technology at The Johns Hopkins University in 2016, where she specialized in the history of 20th c. American anthropology.  She is currently preparing a book manuscript on the history of "urgent anthropology" at the Smithsonian Institution

Lisa Browar was appointed President of the Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology in July 2008.  Prior to accepting this position, she was University Librarian at The New School in New York City from 2002 until 2008.  Lisa previously served as the Brooke Russell Astor Chief Librarian for Rare Books and Manuscripts at The New York Public Library.