Health Information Needs of Public Library Leaders during COVID-19.

During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020-2021, public library leaders across the United States were forced to make decisions quickly that affected the services and resources they were able to provide. However, the health information they had to make decisions on was imperfect and constantly changing. Interviews with 23 public library managers and directors revealed that more authoritative local data was needed for decision-making and to share with their service populations.