Towards a National Collection

Thanks to COVID-19, big changes have taken place almost overnight in the ways that we communicate with each other. Tools such as Zoom and Teams, Skype and Webex, offering video-based meeting facilities, are not new – some have been around since the last century – but far fewer of us were using them until February 2020. They have since become part of everyone’s daily lives, transforming the ways in which learning is delivered in schools, colleges, and universities; business meetings are held; societies deliver lectures and events; faith groups deliver religious services; and arts organisations put on concerts, performances, and exhibitions. It’s not the same as hanging out with rea