Safety of our staff members, our visitors, our scholars, is our First Priority at the library of congress and so we are follow centers for Disease Control recommendations and guidelines and all of our buildings are close told the public until further notice. However it is the librarys mission to engage and connect with our users, and so we have been rolling out various programs virtually, for parents and teachers, scholars, students, and everyone who can benefit, we hope, from our resources online. And so please visit our website, loc. Gov for more useful information, not only about what is going on currently but also things you could use during this time. Now to our event. Well be joined by bestselling author john. In barry who will be discussing his book, the great influenza, the epic story of the deadliest plague in history. He will be joined in conversation by mr. David ruben stein, our chair of the National Book festival and author of the american story. Conversations with master