Baltimore public libraries stay open to provide support to the community

Baltimore library staff.
(Image credit: Facebook.com/ThePrattLibrary)

With schools and businesses closed around them, Baltimore's public libraries remained open on Tuesday in order to provide area residents a welcoming space.

"It's at times like this that the community needs us," Roswell Encina, director of communications for the Enoch Pratt Free Library, told MTV News. "That's what the library has always been there for, from crises like this to a recession to the aftermath of severe weather. The library has been there. It happened in Ferguson; it's happening here." On Facebook, the Enoch Pratt Free Library posted photos of children who came in Tuesday, writing, "This is why we are open," and supporters from across the country left positive messages.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.