What isn’t at all fantastic is the way that the professional bodies, councils and heads of service still seem to be in denial about the shape of things to come.

This, finally and unarguably, is the time to rethink what the public needs, what they will use, what we can deliver in a world constrained by social distancing and public funding reduced to levels previously unimaginable.

We’ve spent the last 30 years trying to refurbish and recharge the old model as funds got cut and usage declined. Adding social distancing chevrons, face masks and disinfectant won’t help and won’t protect or encourage our traditional user groups – or staff.

The profession needs to see and extract the opportunity in this. Let’s not waste time, energy and dwindling funds on measuring up for plexiglass screens without first developing and articulating a bold shared vision.

If we don’t show some real imagination and true leadership now, we really will be sunk, this time below the waterline. Let’s get talking as never before, as one and without all the usual council-speak, to stakeholders, health experts, architects, publishers, authors and the IT sector.

I first walked into a library more than 60 years ago, I run and worked in libraries for over 50 years and I love them. But they have to change radically not cosmetically, and that’s not a bad thing if it means they survive and serve more people better.

Yes, yes I am. But as of now, one minister has resigned because of him, another announced he is considering changing the law for him and he did the press conference IN 10 DOWNING STREET.