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Elementary school media specialists have an important and supporting role in helping PreK-5th grade learners develop literacy skills and engage in appropriate use of technology while learning. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020-2021, teachers and family members found themselves cast in new roles. Teachers needed to develop strategies to deliver remote learning and families needed to develop strategies to support their children during literacy development using a remote format. The elementary school media specialist's role pivoted to help make connections between the school and home in supporting the unique positions teachers, librarians, families, and learners found themselves. This chapter offers an overview of the strategies one media coordinator used to help develop and implement as instruction moved to emergency remote teaching. The use of technology became paramount in engaging learners and delivering instruction.