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Wwa Reflection: Losing Sight, Making Scholarship, Sabrina M. Durso

ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830

No abstract provided.

“Pandemic Brain,” Burnout, And 2022, Olivia R. Smith Schlinck

Library Staff Online Publications

In my first post, I wrote about the big feelings our students might be grappling with and how to approach the semester carefully, with kindness and grace. Lately I’ve been asking myself: how do we do the same for ourselves? Something about this moment – this month, this semester, this year, you pick – feels. . . off. People are stressed, depressed, or entirely burnt out. People are quitting their jobs at higher-than-average rates and having trouble focusing on their work, feeling overwhelmed and distracted. It’s almost 2022 and people are still struggling with processing 2020.

A Bibliography On The Impact Of Covid-19 Pandemic On Education And Libraries, Rejoice Ntombifuthi Mthembu, Simeon Ambrose Nwone (Phd)

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study provides bibliographic reference sources on the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on education and libraries around the world. Paucity of reference materials on this contemporary topic prompted the compilation of the bibliography thereby fill a crucial gap in LIS bibliographic literature. This enumerative bibliography is the researcher’s effort to provide a single-point reference materials to aid researchers and information seekers to easily find relevant and current literature on the topic. The bibliography puts together sources retrieved from the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s library databases: EBSCOhost, Emerald Insight, Google Scholar, Sabinet, and WorldCat and Google.com To optimise the search results, Boolean …

Strategies Used By Academic Libraries To Manage Information Crisis In The Pandemic: The Study Of The Fiji National University Library, Udya Chandra Shukla, Sandhya Deo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the entire world, affecting the economy, businesses, jobs, education, health, and many other things among it. Many businesses and organizations went virtual to survive the disease and reduce the losses. The crisis encountered during the pandemic enabled people to reinvent plans and convert threats into opportunity to overcome the challenges. The study aims to analyze Fiji National University Library’s response during the COVID-19 pandemic and measures enforced to tackle the pandemic and lockdown situation for smooth operation of the online services provided to the undergraduate and postgraduate students, teaching-learning faculties, higher degree researcher’s (HDRs) and …

Covid-19 Impacts On Electronic Resource Usage At A Regional University, Daniel Moody, Rickey D. Best

The Southeastern Librarian

An analysis of electronic resource usage at a regional university in the southeast during the COVID-19 pandemic showed interesting results. While it was anticipated that movement to online instruction would increase usage of electronic resources, it was discovered that overall usage actually declined for those resources. Virtual reference transactions, however, increased during the pandemic. When meas-uring downloads of full-text of both journals and e-Books in the health sciences, humanities, social sci-ences, and physical sciences, it was discovered that the first three subject areas showed a double digit percentage decline in use, with only the physical sciences showing a decline of …

Smartphone Usage Among University Students During The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Study, Pinky Bhagat, Somipam R. Shimray

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

The unusual lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic has exploded globally, revealing the whole population and touching all areas in our lives: education, work, politics, entertainment, economy, markets, etc. Online teaching and learning during pandemics have exposed students to technology, ultimately resulting in ingesting of digital media. In this favor, the research aims to determine the use of smartphones among university students during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Therefore, this study aims to examine the use of smartphones by university students during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study collected 165 respondents from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A central university), Lucknow. This study …

Analyzing The Use Of Whatsapp Services By The College Library Professionals To Connect With The Patrons During Covid-19 Pandemic, Pramod Sadanand Kerkar, Keshav Ramesh Dhuri, Jovita Lobo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

WhatsApp is a MIM application which connects people in real time. It has no additional cost to message and exchange the data between the mobile devices. Libraries can use it as an efficient tool for providing enhanced user services over the Smartphone. Exchange of messages, images, files, audio and video clips has been made much easier and faster thereby aiding in providing effective library services. The research study aims at analyzing the use and application of WhatsApp in the college libraries, its major advantages during pandemic period, its various benefits and difficulties faced by the library professionals while delivering services …

Law Students, Covid-19, And Big Feelings, Olivia R. Smith Schlinck

Library Staff Online Publications

It’s Fall 2021 and well . . . we’re back. Or rather – some of us are. Along with a patchwork of universities requiring vaccinations and/or masks for students comes a patchwork of modes of instruction: fully online, hybrid, fully in-person (and subject to change). Some employees have shifted to occasional work-from-home models while others are required to be in-person every day. It’s all very complicated. Honestly, right now everything is complicated. With big, complicated situations come big, complicated feelings, and our students’ feelings are certainly that: big.

Notes From The Editor, Derek Stadler

Urban Library Journal

I am very pleased to welcome you to the second issue of the 26^th volume of Urban Library Journal. The second, or fall issue, of each volume is typically a collection of proceedings from the LACUNY Institute, held annually in spring. However, in light of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Institute was not held in 2020. Therefore, this issue will not contain proceedings. Instead, it is a special issue devoted to urban libraries and the pandemic. All articles underwent peer-review.

Covid-19: The Laurier Library On Demand, Gohar Ashoughian

Consensus

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Covid-19 On University Library Services: A Systematic Literature Review, Muhammad Zareef, Pervaiz Ahmad Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The impact of COVID-19 on university library services is a less researched area. For the systematic literature review, the researchers searched Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. Initially, the researchers found 903 potentially relevant citations. From 903, 427 duplicate citations were removed. The remaining 476 articles were rechecked for relevance. There remained 34 full-text papers that were assessed for eligibility. Only 13 of these studies fulfilled the eligibility criteria to provide information on university library services in the pandemic era. PRISMA guidelines are followed in this study.

The findings of this systematic literature review contribute towards a better understanding …

Public Health Agencies Outreach Through Instagram During Covid-19 Pandemic: Crisis And Emergency Risk Communication Perspective, Aqdas Malik, Laeeq M. Khan, Anabel Quan-Haase

FIMS Publications

Background: Governmental and non-governmental institutions increasingly use social media as a strategic tool for public outreach. Global spread, promptness, and dialogic potentials make these platforms ideal for public health monitoring and emergency communication in crises such as COVID-19.

Objective: Drawing on the Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication framework, we sought to examine how leading health organizations use Instagram for communicating and engaging during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: We manually retrieved Instagram posts together with relevant metadata of four health organizations (WHO, CDC, IFRC, and NHS) shared between January 1, 2020, and April 30, 2020. Two coders manually coded the analytical …

Virtual Reference Amid Covid-19 Campus Closure: A Case Study And Assessment, Maureen Garvey

Publications and Research

Purpose – This case study was conducted to assess and make changes to the consortial virtual reference service for the remainder of the period of fully virtual reference (campus closure); a second objective was to consider implications for service design and delivery upon the eventual return to the physical campus.

Design/methodology/approach – This paper begins by introducing the institution, reference practices prior to the pandemic and the changes to reference service necessitated by the campus closure. After a literature review of material related to reference and the pandemic, several years of virtual reference service data are analyzed.

Findings – The …

A Survey Of Covid-19 Information Dissemination Behavior Of Library And Information Professionals In Nigeria, Joy Iguehi Ikenwe, Idowu Adegbilero-Iwari, Oluwaseun Eniola Adegbilero-Iwari

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The corona virus disease reported in 2019 became a global pandemic in 2020. It now maintains an unwelcome status as one of the most difficult public health challenge of modern era. The disease is highly contagious much as the rate of information and misinformation diffusion about it. Whereas members of the public might have shared information on COVID-19 but library and information professionals (LIPs) are trained on the meaningful use of information and information dissemination through social infrastructure. Thus, this paper studied in Nigeria, the COVID-19 information dissemination behavior of LIPs, using the survey research approach. Data were collected through …

Qr Code And Its Effectiveness In Library Services, Indrakshi Das Assistant Librarian, Digbijoy Das Assistant Professor

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In this study the paper relates to the concept of Quick response (QR Code), and how it works to disseminate information in quick way. The main objective of this paper is to amend the basic concept of QR Code, their structure, advantageous nature and its activities. This research paper mainly focuses on the effectiveness of QR Code & its applications on library services in the present scenario also has discussed other services in which people are dependent during covid19 pandemic and how it placed as a position of successful tool in this technical age.

The Utah Covid-19 Digital Collection: Best Practices For Born-Digital, Crowdsourced Collections, Jeremy Myntti, Anna Neatrour, Rachel Wittmann

Faculty Publications

“Traditionally archivists collected material years following an event. This is no longer the case. Digital content and documenting current events both require information specialists to act quickly and be involved in the initial development of potential collections to ensure they are identified, described, and preserved for future retrieval.”

Law Library Continuing Services Webpage, May 2021, University Of Georgia Law Library

COVID-19 Pandemic Archive

This screenshot was the final version of the Law Library's COVID-19 Continuing Services webpage. First published on Friday March 13, 2020 as we prepared for our first week of building closure at the onset of the pandemic, it was the primary location of our library's facility hours, pandemic services, and closure information through Spring 2021. This version shows the way the webpage looked on the date it was unpublished May 17, 2021.

Libraries And Mental Health Initiatives: A Literature Review, Megan Smith

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic has increased the mental health needs of communities across America. Public libraries have responded by utilizing the existing resources they developed such as training staff in Mental Health First Aid and employing social workers and nurses. In addition, libraries have created new targeted programs to address mental health during the covid-19 pandemic. This literature review discusses how these various factors relate and further directions for research.

School Library Media Specialists: An Evolving Profession In A Pandemic, Heather Kapanka

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

In March 2020, Michigan’s school library media specialists, along with the entire educational community, found themselves facing unprecedented challenges brought by the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic. As learning shifted online, the roles of school library media specialists shifted as well. Three southeast Michigan school library media specialists were interviewed to obtain their perspectives regarding the adaptation to distance learning, as well as how they predicted educational practices will evolve going forward. The educational practices of learning commons, guided inquiry, co-teaching, and information literacy were found to be particularly valuable during the shift to distance learning. The increased dependence on …

The Dangerous Divide: How A Pandemic Exposed The Problem Of Older Adults And Equal Access And How Libraries Are Helping, Rene Ostberg

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract: Since the digital divide was identified as a pressing equity of access issue in the mid-1990s, several demographic groups have consistently fallen on the negative side of the divide. One of these is older adults, or adults age 65 and over. Surveys by various organizations ranging from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration to the Pew Research Center have identified systemic disparities such as income, geography, and education level as leading factors in the digital divide. These disparities further compound with age, race, ethnicity, language, and ability to keep some groups at a disadvantage when …

Covid-19 And The Catalyst To Digital: Implications On Collection Development Strategy, Nazimah Ram Nath

Research Collection Library

The Covid 19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns in various countries had a huge impact on academic institutions and how classes were being conducted and delivered. Online lessons became the new norm. Research needs and undergraduate learning activities also served up new challenges, when libraries shut due to nationwide lockdowns and travel restrictions. Academic libraries have found the need to shift their collection development practices and philosophies to ensure they can support teachers, students and researchers adequately in the short-term and long-term, regardless of geographical boundaries. One of the biggest change for the Singapore Management University library during the pandemic was …

Knowledge, Beliefs And Practices Of The Covid-19 Pandemic Among Nigerians, Kennedy Arebamen Eiriemiokhale Phd, Oluwole Akanmu Odunola Phd, Adetoun Omolola Idowu Prof.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Nigeria has adopted unprecedented measures to control the rapid spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Citizens’ adherence to control measures is affected by their knowledge, beliefs, and Practices towards COVID-19. This study investigated the knowledge, beliefs and practices of the Covid-19 pandemic among Nigerians. The study adopted a cross-sectional web-based survey. The population of the study comprised Nigeria population of 200,000000 and a sample of 384 was drawn from the population. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics at 0.05 level of significance. The results of the study revealed that the respondents’ knowledge of the pandemic …

Open Access And Free Resources On The Internet: Awareness And Use During Covid-19 Pandemic, Prayangi Vishal Matonkar Ms, Keshav R. Dhuri Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The Internet is a huge source of free and openly available information. However, the awareness about open source information amongst faculty and students is not known. The objective of this study is to explore the awareness and use of open access resources (OARs) by Faculty and students of Ponda Education Society’s (PES’s) colleges. A questionnaire-based survey method has been used in this research. A questionnaire was designed in Google Forms and was sent to 400 library users. A total of 278 (69.5%) library users filled in the form. The findings shows that 110 (39.6%) of respondents are not aware of …

Leveraging The Ir To Support Faculty And Students During (And Beyond) A Pandemic, Wendy Walker

Mansfield Library Faculty Publications

I will describe two IR projects, an undergraduate research conference and a faculty lecture series, that supported students and faculty during the pandemic. I will discuss why I was able to pivot quickly to tackle them and their significance for student success, faculty scholarship, the library, and the IR.

Following this session, participants will be able to:

• Articulate how the IR can support faculty scholarship as well as student success
• Understand the importance of building relationships for long-term IR success
• Describe the multi-faceted value of the IR for various stakeholders and audiences

Mi Casa, Su Casa: Librarians Serving Students From The Comfort Of Their Homes, Christopher M. Jimenez, Sarah J. Hammill, Elana Karshmer, Holly Morganelli

Works of the FIU Libraries

To respond proactively to the pandemic, the Libraries moved many services and programs online. Providing online services is nothing new for librarians; using the technologies available to replicate and improve on the outcomes these services have on student learning has required creativity and new ways of thinking. To this end, we have increased our use of Zoom, Slack, and YouTube to offer support, allowing students to interact in ways that mimic F2F library services. To increase visibility we adapted popular events to an online modality such as Language Day conversations and open mic events to enrich student engagement. Several unique …

University Libraries Faculty Assembly Covid-19 Impact Statement, Emily Frigo, Leigh Rupinski, Sheila García Mazari, Jeffrey D. Daniels, Annie Bélanger

Library Reports and Communication

This University Libraries Faculty Assembly Covid-19 Impact Statement serves as documentation of changes that occurred across University Libraries and caused disparate, inequitable, impact to faculty throughout the pandemic, beginning in March 2020 and spanning into 2021. The document is necessarily limited in scope to assist faculty candidates in the tenure-track process and mitigate potential traumas as a result of the pandemic’s impact on that process. The structure of the tenure-track process is imperfect in nature, and this statement takes a trauma-informed, person-first, approach to investigating how to best support candidates in making their case for contract renewal, tenure, and/or promotion.

Archiving Catholic Faith On The Web During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Kayla Harris, Stephanie Shreffler

Marian Library Faculty Publications

In the middle of March 2020, an undergraduate English class from the University of Dayton visited the Marian Library for hands-on learning with primary source materials related to miraculous cures at the Lourdes shrine in France. Students in the upper-level seminar course that focused on narrative, rhetoric, and medicine prepared for the visit by reading an article about the baths at Lourdes, where thousands of pilgrims have traveled annually since the 1870s for a chance to be cured by the holy water from a spring.1 As students examined photographs, copies of case files, and historical narrative accounts, several of them …

N-List E-Resources: A Major Boon To The User Community During Covid-19 Pandemic Era: A Study, Keshav R. Dhuri Dr, Jovita Lobo Ms

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The novel Coronovirus pandemic has made us to use the digital resources due to closure of colleges across the globe. Librarians and users all over the world have had to adjust to new ways of work and life. The study explores the e-resources provided by N-LIST in the form of e-journals and e-books from various reputed publishers included in the consortium. The data has been gathered from the library users (students, research scholars and the faculty) of the academic colleges across Goa through online Google form. From the study, it was found that N-LIST e-resources have been playing a crucial …

Covid-19 Pandemic And Its Impact On Cancer Patients: A Bibliometric Analysis Of Recent Studies, Gyanajeet Yumnam, Ibohal Singh Ch

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Cancer is one of the dreaded diseases for which no drugs have been invented so far for its complete cure. While the world is advancing so fast with the advancement of science and technology, at the same time, new dreaded diseases continue to emerge around the world. One such global pandemic disease currently witnessing is COVID-19. No exact medicine has been developed to control and cure this new pandemic which has a serious impact on aged persons; patients of diabetics, asthma, cancer, pneumonia, etc. Some recent and current studies conducted around the world have shown us many facts about this. …

Poster Competitions In A Pandemic: The Value Of Going Virtual, Megan Frost, Michael C. Goates, Gregory M. Nelson

Faculty Publications

Science librarians at Brigham Young University have hosted a student poster competition for the past several years to showcase student research on campus and to promote science information literacy and scholarly communication skills. As part of this competition, students receive constructive feedback on both their poster design and their oral presentation skills during an in-person open house. In 2020, COVID-19 threw a curveball as the campus shut down just two weeks before the scheduled competition open house. Rather than throwing in the towel, the librarians scrambled to turn this previously in-person competition into a completely virtual event. Despite the substantial …