Survey of academic library response to the coronavirus epidemic / Primary Research Group.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Primary Research Group, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Library buildings--Safety measures.

Library buildings.

Library buildings--United States--Safety measures.

Libraries--Customer services--Health aspects--United States--Planning.

Libraries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (62 pages)

Edition:

2020 April edition.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Primary Research Group Inc., [2020]

Summary:

This report is available as a free PDF download until May 15th, 2020. The 62-page study presents detailed data from a survey of 70 academic library directors and deans in North America; the surveying was done in the fourth week of March, 2020. To get your free PDF, email jmoses@primaryresearch.com and do not go through the web ordering system.Library directors describe how their libraries are adjusting to remote working, assisting in distance learning efforts, disinfecting library materials, teaching info literacy, altering materials spending and distribution to the new online audience, and otherwise adapting to the challenges of operating during the coronavirus epidemic.

Contents:

College policy on class maintenance

Range of library facilities open to library patrons

Library employees diagnosed with COVID-19

Library employees quarantined

Percentage of library employees working from home, pre and post coronavirus inception

Special measures to protect vulnerable employees

Publishers and database providers supplying free or reduced-price access during the epidemic

Cancellations of information literacy classes

Use of distance learning in information literacy classes

Experience of recent level of demand for eBooks

Steps taken to adjust to surge in use of online education

Increase in demand for assistance to help student navigate online classes

Efforts to licence eTextbooks

Library plans for materials expenditures over next six months

Change in library materials expenditure over the next year

Policies on library materials potentially exposed to the coronavirus

Additional librarian commentary.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-57440-808-9