When One Library Door Closes, Another Virtual One Opens: A Team Response to the Remote Library

Med Ref Serv Q. 2021 Jan-Mar;40(1):11-22. doi: 10.1080/02763869.2021.1873612.

Abstract

The University of Central Florida Health Sciences Library is a digital library with 98% of resources being electronic and available online. Though almost all aspects of the library's operations were impacted by the closing of the physical space during the coronavirus pandemic, being a digital library helped the library team transition quickly to remote reference, programming and instruction services.

Keywords: Coronavirus; instruction programming; reference; remote library; remote work.

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19*
  • Florida
  • Humans
  • Information Dissemination / methods*
  • Libraries, Digital / organization & administration*
  • Libraries, Digital / statistics & numerical data*
  • Libraries, Medical / organization & administration*
  • Libraries, Medical / statistics & numerical data*