TY - JOUR
T1 - COVID-19 pandemic
T2 - Architecture librarians respond
AU - Orcutt, Rose
AU - Campbell, Lucy
AU - Gervits, Maya
AU - Opar, Barbara
AU - Edwards, Kathy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 by The Art Libraries Society of North America. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - Librarianship is a resourceful profession, but COVID-19 created new challenges for everyone, especially those working in public service with architecture students and faculty. Unlike in STEM disciplines, many architectural materials remain print-based, which impacted the quick change faculty needed to make to online teaching and classroom instruction. It impeded timely reference by even seasoned librarians and student access to necessary resources to complete their assignments. With libraries closed, librarians innovated and soldiered on, ordering new and different resources, applying new methods, learning new tools, and taking advantage of new vendor access models. This article documents the initial impact of COVID-19 on architecture libraries and librarians, supplemented by survey input from architecture librarians and faculty, and suggests strategies for navigating an uncertain future.
AB - Librarianship is a resourceful profession, but COVID-19 created new challenges for everyone, especially those working in public service with architecture students and faculty. Unlike in STEM disciplines, many architectural materials remain print-based, which impacted the quick change faculty needed to make to online teaching and classroom instruction. It impeded timely reference by even seasoned librarians and student access to necessary resources to complete their assignments. With libraries closed, librarians innovated and soldiered on, ordering new and different resources, applying new methods, learning new tools, and taking advantage of new vendor access models. This article documents the initial impact of COVID-19 on architecture libraries and librarians, supplemented by survey input from architecture librarians and faculty, and suggests strategies for navigating an uncertain future.
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U2 - 10.1086/714593
DO - 10.1086/714593
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85107219773
SN - 0730-7187
VL - 40
SP - 123
EP - 140
JO - Art Documentation
JF - Art Documentation
IS - 1
ER -