ERIC Number: EJ1298647
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
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A Survey of Response of Access Services in Academic Libraries to COVID-19
Tolppanen, Bradley P.
Journal of Access Services, v18 n2 p65-76 2021
This article presents the results of an online survey of access services departments at academic libraries on the responses implemented during the initial stage of COVID-19 in March-May 2020. The 33-question survey was completed by 121 respondents. The article identifies policies and procedures adopted by access services departments during the pandemic, including staffing, return of library materials, fines, due dates, quarantine periods, interlibrary loan, reserves, and retrieval of materials.
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Academic Libraries, Library Services, Library Materials, Electronic Libraries, Library Policy, Higher Education, School Closing, Online Courses, Institutional Characteristics, Library Personnel, Library Automation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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