Mind like Water: Flexibly Adapting to Serve Patrons in the Era of COVID-19.
Med Ref Serv Q
; 40(1): 56-66, 2021.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1099403
ABSTRACT
The ability to be flexible and adapt quickly to changing circumstances is a crucial skill for librarians to develop in a world increasingly characterized by rapid change. It can take a crisis to learn how effective librarians have become in developing the needed adaptive behaviors, including a willingness to change workstyles, experiment with new technologies and readily move on from failed experiments. In this paper, librarians from the Preston Medical Library at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, prompted by the crisis of COVID-19, present their response. Beginning with a description of how services were provided prior to the pandemic, librarians detail their response in several key areas and show how they implemented new approaches to teaching, collaboration, and mutual support, working together to handle patron issues and pursue scholarly activities.
Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Adaptation, Psychological
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Librarians
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Information Dissemination
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Libraries, Digital
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Teleworking
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COVID-19
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Libraries, Medical
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Med Ref Serv Q
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
02763869.2021.1873622
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