Resuming Library Services Post Lockdown Challenges and Recommendations.ppt

Resuming Library Services Post Lockdown Challenges and Recommendations

1. Resuming Library Services Post
Lockdown: Challenges and
Recommendations
Dr. S. Srinivasaragavan
Professor & Head
DLIS,Bharathidasan University
Tiruchirappalli-620024
SafeLibrariesPostLockdown:APanelDiscussion

2. Panelists
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SafeLibrariesPostLockdown:APanel
Discussion
Chairperson:
Dr.S.Srinivasaragavan,
ProfessorandHead,DepartmentofLibrary&
InformationScience,
BharatidasanUniversity,Tiruchirappalli
Speakers
1.Mr.B.V.Kharbade,DirectorGeneral(formerly),National
ResearchLaboratoryforConservationofCulturalProperty(NRLC),
MinistryofCulture,Govt.ofIndia,Lucknow
Topic:ImpactofCOVID19onLibraryCollectionsfromaConservation
PointofView.
2.Dr.NancyFernandes,Principal,L.T.Collegeof
Nursing,SNDTWU,Mumbai
Topic:HealthandHygieneforLibraryStaffandReadersPost
Lockdown

3. Impact on Higher Education
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India993universities,39931Collegesand10725StandAlone
Institutionsenrolmentsinhighereducationeveryyearare
nearly37.4million
Positive Change in education Rise in Blended Learning
Learning management systems to be the new norm
Improvement in learning material
Rise in collaborative work
Negative Change in education
Sluggish cross-border movement of students
Passive learning by students
Unprepared teachers for online education
Changing format of student recruitment

4. ToFacetheChallenges
Understandingtheeconomicimpact
Maximizeonlinelearning
Developrobustsystems
Educatestudentsonbestpractices
Gatherinformationandapplylearnings
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5. Status of libraries Post Lock down
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Back to safer work places
Own the safety of the environment
Leadership Responsibilities
Learn New tools and new skills through Digital
learning platform
Emotional well being of employs through increased
HR
Flexible Remote working
Cross functional collaboration
Use Pictures, poster, cartoons at prominent places
Mask, Distance, Hand Wash. Spitting, mass gathering
Use of Own office equipments

6. Status of libraries -Post Lock down
Remote Access-Online Teaching, Learning and
Research
Digital Resources –Access
Online tools –Webinar online meetings
Online Learning Environment
Regional language
Teaching with library
Research Support
Managing Physical Libraries
Disinfection
Sanitization –Social Distancing
Psychological Distance
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Cleaningguidelines
System-Security Electricity
Education of Exploitation
Academic libraries funding
E-learning portal platform with simple URL
Real-time dissemination and communication
strategies
Teaching and researching librarians
Rise in blended learning
Learning Management systems
Improve quality of learning materials
Rise in collaboration work

8. Criteria for closing the library
Mandated documentation of procedures or cross training
so others can take over for sick employees
Policies for social distancing
Criteria for suspending story times and other library
programs.
Provision of masks and gloves along with the training of
staff in their removal and disposal.
Standards for the cleaning of bathrooms, railings and door
knobs, telephones, keyboards, counters, and cleaning of
workstations/offices of employees who go home sick,
emptying of wastebaskets, etc
Means for continuing to provide information services for
the public
Digital reference, online materials access
Education of the public in advance of an epidemic8
Include in an individual
library policy

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Understanding COVID-19 and its spread
Handling materials
Providing services remotely
Managing remote working
Reassigning library resources
Reopening of libraries
Limiting numbers in the library
Limiting concentration of users
Promoting hygiene
Keeping staff safe
Public communication

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Ensuring access to soap and warm water
Ensuring supply of hand sanitiser
As far as possible, can still be provided digitally
Pre Bookingof Library visits
Implementing plans to offer remote services for
example e-Lending, eLearning, or support to remote
teaching
Promoting use of digital libraries and other tools -
including potentially investing in more content/licences
Restricted Book Lending

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Raising awareness of digital offers, both on the front
pages of the websites, and through putting up posters in
the windows of library buildings.
Closed access
Starting to make plans for gradual reopening when rules,
permits
use of library buildings and resources themselves
permit this to happen safely, and making necessary
changes to library policies
Implementing regular cleaning processes
Communicate clearly about all any new rules to library
users, both online and onsite, and provide regular updates
Ensuring that plans are in place for a potential return to
lock-down in case of new peaks in infection rates

12. Handing Materials
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Risk of infection through contact with materials carrying
corona virus
Survives for longer on plastics and steel
Less long on cardboard or copper
Risk from paper was low
Surfaces –such as door handles, keyboards, mice, CDs
and DVDs, toys or VR headsets –could carry the virus,
and so should be regularly cleaned or removed from
circulation.
Wait period 24 hrs, 48 hrs, 72 hrs, one week,
Before handling returned books
No-one is expected to return books until things return to
normal

13. Proving services remotely
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Intensified resource sharing between its members through a
single portal
A series of tutorials on how best to use library materials.
Providing consultation via WhatsaAppand
videoconferencing
Bringing together information about freely available
resources.
Libraries agreed to recognize each other’s library cards in
order to allow people to use the closest library to them
Offer of freeWiFiand access toZoom subscriptions
Guardians of the historical record
Collect and preserve materials about the pandemic

14. Managing remote working
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Tools and training necessaryto work effectively and safely from home
Worth having plans in place for how to cope with longer-term impacts.
Reassigning library resources
Are working to improve the quality of Wikipedia articles about people
from under-represented groups
Sharing hand sanitizer stations
Looking to provide key resources for people facingunemployment
Reopening Libraries
supporting food deliveries to vulnerable families and
peopleAnalysingrisks from surfaces, close contacts with people,
the ways in which people use the libraries, and overall levels of
infection in the region.
Depending on the approach nationally, there may be more or less
room for library directors to choose whether to open or not

15. Elsevier Resources:
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CoronavirusResearchHub—Researchersanddatascientists
focusedonCoronavirusandCOVID-19vaccinesanddrugs,as
wellasclinicalresearch,canfreelyaccessElseviersolutionsfor
theirwork.
Elsevier'sNovelCoronavirusInformationCenter—Elsevier’s
freehealthandmedicalresearchonthenovelcoronavirus(SARS-
CoV-2)andCOVID-19
TextbooksonScienceDirect-Elsevierhasgrantedaccessto256
textbooksforallactiveScienceDirectcustomers.
AuthorResilienceCenter—Resourcestosharewithyour
authorswhoarecontinuing,asmuchaspossible,withtheir
publishingactivities
EditorResilienceCenter—Resourcestosharewitheditorswho
arecontinuing,asmuchaspossible,withtheireditingactivities
TheLancetResourceCentre—Aresourcetosharewithhealth
workersandresearchersfromTheLancet
EvolveExpertResourceCenter—Thisfreeresourcecenterfor
teachersandfacultyprovidesinformationandsupportfor
teachingremotelyduringCOVID-19andbeyond.

16. Elsevier Remote Access
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GettingaccesstoScopus&COVID-19research—Includeslinks
to27how-tovideotutorialsyoucansharewithScopususers
Article:HowElsevierissupportingyourresponsetoCOVID-
19—Getinformationonremoteaccess,textbooks,textanddata
mining,andhealthcare
UsingDigitalCommonstoaddressscholarlyneedsonline—8
examplesoflibrarieshostingconferences,tutorials,podcasts,
slideshows,portfoliosandmore
Coronavirus/COVID-19Toolkit—Evidence-basedcontentand
resourcesforhealthcareprofessionalsfromElsevier'sclinical
solutionsteam
GoogleScholarCASAforScienceDirect—Allowsusersfrom
participatingGoogleScholarSubscriberLinksprogramstoaccess
ScienceDirectsubscribedcontentfromoutsidetheirinstitutional
IPrange.

17. Resources from library organizations:
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COVID-19 & Libraries Coverage—Library Journal information
Pandemic Preparedness—American Libraries Association
Pandemic Resources for Academic Libraries-ACRL
Resources for Libraries on Coronavirus—EveryLibrary
US Academic Library Response to COVID-19—Survey, results, and
dashboards of academic libraries
2020 Library Systems Report–American Libraries

18. ONLINE INFORMATION SERVICES
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FullTextResources
IndexingandAbstractingResources
OpenAccessResources;OCW
Information/KnowledgeLiteracyPrograms
Discussion/MailForums
DigitalPortfoliosandProfilemanagement
LiteraturesearchandReviewandScholarlyPublishing
OnlineDocumentDelivery/ILL
UnionCatalogue/LibraryNetworks/InformationSystems
SubjectInformationGatewaysandResearchCarels
InstitutionalRepositories/DigitalArchivesResearchdata
managementservices
HumanResourcesExpertise
Webinars,RSSfeeds,ReferenceManagementSystems,Social
networks
Citations;Impactfactor;predatoryJournals
Plagiarismcheckingtools;
Teaching,researchandCollaboration
InfographicsFederatedSearchandRemoteaccess:Altmetrics

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