Adaptive Digital Library Services: Emergency Access Digitization at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This paper describes how the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library provided access to circulating library materials during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, it details how the library adapted existing staff roles and digital library infrastructure to offer on-demand digitization...
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| author | Kyle R. Rimkus Alex Dolski Brynlee Emery Rachael Johns Patricia Lampron William Schlaack Angela Waarala |
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| description | This paper describes how the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library provided access to circulating library materials during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, it details how the library adapted existing staff roles and digital library infrastructure to offer on-demand digitization of and limited online access to library collection items requested by patrons working in a remote teaching and learning environment. The paper also provides an overview of the technology used, details how dedicated staff with strong local control of technology were able to scale up a university-wide solution, reflects on lessons learned, and analyzes nine months of usage data to shed light on library patrons’ changing needs during the pandemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-32a9da45e54b47079a3e4b07070a77262022-12-21T18:59:00ZengCode4LibCode4Lib Journal1940-57582021-06-015115915Adaptive Digital Library Services: Emergency Access Digitization at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign During the COVID-19 PandemicKyle R. RimkusAlex DolskiBrynlee EmeryRachael JohnsPatricia LampronWilliam SchlaackAngela WaaralaThis paper describes how the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library provided access to circulating library materials during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, it details how the library adapted existing staff roles and digital library infrastructure to offer on-demand digitization of and limited online access to library collection items requested by patrons working in a remote teaching and learning environment. The paper also provides an overview of the technology used, details how dedicated staff with strong local control of technology were able to scale up a university-wide solution, reflects on lessons learned, and analyzes nine months of usage data to shed light on library patrons’ changing needs during the pandemic.https://journal.code4lib.org/articles/15915 |
| spellingShingle | Kyle R. Rimkus Alex Dolski Brynlee Emery Rachael Johns Patricia Lampron William Schlaack Angela Waarala Adaptive Digital Library Services: Emergency Access Digitization at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign During the COVID-19 Pandemic Code4Lib Journal |
| title | Adaptive Digital Library Services: Emergency Access Digitization at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full | Adaptive Digital Library Services: Emergency Access Digitization at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Adaptive Digital Library Services: Emergency Access Digitization at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adaptive Digital Library Services: Emergency Access Digitization at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_short | Adaptive Digital Library Services: Emergency Access Digitization at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_sort | adaptive digital library services emergency access digitization at the university of illinois at urbana champaign during the covid 19 pandemic |
| url | https://journal.code4lib.org/articles/15915 |
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