UNLV Health Sciences Library's Initial Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: How a Versatile Environment, Online Technologies, and Liaison Expertise Prepared Library Faculty in Supporting Its User Communities. Issue 4 (1st October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Weeks, Aidy; Houk, Kathryn M.; Nugent, Ruby L.; Corn, Mayra; Lackey, Mellanye
• Is Part Of: Medical reference services quarterly. Volume 39:Issue 4(2020)
• Page Start: 344
• Page End: 358
• Publication Date: 2020-10-01
• Subjects: 3-D printing -- case study -- collections management -- consumer health resources -- coronavirus -- COVID-19 -- health sciences library -- liaison librarians -- online instruction -- pandemic -- personal protective equipment; Medicine -- Information services -- Periodicals; Reference services (Libraries) -- Periodicals; Medical libraries -- Reference services -- Periodicals; 025.527661
• DOI: 10.1080/02763869.2020.1826197
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0276-3869

Abstract

Abstract: In this case study, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Health Sciences Library describes how a flexible and technology-focused service model, liaison relationships, and individual expertise all contributed towards rapid mobilization of online instruction, virtual library services, and new resources to keep pace with the sudden needs of their user communities in the School of Medicine, School of Dental Medicine and local Las Vegas community prior to and during stay-at-home mandates related to the COVID-19 global pandemic of 2020.