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

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-21-2020

Publication Title

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

Volume

39

Issue

4

First page number:

344

Last page number:

358

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.

Keywords

3D printing; Case study; Collections management; Consumer health resources; Coronavirus; COVID 19; Health sciences library; Liaison librarians; Online instruction; Pandemic; Personal protective equipment

Disciplines

Environmental Public Health | Health Sciences and Medical Librarianship | Library and Information Science | Medicine and Health Sciences | Public Health Education and Promotion | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Language

English

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