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The response of clinical medical librarians to the COVID-19 pandemic: a case study
Full text linkThe COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world with a large part of the population in lockdown for months. Given the need medical teams have for information, clinical medical librarians have played an important role in searching for the best scientific evidence. The objective of this paper is to describe the role of librarians in Brazil during the pandemic in public and private hospital libraries and in the Health Technology Assessment Service. This is a case study report of the work of clinical medical librarians during the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper is drawing on experience from three clinical medical librarians acting in the private hospital, philanthropic hospital and Health Technology Assessment Service in the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The report describes the activities of clinical librarians in providing clinicians with information on how to care for patients with COVID-19. In Brazil clinical medical librarians play an important role in supporting medical teams by identifying reliable sources of information and assisting with research
Library liabilities in the time of corona: three hospital libraries’ experiences at the heart of the pandemic in Sweden
Full text linkOn March 10th, 2020 the Public Health Agency of Sweden raised the risk level for the spread of the coronavirus in Sweden to "very high". The capital Stockholm quickly emerged as the center for the spread and hospitals in the Stockholm Region switched to crisis management. This is the story of how the libraries at Stockholm’s three major hospitals handled their coronavirus journey during spring 2020: what actions were taken to uphold services and what lessons were learned
Medical students prefer print textbooks for studying but value the e-books’ search function and availability
Full text linkSince a few years our library has mostly acquired journals only in electronic format, whereas medical textbooks are often provided in print and as e-books. In order to meet the students’ current needs and to reasonably allocate financial means and efforts, we performed a survey about format preferences amongst medical students at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. 94 medical students returned our questionnaire in December 2018 (4.6% response rate). The survey showed that print books were used more often, especially for longer reading, but e-books were also commonly used. Perceived advantages of print books were the possibilities to mark text passages and better eye comfort. E-books were valued for their search function and availability
Serving library users during a pandemic: the case of Karlstad University Library, Sweden
Full text linkDuring March 2020, all Swedish universities moved their teaching to an online environment due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Karlstad University Library in Sweden made a number of changes in order to reduce the spread of infection while at the same time maintaining a high level of library services to its users. Opening hours were drastically reduced. All study spaces were closed. Most of the staff were working from home. A new virtual reference desk via Zoom was launched to increase the library office hours. Since things happened fast, the internal staff training was done while at the same time providing the new reference service to the users. Some initial mistakes were made but in general, this ‘learn-as-you-go method’ worked surprisingly well
