Health sciences library workshops in the COVID era: librarian perceptions and decision making.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We sought to determine how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted academic health sciences library workshops. We hypothesized that health sciences libraries moved workshops online during the height of the pandemic and that they continued to offer workshops virtually after restrictions were eased. Additionally, we believed that attendance increased.

Methods

In March 2022, we invited 161 Association of American Health Sciences Libraries members in the US and Canada to participate in a Qualtrics survey about live workshops. Live workshops were defined as synchronous; voluntary; offered to anyone regardless of school affiliation; and not credit-bearing. Three time periods were compared, and a chi square test of association was conducted to evaluate the relationship between tim

SUBMITTER: Aronoff N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10361557 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature