Canadian academic nursing librarians: impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on librarianship practice.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study explored changes in the practice of academic nursing librarianship at large Canadian universities during the COVID-19 pandemic with a particular focus on academic nursing librarians' work with nursing graduate students and nursing faculty.

Methods

Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eleven academic nursing librarians about changes to their librarianship practice during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Interviews were conducted between 20 April and 14 May 2021, discussing experiences during the study period March 2020 to May 2021.

Results

Canadian academic nursing librarians experienced (i) the adoption of the completely virtual library ; (ii) changes to the type and prevalence of online instruction ; (iii) the discover

SUBMITTER: Miller K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9359088 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature