Purpose

COVID-19 is no different. It presents us with opportunities to accelerate some changes we may already have in play, to either challenge some long-held assumptions or to think more creatively about new ways of working.

Design/methodology/approach

Crises almost always bring to light not only threats but also opportunities, including a chance to reflect and learn. The author of this study is never the one to waste the opportunity that externally driven change creates to learn from what she has been witnessing and to accelerate change that she was already planning, to stop some things and start others which more effectively align with the vision of the organisation.

Findings

This paper charts a course through some of the author’s thinking and actions in the digital information world over the last 30 years. Partly it is a story of “the more things change the more they stay the same” and partly a story of “overnight change which has been decades in the making”. It ends with the author’s thoughts on two opportunities that she believes we cannot afford to ignore.

Originality/value

This paper charts a course through some of the author’s thinking and actions in the digital information world over the last 30 years. Its premise is that COVID-19 creates a fertile ground for library and information professionals to grasp the opportunities before them to realise aspirations which have been long held.

中文翻译：

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永远不要浪费好危机

目的

COVID-19没什么不同。它为我们提供了机会，以加速我们可能已经在进行的某些变更，挑战一些长期存在的假设或更有创意地思考新的工作方式。

设计/方法/方法

危机几乎总是不仅暴露威胁，而且暴露机遇，包括反思和学习的机会。这项研究的作者永远不会浪费外部驱动的变化所创造的机会，以从她所目睹的经验中吸取教训，并加速她已经在计划中的变化，停止某些事情并开始其他更符合愿景的事情组织的。

发现

本文通过作者在过去30年中在数字信息世界中的一些思想和行动来绘制课程。一部分是关于“事物变化越多，它们保持不变的故事”的故事，另一部分是“经过数十年的夜宵变化”的故事。最后是作者对两个机会的想法，她认为这是我们不能忽视的两个机会。

创意/价值

本文通过作者在过去30年中在数字信息世界中的一些思想和行动来绘制课程。它的前提是COVID-19为图书馆和信息专业人士提供了沃土，让他们能够抓住机会，实现早已实现的愿望。