ABSTRACT

The COVID-19 pandemic had a near-immediate impact on libraries worldwide. The majority of the world’s libraries shifted their work to online environments, and while this pivot was difficult for all libraries, technical services units were disproportionately impacted given the inherent physical nature of the tasks undertaken by these library units. Research on the impact of COVID-19 and libraries is still developing, but already, technical services units and tasks are being left behind. This literature review explores the early days of COVID-19 guidance for technical services units, tasks, and workers, as well as the lasting impact of COVID-19 on technical work.

摘要

COVID-19 大流行对全球图书馆产生了近乎直接的影响。世界上大多数图书馆都将其工作转移到在线环境，虽然这一转变对所有图书馆来说都很难，但鉴于这些图书馆单位所承担任务的固有物理性质，技术服务单位受到了不成比例的影响。关于 COVID-19 和图书馆影响的研究仍在发展中，但技术服务单位和任务已经被抛在后面。这篇文献综述探讨了针对技术服务单位、任务和工人的 COVID-19 指南的早期阶段，以及 COVID-19 对技术工作的持久影响。