ABSTRACT

Already facing declining staffing numbers and departmental erosion, library technical services units were disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Whereas many library services could easily pivot to an online environment, technical services departments were forced to transition traditionally in-person, physical collection work to a remote environment. Seeking to better understand the lasting impact of the coronavirus pandemic on library technical services units, a survey distributed from October 2021 to January 2022 collected 829 responses to investigate the challenges faced by technical services departments and the lasting impacts of COVID-19 on these specific units.

摘要

已经面临人员数量减少和部门流失的图书馆技术服务部门受到 COVID-19 大流行的不成比例的影响。尽管许多图书馆服务可以轻松地转向在线环境，但技术服务部门被迫将传统的面对面的实体馆藏工作转变为远程环境。为了更好地了解冠状病毒大流行对图书馆技术服务单位的持久影响，2021 年 10 月至 2022 年 1 月分发的一项调查收集了 829 份回复，以调查技术服务部门面临的挑战以及 COVID-19 对这些特定单位的持久影响.