Open AccessThe Medical Library at Umeå University during the coronavirus pandemic
Author(s) -
Karina Sjögren
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the european association for health information and libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2392-8131
pISSN - 1841-0715
DOI - 10.32384/jeahil16402
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , coronavirus , service (business) , library science , university hospital , political science , medical education , sociology , business , medicine , virology , family medicine , computer science , marketing , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , pathology , outbreak
The coronavirus pandemic changed the days rather dramatically for the universities in March this year and still does. In the Medical Library at Umeå University we had to change the library service in many ways from one week to another. This article shows how we managed to have the library open for our customers; while keeping students, faculty and hospital staff safe. We did not close down as libraries in many countries did and also many university libraries in Sweden.