Academic Libraries in Unusual Situations
Anna Wołodko
Afiliacja: University of Warsaw Library, Polska
Abstrakt
Thesis / purpose of the article ‒ the aim of the article is to present the situation of academic libraries during the COVID-19 pandemic, with particular emphasis on the University of Warsaw Library. Method ‒ analysis of the literature, analysis of the situation of the University of Warsaw Library in March-May 2020 on the basis of unpublished reports of heads of BUW organizational units and the author’s own observations and experiences. Results / conclusions ‒ the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic and the size of the risks associated with it cannot be compared with any previous experience of academic libraries, therefore the libraries did not have ready-made procedures and procedures. The example of the University Library in Warsaw shows that in the period of lockdown and remote work, institutions were able to learn and gather valuable experience for future use.
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Afiliacja: University of Warsaw Library, Polska
Biogram:
Anna Wołodko, senior academic librarian, has been employed at the University of Warsaw Library since 1992. In 1995-2006 she served as Academic Secretary, 2014-2018 as Head of the Targeted Projects and Fund Raising Department, and from 2018 as Director of the University of Warsaw Library. She has been involved in nationwide e-learning projects: BIBWEB (in cooperation with the Bertelsmann Foundation), and „login: library” (in cooperation with the Information Society Development Foundation). She has coordinated the EU projects „NUKAT ‒ Digital Information Highway” (Operational Program Innovative Economy, 2008-2013) and „New quality of access to cultural goods at the University of Warsaw ‒ creating a center for digitization of library and museum collections (Operational Program Digital Poland, 2016-2019). From 2019 she has been a member of the OCLC EMEA Regional Council.
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