Journal Articles
Making the importance of libraries and librarians visible: An international online library skills initiative in response to COVID
- Making the importance of libraries and librarians visible: An international online library skills initiative in response to COVID
- Journal of the Australian Library & Information Association, 72(2), 189-198, 2023
- Taylor & Francis
- 2023
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- Hong Kong
- Japan
- Australia
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- 1997.7 onwards
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- The onset of COVID required many libraries to re-imagine how they conducted their services. It also identified needs and gaps in the delivery of these services to the community. In response to changes such as extended lockdowns and the resultant economic difficulties and the wider need for digital literacy skills, Hong Kong SKH Ming Hua Theological College Library (MH College) established an international collaboration to develop and deliver online tours/ talks as a library skills program with librarians, faculty, students, and professionals in Hong Kong, Japan and Australia. The overall aims of this initiative were to provide an online library skills program for education, leisure and to make the value of librarians and libraries visible to stakeholders during the pandemic to ensure the upkeep of library resources, budgeting and staffing. Through partnerships with key stakeholders and the use of a variety of innovative IT tools, real-time online activities were conducted in three languages (English, Chinese and Japanese) to an internationally distributed audience. This paper will outline the background and organisation of the program, its design and discuss the lessons learned and implications for practice of the strategies used in the program. Copyright © 2023 Taylor & Francis.
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- English
- Journal Articles
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- 24750158
- https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/c89d36fb
- 2024-04-09
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