(via the ACRL Value of Academic Libraries COVID-19 Subcommittee)
The COVID-19 Library Protocols survey is now open. This survey is being conducted by the ACRL Value of Academic Libraries (VAL) Committee to gather information on how academic libraries have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, including its impacts on services, resources, staff, and patrons. Information gathered through this survey will be analyzed to identify COVID responses by libraries and identify practices that may help libraries plan and respond to similar future situations.
This survey has been reviewed and approved by ACRL. It takes about 15 minutes to complete, depending on your responses. Additional instructions are below.
- Please respond by physical library building unless COVID protocols were applied uniformly across all libraries within a larger system. Please provide both the name of the larger organization and the specific unit (e.g. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library and Eccles Health Sciences Library).
- Reporting of all data will be in aggregate. Individual institutions or individuals will not be identified without explicit prior permission.
- Recognizing that COVID responses may have changed or evolved since the start of the pandemic, please provide responses that document the entire timeline for the pandemic.
- We realize that response options and terminology vary greatly from institution to institution, so please use your best judgment when reading and replying to the questions.
- Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey request.
To access the COVID-19 Library Protocols survey, please go here.