Challenges faced by university libraries in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic

• Autor(a) principal: Silvestre, Flor de Maria
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Cunha, Murilo Bastos da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Direito Civil (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/rdbci/article/view/8668168
• topic: Academic libraries; Covid-19; Library Services; Federal District; Bibliotecas universitárias; Covid-19; Serviços em bibliotecas; Distrito Federal

Introduction: Like other institutions, libraries were not prepared to respond to everything that the Covid-19 pandemic brought: social isolation, remote work, suspension of academic activities, uncertainties about the return to the new normal, etc. Objective: This paper analyzes information from six academic libraries in the Federal District (Brazil|), describing what were the first measures and steps that libraries implemented to keep up with the current life of their users. Methodology: Semi-structured interviews and document research with content analysis were applied. Results   and conclusion: Identifying the following results: (1) Adoption of protocols and guides for users on security measures, libraries published documents with security measures, based on information from international and national institutions; (2) Use of social networks to promote services and communicate with users, with Instagram being the main ally for the dissemination of services and for being in contact with users.