Navigating the Impact of COVID 19 on Academic Libraries

Dr. Atul Bhatt
Associate Professor
Department of Library and Information Science
Gujarat University

Department of Library and Information Science, Gujarat University
Outline
Indian Education : Lesson from our Glorious Past
Impact of COVID 19 on Education Emerging Trends in Higher Education
Inspiration and Facts: during COVID 19
Emerging Reviews on Research and Innovation
Changing Paradigm of Higher Education
Scaling to Meet the Needs of a Changing Environment
Learners Expectations from Academic Libraries
The Library of the Future
Best practices in Academic Library - New Normal
Concluding Remarks

Library Resources Centre, Institute of lawDepartment of Library and Information Science, Gujarat University
Takshshila
Nagajunakonda
In ancient time India was center
of higher learning and had a
great civilisation and unique
education system called Gurukul
which flourished in the world
Nalanda
Vikramshila

Courtesy: https://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/ancient.pdf
 An educational institution, housing 10,000 students in the
university’s heyday and providing accommodations for
2,000 professors.
 It was devoted to Buddhist studies, but it also trained
students in fine arts, medicine, mathematics, politics
astronomy, and the art of war.
 Nalanda University attracted pupils and scholars from
Korea, Japan, China, Tibet, Indonesia, Persia and Turkey.
 The library of Nalanda, known as Dharma Gunj (Mountain
of Truth) or (Treasury of Truth)
 It had a nine-story library where monks meticulously
copied books and documents
 It is said that a great fire wiped out the library of over 9
million manuscripts

Knowledge Dissemination
Knowledge Assimilation
Knowledge Creation
Strong Pillars of Nalanda

Role of Academic Library
Manage resources, services and
facilities
Organize knowledge and information
to serve the needs of their users
Support literacy and learning

Impact of COVID-19 on Education
 According to UNESCO report approx. 157 crore
students are affected from KG to PG level acrosss the
Glob and when we are discussing about India approx
32 crore students/learners are affected due to the
pandemic situation.
 Needless to say, the pandemic has transformed
centuries old Chalk and talk teaching model to one
driven by technology.
 The delivery of education is pushing policy makers to
figure out how to drive engagement at scale while
ensuring inclusive e-learning solutions and talking the
digital divide.
 Crucial time for the education sector as well as for
academic libraries.

Inspiration and Facts: during COVID 19 Divyabhashkar 19/05/2020 p. 1

Emerging Review on Research and Innovation

Emerging Trends in Higher Education

Emerging Trends in Higher Education
Pre-COVID Era
Passive Learning
Faculty Centric
Lecture Mode
Content Dissemination
Focus
Post-COVID Era
Active Learning
Student Centric
Collaborative Mode
Content Creation Focus

Zoom
WebEx
Microsoft Team
Google Meeting
GoBrunch
GoTO
Gypsy
A-View

Higher Education System
Curriculum
Research
Basic Pillars of
Our Education
System
Instructions
Assesment

Curriculum: Tools and Platforms
The goal of a successful
educational program is to
meet the needs and current
demands of the society.
Therefore curriculum
development and reform
process continually under goes
review, revision, and constant
change (Johnson, 2001).
EPG Pathshala
EGyanKosh
MIT OER
OMKAR-e
Platforms
DSPACE
Greenstone
Eprints

Scaling to Meet the needs of a Changing Environment
Instruction: Tools and Platforms
The instruction we are
providing in classroom is very
important variable regarding
students’ achievement. Good
instruction can leads students
in all around success in
curriculum and co-curriculum
activities.
Jennifer Allen
Zoom
WebEx
Microsoft Team
Google Meeting
GoBrunch
GoTO
Gypsy
A-View

Assessment: Tools and Platforms
Assessment is the engine
which drives student learning
Assessment determines
whether the goals of
education are being met.
Assessment affects about
grades, placement,
advancement,
Google Class Room
Moodle
Khoot
Class Marker
Eklavvya – Indian Platform
VirtualX
TCExam
Think Exam

Research: Open Access Resources
DAOJ
Hathi Trust
Project Guttenberg
NDLI
The Internet Archives
Open Access Publishing in European Networks
SSRN
The Online Book Page

Changing Times – Time to Change
The Future Effect on Academic Libraries
 Hesitation
 Confused/Reluctance
 At Our Pace
 Overwhelmed
 Experimentation
 Quick fix Solutions
 Accelerated change
 Stretched Target
 Strive to Survive
Before Corona
Normal
Journey to Digitation
During Corona
Crisis
Living with Corona
New Normal

Library Digitization and The Digital Divide
 IT Infrastructure
 IT support staff
 Budgetary Limitation
 Technical Know-how
 IT support
 Evolving Platforms
 Technology Adoption
 Awareness/Literacy
 Optimum utilization
(Remotely)
Academic Libraries
Librarians
Library Users

Effective Library Management

Changing Times – Time to Change
The Future Effect on Academic Libraries
 Extend counselling to
ensure mental and
physical wellbeing of
staff and Library Users
 Operate with minimum
staff in rotation shifts
 Limit to virtual
interaction wherever
possible
 Cleaning and sanitizations
of Library premises
 Routine temperature
check
 Restriction on movement
of Library Staff and
users
 Library enrollment
procedure through
online
 Ensure adequate space
for maintaining distance
 Procedure optimization
Planning Implementation Executions

Learners Expectations from Academic Libraries
Source: DNA 26/01/2014 Page 10

The Library of the Future
... … A Managed place … …with managed
digital space.

Library Resources Centre, Institute of lawLibrary Resources Centre, Institute of law
Technology adopted by Library
Library Website
Users are updated herewith
Various collections, activities,
And upcoming events also
URL:http://www.nirmauni.ac.in/ILLib

Technology adopted by Library (RemoteXS)
Library is providing
Remote-Login facility to
the users of Institute of
Law, Nirma University, All
final year UG students, PG
students, PH.D. Students
and faculty members are
using Remote-Login
facility for accessing
online and digital
resources at their home
Remote login - E-library
Library is providing
Remote-Login facility to
PH.D. Students and
faculty members. We are
Planning to extend this
service to PG students
from this year.
Remote-Login facility for
accessing online and digital
resources at outside
campus

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Best Practices in the Library
Physical Library Orientation
Library Orientation
Program is Promotional
Activity related to Library
Resources &Services.
Through this program we
can aware our Users from
the Library. to make them
Introduce with Library
Resources, Services,
Activities & Basic Library &
Legal Research Skill.
Virtual Library Orientation

Print Journal Display E-Journals

On Place Reference Service Virtual Reference Service

On Place Current Awareness Service Virtual Current Awareness Service

Book Review by the
Author/Teacher
/Students:
Best Seller,
Interesting, Well
Reviewed by
prominent People
etc. Books are
reviewed here
among the Users.
Book Review Online Book Review

Talk Show by the Students:
“Talk-SHOW” - A dialogue-based
discussion sessions: Informal
Session with Expert & Coffee...!
Talk Show Virtual Talk Show

Author Interactive Session
Author Interactive Session Virtual Author Interactive Session

Library’s Treasure:
Books Displays on
Specific Topic:
Interesting &
Useful Topics
are Selected
and
Displayed....
Library’s Treasure:
Virtual Books Displays
on Specific Topic:

What’s Happening@ILNU Library:
Using Social Media

“ILNU Library Virtual Tour” – Virtual Visit from YouTube

“ILNU Library” - Library Mobile App (Android)
A Library Mobile Application is a easy way
for Users to connect with Library quickly
and easily through their mobile device
Institute Publications :
Highlighting Features of the Lib. Mob. App:
E-
Library
Press
Clippings
WebOPAC Exam
Papers

Programs are arranged to
spread the Awareness regarding
the Library. And Online Quiz
also arranged to know the output
of this program. And result is
very surprising with lot of
queries solved and interest in the
Library has been increasing.
Faculty Awareness :

Technology adopted by Library
“Event Programme Videos” – One Stop Play

Things We Would Do Differently
“Reference Management” – Zotero in DDS
We are managing DDS provided to
ILNU Faculties:
Different way to providing services
using Zotero
Content
Service
Bibliography
Cases

It’s budding legal eagles
a collection of legal
happenings from all
around the world. It's a
bid to bring to your
computer and phone an
easy access to the news
of whatever that is
happening in this noble
profession, globally
Samiksha: Your One Stop Global Legal Digest Through the Looking Glass:
To Help & Motivate
Users to involve in
Collection
Development, this
Service is started for. It
provides you latest
Update with your
Favorite Subject’s
Books across the Globe
in various Subjects.

Keeping in tune with the global
development, we have created an
institutional repository using
DSpace software. We are feeding
institutional intellectual outputs like
faculty papers, theses and
dissertations in PDF format at
DSpace. Students can access this
digital information anywhere on the
campus through our library server.
Knowledge Repository – Digital Library
Keeping in tune with the global
development, we have created
an institutional repository using
DSpace software. We are
feeding institutional intellectual
outputs like faculty papers,
theses and dissertations in PDF
format at DSpace. Students can
access this digital information
anywhere on the campus through
our library server.

Exam Papers & Press Clipping :Google Apps

Efforts to Meeting Challenges

Future trends of Academic Library

Pandemic Situations: Key Takeaways for Libraries
Prevention is better than cure
Prevention, Prevention and Prevention
Providing Services Remotely
Managing Remote Working
Social Distancing
Managing different approaches to restrictions
Limiting numbers in the Library

Pandemic Situations: Key Takeaways for Libraries
Framework for reopening Academic Libraries
IT Infrastructure and security provisions
Understand learners expectation in living with COVID 19 Era
Open is key to address current situation
Quick Adoption of Newer Technology
LearningNeverStop, Stay Safe, and Stay Updated
Prioritz health and wellbeing now and when Library reopen

Redefining the role of Academic Library

Users’ centric approach

Concluding Remarks American Libraries magazine December 2017

Concluding Remarks
 Librarians need to improve new skills using the new
technology in this changing environment of Covid 19
 Librarians must continue to educate themselves in the best
mechanisms for using new information technologies
 Pass knowledge onto others so that the wealth of information
at our disposal can be tapped effectively and play vital role for
better and better change.

Concluding Remarks
 For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life.
And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to
miss the future – John F. Kennedy (June 25, 1963)
 Role of academic libraries and librarians have changed, is changing
and will continue to change in the New Normal.
 The window will not stay open forever. Alternatives will be
brought in force when available

Concluding Remarks
Knowing is not enough. We must apply.
Willing is not enough. We must do.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Department of Library and Information Science, Gujarat University

Navigating the Impact of COVID 19 on Academic Libraries

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