Bookending a Pandemic and Its Impact on Public Libraries: Policy and Announcement Information Provided by Libraries Throughout the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response

IF 1.4 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Public Library Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-07-18 DOI:10.1080/01616846.2022.2102844

Brady D. Lund, Ting Wang, Abdullah Alenezi

引用次数: 3

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study serves as a follow-up on a 2020 study by Wang and Lund that examined the policy changes and announcement information provided by American public libraries during the early weeks of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, using the same list of libraries as the 2020 study to examine how the COVID response evolved over the past two years. Seven types of information were collected from the public libraries’ websites, with the help of the Internet Archive to collect specific dates: frequency of announcement updates, date of start curbside/pickup services, date of reopening libraries, dates of posting vaccine-related information, dates of removal of COVID-19 related information, and dates of reopening face-to-face programs. The findings indicate that the timing of COVID response updates varied based on factors including the size of the municipality in which the public library is located and the political leaning of the municipality’s voters.

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疫情的结束及其对公共图书馆的影响：图书馆在应对冠状病毒（新冠肺炎）期间提供的政策和公告信息

摘要本研究是王和隆德2020年一项研究的后续研究，该研究考察了美国公共图书馆在冠状病毒（新冠肺炎）大流行的前几周提供的政策变化和公告信息，使用与2020年研究相同的图书馆列表来考察过去两年新冠肺炎应对措施的演变。在互联网档案馆的帮助下，从公共图书馆的网站收集了七类信息，以收集具体日期：公告更新频率、开始路边/取件服务的日期、重新开放图书馆的日期、发布与疫苗相关的信息的日期、删除新冠肺炎相关信息的日期以及重新开放面对面项目的日期。研究结果表明，新冠疫情应对更新的时间因公共图书馆所在城市的规模和城市选民的政治倾向等因素而异。

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Public Library Quarterly INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

CiteScore

3.50

自引率

21.10%

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期刊介绍： Public Libraries Quarterly is addressed to leaders-directors, managers, staff, trustees, and friends-who believe that change is imperative if public libraries are to fulfill their service missions in the twenty-first century. In PLQ, directors and operating officers tell how they accomplished change. The journal examines: •best practices and models to improve service •management case studies-with results and failures •library mythologies that retard individual and institutional development •studies of how to plan results and accomplish desired outcomes •marketing and fund-raising tools that work •budget and financial analysis tools and tips