US Academic Library Response to COVID19 Survey
Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe and Christine Wolff-Eisenberg
Survey: We are gathering information on academic libraries in the United States and the response to COVID19. We very much appreciate you filling out this form and contributing to our collective understanding of how libraries are responding to the situation of this pandemic. If you take it now, and your policies/practices change, you can use the same link to update your responses. Please note: We would ask that you only submit information for your own library.
The link to the survey (for both initial and updated response) is: https://surveys.ithaka.org/jfe/form/SV_8qN8F2274hMBBBz
Live Results:
- All libraries as surveys are submitted: https://ql.tc/aAaxhh
- Libraries at non-residential institutions: https://ql.tc/Q0TfA9
- ARL academic libraries in the US: https://ql.tc/7oXDoD
- HathiTrust academic libraries in the US: https://ql.tc/YB1ywb
Live Dashboards:
- All libraries that have closed and their strategies: https://ql.tc/0qevAA
- Strategies deployed by libraries when building(s) not closed: https://ql.tc/OeoFN4
- ARL academic libraries in the US closures/limitations and their strategies: https://ql.tc/qR4a6x
Visualizations:
- Map of closures by being created by Cal Murgu: https://calmurgu.com/posts/2020/03/covid-19-academic-library-closures-in-us-and-canada/
- Data graph - March 29 (please use text and graphic together: https://twitter.com/lisalibrarian/status/1244300216733499398, CC-BY-ND):
US ACADEMIC LIBRARIES CONTINUE CLOSING PHYSICAL LOCATIONS: Early on, majority were reporting open or modified hours/locations. Now, we see the vast majority reporting fully closed. [first responses only; open-ended responses excluded] #CovidLibrary http://tinyurl.com/covidlibrary
- Data graph - March 19 (please use text and graphic together: https://twitter.com/lisalibrarian/status/1240820313027489792, CC-BY-ND):
DRAMATIC PIVOT TO CLOSING: US academic libraries respond to #CovidLibrary survey (162 updates submitted Wed+Thurs). In last 24 hours, overwhelming majority (74%) report they have closed all physical library locations. @cwolffeisenberg @lisalibrarian https://tinyurl.com/covidlibrary
Published analysis of the results:
- An analysis of the first 24 hours of responses: “Academic Library Response to COVID19: The First 24 Hours of Survey Data” https://sr.ithaka.org/blog/academic-library-response-to-covid19/
- An analysis of the next 48 hours of response: “Academic Library Strategies Shift to Closure and Restriction: The Next 48 Hours of Academic Library Response to COVID19” https://sr.ithaka.org/blog/academic-library-strategies-shift-to-closure-and-restriction/
- An analysis of change over the first 10 days of responses (longitudinal analysis): “First This, Now That: A Look at 10-Day Trends in Academic Library Response to COVID19” https://sr.ithaka.org/blog/first-this-now-that-a-look-at-10-day-trends-in-academic-library-response-to-covid19/
- A look at the state of libraries in the fall term: “Indications of the New Normal: A (Farewell) Fall 2020 Update from the Academic Library Response to COVID-19 Survey” https://sr.ithaka.org/blog/indications-of-the-new-normal/
- The backstory of how the survey came to be and what we learned about working collaboratively: “Academic Library Response to COVID-19: Real-Time Data Gathering and Dissemination” https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2020/03/23/academic-library-response-to-covid19/
The short URL for this webpage is: https://tinyurl.com/covidlibrary
All tweets by @lisalibrarian or @cwolffeisenberg on project tagged #CovidLibrary
If you have questions, please email both of us: Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe (lisalibrarian@gmail.com) and Christine Wolff-Eisenberg (christine.wolff-eisenberg@ithaka.org).
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Media Coverage, Tweets We Have Sent, and Other Library Data Collection Efforts
Media Coverage:
- Survey of US Academic Libraries Documents Covid-19 Pandemic Responses (Illinois News Bureau, March 27)
- As Coronavirus Spreads, Colleges Make Limited Allowances for Support Staff (Chronicle of Higher Education, March 23)
- Overdue: Closing Libraries (Inside Higher Education, March 19):
- Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe and Christine Wolff-Eisenberg Discuss Academic Library Response to COVID-19 (Library Journal, March 16)
- Coping With the Pandemic: Roundup of Coronavirus news from March 13-15 (Inside Higher Education, March 16)
Tweets We Have Sent:
THE FIRST 10 DAYS: Analysis of initial to most recent academic #CovidLibrary survey results. Classes shift to online/remote only + changes in library services and onsite access follow (but time-delayed). Many more libraries mandating remote work. https://sr.ithaka.org/blog/first-this-now-that-a-look-at-10-day-trends-in-academic-library-response-to-covid19/
LIBRARIES UPDATING POLICIES! We received 112 updates today from US academic libraries to #CovidLibrary survey 39% reported they have closed, 42% have modified hours/locations open, and only 4% are maintaining usual hours. @cwolffeisenberg @lisalibrarian https://tinyurl.com/covidlibrary
GEOGRAPHY OF CLOSURES: @calmurgu is generously mapping #CovidLibrary data on academic library closures in US+Canada. He's doing it manually (what a gift - thank you Cal!) so it isn't real-time but it is a look at the geography of closure. Linked from https://tinyurl.com/covidlibrary.
NEW DASHBOARD OF LIBRARY CLOSURES: We (@cwolffeisenberg + @lisalibrarian) have received numerous requests for a report of just those US academic libraries that have entirely closed physical locations. Now available! #CovidLibrary https://ql.tc/0qevAA
UPDATE: We coded all of the "other" responses re Building Hours. 96 hours after the survey launched: hours same (48%, n=221), hours/locations limited (45%, n=209), library closed (7%, n=33). #CovidLibrary @cwolffeisenberg + @lisalibrarian https://sr.ithaka.org/blog/academic-library-strategies-shift-to-closure-and-restriction/
48-Hour UPDATE: Business-as-usual is no longer the usual for US academic libraries. Only 36% open normal hours. 8% have closed altogether. #CovidLibrary @cwolffeisenberg @lisalibrarian https://sr.ithaka.org/blog/academic-library-strategies-shift-to-closure-and-restriction/
Past 48 hours: significant growth in academic libraries closing, decreasing hours, restricting access, limiting services+expanding remote work. #CovidLibrary @cwolffeisenberg @lisalibrarian https://sr.ithaka.org/blog/academic-library-strategies-shift-to-closure-and-restriction/
Grateful to US Academic Libs that have taken #CovidLibrary survey, submitted updates+shared how using. Our community is amazing+data is making a difference! To answer survey, submit an update, or see results and ongoing analysis - all links in this doc! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_5cAvfgp3bYzrzXDtaAexrLkzDS68DpX1WBesSj6UeU/edit?usp=sharing
(Lisa’s Tweet of this: https://twitter.com/lisalibrarian/status/1238872358687051776)
Take the survey of how your US Academic Library is responding to the pandemic right NOW + you can UPDATE it later at same link as policy evolves. Survey from @cwolffeisenberg + @lisalibrarian - thank you! https://surveys.ithaka.org/jfe/form/SV_8qN8F2274hMBBBz #CovidLibrary #CovidCampus
How are US academic libraries responding to the situation of the COVID19 pandemic? Survey from @cwolffeisenberg + @lisalibrarian available. You can take it NOW + UPDATE it later as policy evolves. https://surveys.ithaka.org/jfe/form/SV_8qN8F2274hMBBBz
#CovidLibrary #CovidCampus
ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS: @cwolffeisenberg + @lisalibrarian are gathering information on academic libraries in the United States and the response to COVID19. Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey for your library. https://surveys.ithaka.org/jfe/form/SV_8qN8F2274hMBBBz
#CovidLibrary #CovidCampus
See how other academic libraries across the country are responding to the situation of this pandemic? View the publicly-available report of results of survey from @cwolffeisenberg + @lisalibrarian -- as they come in -- here: https://ql.tc/aAaxhh #CovidLibrary #CovidCampus
JUST RELEASED: first 24 hours of how US academic libraries are responding to COVID19 from @cwolffeisenberg + @lisalibrarian #CovidCampus #CovidLibrary https://sr.ithaka.org/blog/academic-library-response-to-covid19/
Other Library Data Collection Efforts:
US Public Libraries:
Submit additions/updates: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZ1_UMvKwiEyIUisyqmB3Wzex15SjP7vZeT-bQuRoxMMCSQQ/viewform
US Law Libraries: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eH8Ek50TFB6qzz4cTi7gUFxcg5E_wzCmzOZZDeVS5sI/edit#gid=1855721508
Rare Book Libraries:
Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScKIS6jdFpGwK8eXcdIoDXfiLjEMcTlgx8km78aXphi8m_T3g/viewform
Results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1efpar0AOVpNHwjWPs7GuZeKUHBA8oM_lTQP7BGXzwW4/edit?usp=sharing
ARL Member Libraries - Hours/Access: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JE6WuYkCzoFcBgVrgdohZlhW8jdLYiYY0LamtC_WvQk/edit#gid=1515305639
Canadian Academic Librarians: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pXasaR7WNPCwVjvn5CPH7g9jU7cmLFrwx4QxRKKEKd4/edit
University Libraries in the UK:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fUQFlsFXKV6kiTSfu-yazUvWDiLSFei9hiNzvePJiIg/edit#gid=0
Australia:
Libraries - https://www.alia.org.au/australian-libraries-responding-covid-19
Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums - https://wragge.github.io/closed-glams-covid19/
LIBER Libraries in Europe: https://twitter.com/LIBEReurope/status/1238482761918414849