05-12-2020, 06:15 PM
Discussion notes
5/06/2020
Question about the rollout of LibAnswers and Canvas - The course blueprints and shells created by a college will not be affected. LibChat is completely outside of this. Integrating your college LibAnswers service with Canvas courses is a local conversation.
Further discussion on colleges opening in the fall:
5/06/2020
Question about the rollout of LibAnswers and Canvas - The course blueprints and shells created by a college will not be affected. LibChat is completely outside of this. Integrating your college LibAnswers service with Canvas courses is a local conversation.
Further discussion on colleges opening in the fall:
- Colleges are planning for online in the fall, some face to face with lower class sizes.
- from The Chronicle of Higher Learning:"As for career- and technical-training programs, many of which require hands-on learning, [Sheri] Prupis says that, like other colleges, the Virginia system is talking about front-loading the lecture portion of courses and, if restrictions are lifted, creating, say, two weeks of intensive lab work near the end of the term. But her team is also considering virtual simulations, kits that can be sent to students so they can perform experiments at home, and other strategies."
- Electronic reserves are going to become more important - consider closing stacks and retrieve items upon request; scan chapters from reserve books for students.
- If fewer/no classes are being held on campus, there may be spaces that are more conducive to distancing and cleaning than library spaces; remove mice, keyboards, and chairs to force distance.
- Offer appointments with assigned computers, with doors locked except for someone with an appointment in the library.
- VIVA's COVID-19: Reopening Libraries: https://vivalib.org/va/covid19-reopen
- VIVA COVID-19 Resource Sharing > Materials Handling and Safety: https://vivalib.org/va/covid19-resourcesharing (bottom of the page)
- https://www.chronicle.com/article/Are-Co...r-a/248710