Comments on: What are /you/ planning on doing when the Bird Flu hits? http://dltj.org/article/bird-flu/ We're Disrupted, We're Librarians, and We're Not Going to Take It Anymore Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:48:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: Fredhttp://dltj.org/article/bird-flu/comment-page-1/#comment-13120 Fred Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:49:49 +0000 http://dltj.org/2007/03/bird-flu/#comment-13120 We would expect the usage of electronic reserve, etc. to go up. The challenge, of course, is to prepare as if there were about to be a pandemic (or earthquake, flood, fire, etc.) so that the eres materials (and any other instructional, research, reference resources) are already available online, and that the library staff have the appropriate equipment and training so that they can report to work from off-site or can navigate the challenges of coming into the building. I can tell you that we are NOT that prepared! We would expect the usage of electronic reserve, etc. to go up. The challenge, of course, is to prepare as if there were about to be a pandemic (or earthquake, flood, fire, etc.) so that the eres materials (and any other instructional, research, reference resources) are already available online, and that the library staff have the appropriate equipment and training so that they can report to work from off-site or can navigate the challenges of coming into the building. I can tell you that we are NOT that prepared!

]]> By: the jesterhttp://dltj.org/article/bird-flu/comment-page-1/#comment-13109 the jester Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:16:56 +0000 http://dltj.org/2007/03/bird-flu/#comment-13109 [quote comment="13108"]The underlying premise at our institution is that some sort of social distancing (quarantine) would be in place, which meant for the library that we would plan for how to provide services remotely, and not concentrate on figuring out how to make the resources in the building available.[/quote]That seems reasonable, Fred. I'm gathering from your reply that library staff would still be expected to report to work. Presumably if the library building was closed to the public and, as UMich is planning, the electronic course environment would substitute for classroom instruction, then activities like electronic course reserves would be expected to skyrocket as well. True, no? [quote comment="13108"]The underlying premise at our institution is that some sort of social distancing (quarantine) would be in place, which meant for the library that we would plan for how to provide services remotely, and not concentrate on figuring out how to make the resources in the building available.[/quote]

That seems reasonable, Fred. I’m gathering from your reply that library staff would still be expected to report to work. Presumably if the library building was closed to the public and, as UMich is planning, the electronic course environment would substitute for classroom instruction, then activities like electronic course reserves would be expected to skyrocket as well. True, no?

]]> By: Fredhttp://dltj.org/article/bird-flu/comment-page-1/#comment-13108 Fred Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:04:20 +0000 http://dltj.org/2007/03/bird-flu/#comment-13108 At Pacific the Library was asked to provide a plan for what services (if any) we could provide in the event of pandemic flu. The underlying premise at our institution is that some sort of social distancing (quarantine) would be in place, which meant for the library that we would plan for how to provide services remotely, and not concentrate on figuring out how to make the resources in the building available.So, we think we can provide access to the ILS; all of our licensed (and free) networked resources; electronic reserve; ask a librarian chat reference and research assistance.Any and all decisions are, of course, mitigated by the health of library staff; the availability of campus servers; and no upstream interruptions to internet (or other communication) services. At Pacific the Library was asked to provide a plan for what services (if any) we could provide in the event of pandemic flu. The underlying premise at our institution is that some sort of social distancing (quarantine) would be in place, which meant for the library that we would plan for how to provide services remotely, and not concentrate on figuring out how to make the resources in the building available.

So, we think we can provide access to the ILS; all of our licensed (and free) networked resources; electronic reserve; ask a librarian chat reference and research assistance.

Any and all decisions are, of course, mitigated by the health of library staff; the availability of campus servers; and no upstream interruptions to internet (or other communication) services.

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