Training Strategies for Library Staff and Remote Clients in Academic Libraries Operating in a Distance Education Environment during COVID-19

Autor/in	Dube, Tinyiko Vivian
Titel	Training Strategies for Library Staff and Remote Clients in Academic Libraries Operating in a Distance Education Environment during COVID-19
Quelle	In: Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 15 (2022) 4, S.253-266 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Dube, Tinyiko Vivian)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1533-290X
DOI	10.1080/1533290X.2021.2020704
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; Distance Education; Library Personnel; Users (Information); Teaching Methods; Academic Libraries; Access to Information; School Closing; Training; Technological Literacy; Foreign Countries; Library Services; Adjustment (to Environment); South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Benutzerprofil; Nutzer; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; College; Colleges; University; Universities; Libary; Libraries; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Universität; Bibliothek; Hochschulbibliothek; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Ausbildung; Technisches Wissen; Ausland; Bibliotheksarbeit; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This paper identified the training strategies for distance education academic libraries that could improve remote clients' access to information resources during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The positivism research paradigm anchored this study and employed a quantitative approach. Eighty-two (82) online questionnaire was sent to the library staff working in academic libraries that operate in a distance education environment in Gauteng Province of South Africa. The collected data were analyzed with frequency counts and percentages. The hypothesis was tested using multinomial logistic regression statistics. The findings revealed that academic libraries provided training through the library staff to ensure that remote clients cope with the technological advancement facilitated by the emergence of COVID-19. This study recommended that the library staff should consider training intervention in the areas that seem to be neglected, such as identifying information resources relevant to their information needs, introduction to library products and services, and introduction to reference techniques to facilitate the usage and access to information resources by the remote clients. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01