Rethinking Academic Library Hours Post-Pandemic
Panel
3:00 PM - 3:45 PMWed
GLC-236
Assessment Leadership
Presenters
Hilary Thompson
Director, User Services & Resource Sharing
University of Maryland Libraries
James Spring
Manager, Library Services
University of Maryland, College Park
Kurt Munson
Head, Access Services
Northwestern University
Rachel White
Common Services Supervisor
Penn State University Libraries
Toni Anaya
Professor, Associate Director of Information Services and Learning Spaces
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Reopening academic libraries after university shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic provided an opportunity to reevaluate hours and challenge long-standing assumptions about when the library needs to be open. Join members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance consortium for a discussion on rethinking library hours in this “new normal” environment. Our panelists will share how hours have changed at their institutions and discuss the role that data and other factors have played in informing these changes, with an open Q&A to follow.