Digital Collections at a Distance: Telework during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors

  • Laura M. Gentry

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/lrts.65n2.65-75

Abstract

This case study explores how one team tasked with the creation of digital collections at The University of Alabama Libraries succeeded at telework to carry on its essential functions despite not being able to digitize new content from March through July 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Managers of similar units will gain strategies to create similar telework projects at their institution and lessons learned while working and supervising employees remotely.

Author Biography

Laura M. Gentry

Laura M. Gentry (lmgentry@ua.edu) is the Special Collections and Digital Initiatives Librarian at the University of Alabama Libraries.

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Published

2021-05-21

Issue

Vol. 65 No. 2 (2021): April

Section

Notes on Operations

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