COVID 19 and Libraries in Italy

Abstract

The "Digital Heritage: Spotlight on Europe" column examines technological advances internal and external to cultural institutions. The digital shift changed radically how cultural heritage is made, disseminated, distributed, accessed, consumed, and monetized. One of the most important revolutions is that the user's role changed dramatically, shifting from passive observers to active participants and content producers with many new and exciting opportunities for engagement, creative use, and access. The strength of the column is its broad, international focus, and contributors are encouraged to explore issues and recent advances in digital heritage theories, methodologies, standards relevant to the European region, as well as the larger, global audience. Interested authors are invited to submit proposals and articles to the column editor at

The role of libraries in distance learning during COVID-19

“…This can be explained by the fact that older people have traditional reading habits and/or lack digital skills (Mehta and Wang 2020). The results of the study show that teachers searched library resources to find materials that would help them hold virtual classes and students The previous survey (Tammaro 2020) concentrated directly on academic libraries and this study dealt with the perception of patrons. It should be noted that overall, the results of this study are consistent with similar works, that is, library staff members and patrons have a similar impression of COVIDinduced changes in libraries skills (Mehta and Wang 2020;Cognigni 2020;Monti 2020;Morriello et al 2020).…”

“…The insufficient quality of library staff and limited funding led to the situation where Italian libraries had not enough equipment to move onto the web (Caselli 2020a(Caselli , 2020b. Thus, they have had to learn how to handle the emergency (Caselli 2020a(Caselli , 2020bCognigni 2020) and rethink their relationship with communities in a short space of time (Tammaro 2020). The first reaction of libraries was to deliver traditional services, such as rental of print materials, interlibrary loan, cataloging, and reference services.…”

Folkebibliotekets digitale tilbud under koronakrisen

“…Hva som er bibliotekrelaterte oppgaver og hvorvidt folkebibliotekene burde overta andre oppgaver, har blitt diskutert tidligere og vil nok også måtte diskuteres i fremtiden. Fra andre lands bibliotek ser vi at Covid-krisen har ført til digitale tilbud som ikke bare handler om litteraere temaer, men også matlaging og treningsprogram (Tammaro, 2020), en trend som ser ut til å spre seg til flere land i…”

The Use of Internet Tools by Indian LIS Professionals for Providing Support Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…Tammaro in her paper describes the situation with COVID-19 and the role the Italian libraries played. 3 The author has carried out the investigation by analyzing literature and online documents together with sending questionnaire to about 70 librarians. The author presents how the Italian libraries continued to offer services during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown by offering services like access to digital resources and reference services.…”