Early on in the Covid-19 pandemic, UO Libraries faculty and staff were hustling to respond to the situation. Instruction librarians were figuring out how to make the transition to working from home while our colleagues in Access Services and other departments were changing up workflows and procedures on site. Interim Dean Mark Watson was interviewed by Duncan Baumgarten, Daily Emerald Reporter:

Library staff are trying to figure out how to get essential materials in student hands, Watson said. Discussions of a curb-side pickup are underway, according to [Undergraduate Engagement Librarian, Bronwen] Maxson. For now, though, Watson said, “we can stick the books in the mail.”

Teaching librarians are aware of the different skills and approaches needed for online instruction, so we began to create materials:

Maxson’s focus is Writing 123 and other first-year courses and programs. “I have been focusing on coordinating an effort to create asynchronous materials for 123 for the spring term,” she said, meaning reaching out to instructors, delivering clear instructions on how to record videos and figuring out how to embed videos with quizzes.

Many things have changed since those early days of the crisis, but teaching librarians are still hard at work to provide the same level of student support in new ways.