Trucking Through: How Transportation Libraries Shifted to Digital During the Pandemic Years

Saturday, July 30, 2022

8:00 AM EDT

Speaker(s)

Marilee Tuite, MLIS and Certificate in Technical Communication

Reference and Digital Services Librarian
MnDOT and University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies

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Rachel Cole, MLIS

Interim Head
Northwestern University Transportation Library
Evanston, Illinois, United States
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Michael Molina

The events of the past two years accelerated the shift to digital across all industries by several years, and transportation libraries and information settings are no exception. Many had to grapple with how to serve their patrons' information needs in increasingly online and distributed spaces while also dealing with the constant Covid-19 related challenges in the workspace. Join this session to learn how transportation library and information professionals have digitized materials, processes, and services to better meet the needs of their patrons and staff in distributed spaces over the past two years, along with lessons learned that could be implemented in other organizations.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participant will be able to learn how transportation libraries established new digital services.
Upon completion, participant will be able to learn how transportation libraries digitized collections.
Upon completion, participant will be able to learn how transportation libraries established new digital processes.