Assessing access: surveying user services at library high density storage facilities

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/120037

Title: Assessing access: surveying user services at library high density storage facilities
Author(s): Maddox Abbott, Jennifer A.
Issue Date: 2023
Keyword(s): library storage, user services
Abstract: Millions of library items are held in storage locations, but how well are libraries providing access to those materials? A survey of North American research libraries was conducted to examine the services that were available at library storage facilities for researchers and students before the global pandemic, during the pandemic, and as libraries adjust and plan for the new normal as the pandemic recedes. In addition, results of previous studies of storage facilities are compared to understand historical trends in access to library materials held in storage. A better understanding of user services as a component of library storage facilities will allow libraries to better serve the needs of scholars and researchers as well as provide insight to those who may be planning future library storage facilities.
Type of Resource: text
Language: en

Research and scholarship of the Library faculty and staff