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dc.contributor.authorEvjen, Sunniva
dc.contributor.authorColbjørnsen, Terje
dc.contributor.authorBøyum, Idunn
dc.contributor.authorTallerås, Kim
dc.contributor.authorOlsen, Heidi Kristin
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-26T09:14:12Z
dc.date.available2021-11-26T09:14:12Z
dc.date.issued2021-06-15
dc.description.abstractSiden mars 2020 har Covid-19-pandemien rammet det norske samfunnet på ulike måter. Foruten de helsemessige ringvirkningene, har privat og offentlig sektor vært nødt til å tilpasse seg den pågående krisen. De første inngripende smitteverntiltakene i Norge ble innført 12. mars. Sentrale myndigheter ga beskjed om at skoler og barnehager skulle stenge –sammen med blant annet kultur-og idrettsarrangement, frisører og treningssentre. Universitet og høgskoler gikk samtidig over til digital undervisning. Dette førte til at også bibliotekene stengte sine lokaler. Selv om det umiddelbart hersket en gjengs oppfatning om at bibliotekene måtte stenge fantes det aldri et direkte pålegg om å lukke dørene (Rognerød, 2020). I ettertid har kritiske røster har hevdet at stengte lokalerførte til at bibliotekene sviktet sitt samfunnsoppdrag (Audunson, 2020). Vi har selv påpekt at norske bibliotek for eksempel kunne inntatt en mer fremtredende rolle i formidlingen av kvalitetssikret helseinformasjon (Bøyum et al., 2021).en_US
dc.description.abstractAs the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world and Norway in 2020, libraries were among the institutions that were impacted. The social mission of libraries to stay open and offer services, cultural experiences and reliable information was put under pressure. In this article we depart from a survey of 843 library workers across public, academic, special, and school libraries in Norway. The survey was conducted in June-August 2020 and contains quantitative and qualitative data on how library workers experienced lockdown and the responses from libraries. The article addresses how the Covid-19 crisis impacted libraries’ social missions and what circumstances contribute to crisis management in Norwegian libraries. We use institutional theories on isomorphism and institutional pressures, as well as general theories on crisis management, to analyse the material. We conclude that the pandemic has shown the potential of digital library services, but also find that closed library premises strongly influenced how libraries were able to fulfil their social missions. Our findings also indicate the need for a sectorial leadership in times of crisis. In our discussion, we describe a situation where structures and plans to manage situations of crises are lacking. For libraries to be part of society’s democratic infrastructure, their roles and social missions need to be considered in crisis management plans.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEvjen S, Colbjørnsen T, Bøyum I, Tallerås K, Olsen HK. Samfunnsoppdrag under press Erfaringer og vurderinger i norske bibliotek under Covid-19 . Nordic Journal of Library and Information Studies. 2021;2(1):17-37en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1916676
dc.identifier.doi10.7146/njlis.v2i1.125251
dc.identifier.issn2597-0593
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/23173
dc.language.isonoben_US
dc.publisherRoyal Danish Libraryen_US
dc.relation.journalNordic Journal of Library and Information Studies
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2021 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Library and information science: 320en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Biblioteks- og informasjonsvitenskap: 320en_US
dc.titleSamfunnsoppdrag under press Erfaringer og vurderinger i norske bibliotek under Covid-19en_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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