Article ID: CBB482995334

Research in the Time of COVID: Virtual Fellowships at the Linda Hall Library (October 2022)

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Gross, Benjamin H. (Author)


Technology and Culture
Volume: 63
Issue: 4
Pages: 1140-1156


Publication Date: October 2022
Edition Details: Public History Section: "Going Digital: The Research Library and the Pandemic"
Language: English

When COVID-19 prevented scholars from traveling to libraries, archives, and museums, staff at those institutions devised creative strategies for providing remote access to their holdings. This article examines one such initiative launched by the Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering, and Technology in Kansas City, Missouri. The Library's prioritization of print over archival materials, experience fulfilling document delivery requests, and investments in digitization infrastructure facilitated the transition to a completely virtual fellowship program during the 2021–22 academic year. Although virtual fellowships could not replicate every aspect of in-person residencies, they nonetheless supplied scholars with much-needed funding, research materials, and membership in a scholarly community. Based on the program's initial success, the Library plans to continue offering virtual fellowships to scholars otherwise unable to conduct research on site.

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Article Benjamin Gross; Allison Marsh (October 2022) Going Digital: The Research Library and the Pandemic. Technology and Culture (pp. 1137-1139). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Marsh, Allison
Fleming, Lee
Harald Kleinberger-Pierer
Chatterjee, Animesh
Arellano Escudero, Nelson
Baptiste Bedessem
Concepts
Research methods
History of technology, as a discipline
Research support
Digitization
Libraries and archives
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Switzerland
Institutions
Linda Hall Library
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