Pearl : A Journal of Library and Information Science
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue: 2

Quarantine of library materials and library services during Covid-19 period

1Assistant Librarian, Indian Maritime University, Navi Mumbai Campus, Maharashtra-400706, India

2Librarian, Govt. First Grade College, Ripponpete, Hosanagara Taluk, Shivamogga District, Karnataka, India, rajanikanta25@gmail.com

*Corresponding author email id: deva.tm@gmail.com

Online published on 18 September, 2021.

Abstract

The purpose of writing this article is to create awareness among the library professionals during the period of covid-19 spread across the world. The need of information is very essential and this information played a major role in identifying the vaccine for Coronavirus also. Similarly, providing information for needy people in society is also necessary to avoid the transmission of Coronavirus during the transaction of library physical information resources/materials, library services to their users. What are the precautionary measures to be taken and how to quarantine the library materials which may be infected by reader or user. The process and procedure of quarantine of library materials and services, these issues have been discussed in this article.

Keywords

Quarantine of library materials, Lifetime of coronavirus on different materials, Quarantine of digital library or computer centre