It presents the results of the study developed on the impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic
on the performance of Sector Libraries in the North Sector of the Manaus Campus of
the Federal University of Amazonas – UFAM, especially the Sectoral Library of the
North Sector, of the Sectoral Library of the Faculty of Law and the Library of the Faculty
of Exact Sciences and Engineering. It also reflects on the measures adopted by the
Central Library and these Libraries after the suspension of face-to-face work by the
UFAM Rectory, in compliance with the guidelines of the social distancing protocol
prepared by the World Health Organization (WHO) and adopted by the Ministry of
Health for application throughout the national territory. Descriptive in nature, the study
aimed to understand the repercussions of the measures adopted by these libraries,
after the suspension of face-to-face work by the UFAM Rectory, to continue working
even during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Regarding the methodological procedures,
bibliographical and field research were carried out. The first to select the theoretical
contributions that guided the analysis of the information obtained in the collection stage
and the second to apply the instruments (questionnaires), which were prepared in
Google Forms and applied to the Central Library manager and to five BSCEE
Librarians, BSFD and BSSN. As for the results of the study, there were occurrences
that attest that the studied libraries responded positively to the challenge of keeping
operating even after the suspension of their in-person activities. Among these, the
most significant was the transition from face-to-face work to the home office, as all
other actions supported by current communication and information technologies were
derived from it, such as: the development of information source guides, use and
maintenance of profiles on networks social networks to interact with the academic
community and to disseminate services, training, webinars, in order to meet the needs
and demands of users even at a distance.
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