Prevalence and impact of remote and hybrid work in academic health sciences libraries.
Objective: This study assesses the prevalence, usage, and impact of remote/hybrid work in academic health science libraries in 2022 and 2023. Due to differences in survey distribution, we focus primarily on the results of the second survey. Methods: Researchers surveyed administrators at Association...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 112; no. 4; pp. 298 - 307 |
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University of Pittsburgh, University Library System
Oct2024
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