International Journal of Health Sciences

The Health Crisis of the COVID-19 as a New Challenge for Hospital Libraries
Dr. Eleni Semertzidou

Summary
During the first half of 2020, the coronavirus pandemic upended the world. Having come forth from China in December 2019, the coronavirus soon caused the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare the outbreak as a ―public health emergency of international concern‖ for the world on 30 January 2020. Until the present day, most countries have introduced lockdowns on human mobility as a measure of protecting their civilians from coming in contact with the virus. However, the true challenge many countries have to fight against is the global epidemic of misinformation that continues to run amok on social media platforms and other outlets. The biggest challenge in the COVID-19 crisis for librarians is to keep providing their usual services to library users. The role of academic health librarians now includes controlling fake information and providing authentic, updated information to health workers and the public.

Full Text: PDF     DOI: 10.15640/ijhs.v9n3a2