Health

Providing information services in health care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a panel discussion

Friday, February 5, 2021

3:30 PM – 4:15 PM EDT

Speaker(s)

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Naz Torabi

Information Specialist
Unity Health Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Dean Giustini

UBC Biomedical Branch Library
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Dahlal Mohr-Elzeki

Patient Resource Librarian
McGill University Health Centre
Laval, Quebec, Canada
Zachary Osborne

Manager of Health Information & Knowledge Mobilization
Unity Health Toronto
Rachel Zhao

Librarian
Alberta Health Services
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A group of panelists will explore their individual and institutional responses to the global COVID-19 pandemic, sharing their experiences and narratives of triumph and struggle as well as the lessons they learned (and are learning). Many intertwined pandemic themes will be explored such as challenges and opportunities in responding to rapidly changing information needs and landscapes; shifting roles and responsibilities of library professionals; remote information service provision; information, health and technological literacy challenges; pandemic preparedness; work-life balance and resilience; vocational awe and personal fulfillment.