E-resources in the US university library: Harvard’s case under the pandemic

Abstract

Due to the pandemic, Harvard University swiftly switched its instruction from in-person to remote in the middle of March 2020. The online instruction continued through the fall semester. Providing online resources has been the highest priority of Harvard Libraries in order to support teaching and research in this new and challenging environment. In this paper, the author, a Japanese bibliographer at Harvard, reports how e-resources are being used while libraries are implementing some emergency measures such as Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) under this unexpected transition.