Creative Staffing during a Pandemic: Training and Utilizing an on-Campus Student Worker While Working Remotely

Abstract

In Fall 2020, Lasell University trained a student assistant to handle the physical aspects of interlibrary loan lending while the interlibrary loan librarian was unable to return to campus due to COVID-19 concerns. This article outlines the breakdown of duties between librarian and student worker and discusses how the student was trained and supervised remotely.

Keywords:

• Interlibrary loan
• remote work
• student workers
• training

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Sophie Forrester for editing this article.