How an Online University Librarian and a Liberal Arts College Librarian Implemented Video Tutorials during COVID-19: A Mentoring Case Study

Abstract

As participants in the Association of College and Research Libraries’ (ACRL) Distance and Online Learning Section (DOLS) Mentoring Program, two librarians collaborated to deploy a pilot library video tutorial program at the mentee librarian’s small liberal arts college in the Southeastern United States. Drawing on the mentoring librarian’s experience with tutorials at their largely online university, the mentee librarian maintained instructional support and faculty engagement during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, the authors compared statistics between this pilot video tutorial program with the mentoring librarian’s more established program and discussed the benefits of the mentoring relationship for both librarians.

Keywords:

• Video tutorials
• mentoring
• distance learning
• case study
• video production
• outreach
• assessment
• COVID-19

Disclosure statement

The authors report there are no competing interests to declare.