When the COVID-19 pandemic forced universities in China to abruptly transition to virtual instruction, library services adapted quickly to provide research services, instruction, and access to collections. The library at NYU Shanghai was about to begin its sixth year of providing library research workshops to Freshmen enrolled in foundational courses, and was challenged to quickly revise a familiar and successful information literacy program to meet the demands of this new fully-online environment. This paper details how the library used a SWOT Analysis to guide the decision-making process behind this transition. It then describes the resulting instruction program, which adopts a flipped classroom approach that incorporates online video modules, assessment tools, and a variety of synchronous and asynchronous instructional followup sessions. © 2020 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
From face-to-face to flipped: strategic adaptation of library instruction during a pandemic