The COVID-19 restrictions hit the world’s academic libraries extremely hard, with major disruptions to teaching, learning, research, library services and collection management.

What lessons were learned? And how can you prepare for the “new normal” of 2021?

1. Moving to remote solutions irrevocably changed expectations
2. Libraries can flourish again, even with reduced budgets
   
3. Transitions already underway are being fast-tracked

Libraries are shifting their perspective, and adopting principles of enterprise resource planning (ERP) for learning, teaching, research, collections, and inter-library loan.