Rajanikanta, S.T.Devendrappa, T.M.2023-07-032025-04-012023-07-032021-12-170975-6922.0973-7081https://dspacenew8-imu.refread.com/handle/123456789/2646The purpose of writing this article is to create the awareness among the library professionals regarding the functionality of higher educational institutional libraries who preferred to serve their users during the period of covid-19 pandemic and to discuss the issues and challenges they have faced while confronting the tough situation and new techniques they used to beat the pandemic situation and at the same time the role played by library staff of higher educational institutions while providing information for needy users, to avoid the transformation of coronavirus during the transaction of library physical information resources/materials, library services to their users and also the precautionary measures to be taken to provide the service to reader or users.enINTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREASArticle