by FOPLED | Apr 14, 2020 | FOPL News
COVID-19 Update Ontario Extends Declaration of Emergency to Continue the Fight Against COVID-19 April 14, 2020 Good evening, During an emergency sitting in the legislature today, the Ontario Legislature extended the Declaration of Emergency under the Emergency...
by FOPLED | Apr 12, 2020 | FOPL News
IMLS, CDC Offer Guidance for Disinfecting Returned Library Books...
by FOPLED | Apr 12, 2020 | FOPL News
‘How to get a win-win’: experts offer COVID-19 exit strategies Eventual restart allows society to think about what’s healthy, essential, they say...
by FOPLED | Apr 12, 2020 | FOPL News
CBC: How Toronto Public Library branches are becoming food banks during COVID-19 More than 100 library staff are participating in the initiative, packing between 500-600 food hampers per day...
by FOPLED | Apr 12, 2020 | FOPL News
COVID-19 Update Government of Canada actions on COVID-19 April 11, 2020 Good Evening, The government and opposition parties have reached an agreement on the new Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy allowing Bill C-14 to pass through the House of Commons unanimously this...
by FOPLED | Apr 11, 2020 | FOPL News
Library hosting a virtual Easter egg hunt The Sault Ste. Marie Public Library is giving you a chance to still hunt for Easter eggs this long weekend https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/library-hosting-a-virtual-easter-egg-hunt-2245671 NEWS RELEASE SAULT STE. MARIE...
by FOPLED | Apr 11, 2020 | FOPL News
“Never let a serious crisis go to waste”: Libraries transforming in the age of Corona The library is not cancelled, it is just different! “Never let a serious crisis go to waste”: Libraries transforming in the age of Corona...
by FOPLED | Apr 10, 2020 | FOPL News
How Online Book Read-Alouds Can Help Students’ Literacy and Connection During Social Distancing https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/55694/how-online-book-read-alouds-can-help-students-literacy-and-connection-during-social-distancing “Benefits of Reading Aloud ...
by FOPLED | Apr 10, 2020 | FOPL News
OCLC & ACRL: 2 webinars on libraries managing the crisis http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/2020/04/2-webinars-on-libraries-managing-crisis.html “One on the 13th, one on the 14th April. Firstly, on 13 April at OCLC has organised a 90 minute webinar,...
by FOPLED | Apr 10, 2020 | FOPL News
Library’s 3D printers used to help health-care workers Library's 3D printers used to help health-care workers “Brantford Public Library is part of an effort to help provide personal protective equipment for health-care workers during the COVID-19...