by FOPLED | Jul 20, 2020 | FOPL News
COVID-19 Update Ontario Government actions on COVID-19 July 20, 2020 Good afternoon, Today the provincial government announced that seven more regions will enter Stage 3 of reopening Ontario’s economy this Friday, joining the 24 regions that entered into Stage 3 last...
by FOPLED | Jul 20, 2020 | FOPL News
REALM Project Test 2 Results Available OCLC / 20 July 2020 https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/test2-results.html “As part of the REALM Project’s Phase 1 research, Battelle has conducted a natural attenuation study to provide information on how long...
by FOPLED | Jul 20, 2020 | FOPL News
ALA COVID-19 Recovery Website http://www.ala.org/tools/covid-19-recovery Strong libraries — and a well-supported library workforce — are essential to the recovery of communities devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This collection of tools, developed and updated by...
by FOPLED | Jul 20, 2020 | FOPL News
Two Great COVID-19 Playbooks: One for Public Libraries and one for Academic Libraries Both are from the US. I love the Playbook word. Toledo Lucas County Public Library (TLCPL) Safe Work Playbook: COVID-19 Pandemic and Preparedness Response The Playbook covers a wide...
by FOPLED | Jul 20, 2020 | FOPL News
All in Stage 3 now except Peel Public Health; Toronto Public Health; and Windsor-Essex County News Release https://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2020/07/ontario-moving-more-regions-into-stage-3.html Ontario Moving More Regions into Stage 3 More Businesses and Services Across...
by FOPLED | Jul 20, 2020 | FOPL News
Two New Accessibility Toolkits Available Now The Accessibility Assembly has released two new toolkits, Accessible Communication Styles, www.asgcladirect.org/resources/…, and Virtual Accessibility, www.asgcladirect.org/resources/virtual-accessibility. These new...
by FOPLED | Jul 19, 2020 | FOPL News
Pandemic-rattled Canadians still cautious about everything from schools to 2nd lockdowns, polls say Despite calls for full classes in the fall and an end to lockdowns, most Canadians still want to play it safe...
by FOPLED | Jul 19, 2020 | FOPL News
You gotta love the Toronto Star when along with doctors and public health professionals, they included Dr. Colin Furness, a professor at my alma mater, The U of Toronto Faculty of Information (iSchool). What Doug Ford and Ontario got right – and wrong – in four months...
by FOPLED | Jul 19, 2020 | FOPL News
Lots of great advice here – especially around re-designing library spaces for physically distancing. It;s from the UK so some Ontario adaptation may be required. Libraries bring people together. They need to be able to do that again....
by FOPLED | Jul 18, 2020 | FOPL News
News Release Province Takes Steps to Ensure All Ontarians Benefit from Local Research and Innovation Government Unveils Intellectual Property Action Plan Along with COVID-19 Research Projects...
