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...
by FOPLED | Jul 17, 2020 | FOPL News
Focus on Passive Reader’s Advisory To Build Patron Engagement https://www.libraryunicorn.net/post/focus-on-passive-reader-s-advisory-to-build-patron-engagement “Libraries are known for in-person Reader’s Advisory (RA) services. However, librarians...
by FOPLED | Jul 17, 2020 | FOPL News
Report: “Library Return on Investment: Reviewing the Evidence From the Last 10 Years” Report: “Library Return on Investment: Reviewing the Evidence From the Last 10 Years” Via Gary Price at LJ InfoDocket “Introduction and link “Library Return on...
by FOPLED | Jul 17, 2020 | FOPL News
For those libraries that have larger rooms or a theatre with fixed seating that they’d like to re-open . . . I thought there were the germs of a few good ideas here: One Victoria Theatre reopened. It’s still in its temporary small space: with COVID-19...
