by FOPLED | Jun 12, 2020 | FOPL News
TPL and other libraries across Canada are working to minimize the impacts of the pandemic on children’s reading and learning this summer. Here’s an update on our TD Summer Reading Club and Summer Wonder plans. When COVID-19 struck and public libraries closed across...
by FOPLED | Jun 12, 2020 | FOPL News
Research findings published from public libraries and the opioid crisis study https://www.oclc.org/research/news/2020/research-findings-published-public-libraries-opioid-crisis-study.html “The nation is experiencing an ongoing opioid epidemic, and communities...
by FOPLED | Jun 12, 2020 | FOPL News
Virtual Programming Resource Round-up https://programminglibrarian.org/articles/virtual-programming-resource-round Hannah Arata, ALA Public Programs Office “Libraries have reported a significant increase in their virtual programming since the COVID-19 outbreak...
by FOPLED | Jun 12, 2020 | FOPL News
7 Steps for Sending Kids Back to School By Dian Schaffhauser https://thejournal.com/articles/2020/06/02/7-steps-for-sending-kids-back-to-school.aspx “Give families and teachers the option of full-time remote learning for elementary grades in the next school...
by FOPLED | Jun 12, 2020 | FOPL News
Libraries Strive to Stay ‘Community Living Rooms’ as They Reopen Safely lending books is just the beginning. Libraries are figuring out everything from how to remain welcoming spaces to how to respond to changing reader behavior....
by FOPLED | Jun 11, 2020 | FOPL News
Who’s responsible if I catch COVID-19 at a restaurant or other private business? A lawyer answers https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/06/11/whos-responsible-if-i-catch-covid-19-at-a-restaurant-or-other-private-business-a-lawyer-answers.html ““It’s a big...
by FOPLED | Jun 11, 2020 | FOPL News
A cross Canada pictorial: Here’s What Libraries In Canada Will Look Like When They Re-Open https://www.freshdaily.ca/news/2020/06/libraries-canada-reopen-look-like/ “It may be another few weeks (or even months) until libraries in Canada reopen for...
by FOPLED | Jun 11, 2020 | FOPL News
Ontario libraries responding to COVID-19: Checklist for reopening libraries (Adapted from ALIA Australian libraries responding to COVID-19: Checklist for reopening libraries...
by FOPLED | Jun 11, 2020 | FOPL News
ALA’s IFC Approves New Guidelines on Contact Tracing, Reopening Libraries, Video Surveillance http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2020/06/alas-ifc-approves-new-guidelines-contact-tracing-reopening-libraries-video For Immediate Release Tue, 06/09/2020 Contact:...
by FOPLED | Jun 11, 2020 | FOPL News
Up, Up, and Away: “Google-Backed Drones Will Drop Library Books So Kids in Virginia Can Do Their Summer Reading” Via Gary Price at LJ InfoDocket Up, Up, and Away: “Google-Backed Drones Will Drop Library Books So Kids in Virginia Can Do Their Summer...
