by FOPLED | Jun 6, 2020 | FOPL News
OMA Statement “Institutions need to acknowledge the power structures that exist throughout their organizations. Acknowledgement is a difficult but necessary step towards making the changes that will help to dismantle exclusionary practices and power structures. By...
by FOPLED | Jun 5, 2020 | FOPL News
Legal Information vs Legal Advice https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/legal-information-vs-legal-advice.html “Sara Pic, Head of Public Services for the Law Library of Louisiana describes the critical distinction between library staff offering patrons...
by FOPLED | Jun 5, 2020 | FOPL News
What might K-12 schools look like in the fall? Depends where you are, educators say In-person and remote teaching, part-time attendance, spaced out classrooms are all options for back to school https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/schools-reopening-planning-fall-1.5597781...
by FOPLED | Jun 5, 2020 | FOPL News
“Report Finds Massive Drop in Canadians’ Willingness to Disclose Personal Information for Free Online Services” Via Gary Price at LJ InfoDocket Digital Privacy: “Report Finds Massive Drop in Canadians’ Willingness to Disclose Personal Information for Free Online...
by FOPLED | Jun 5, 2020 | FOPL News
Coronavirus Print & Social Media Resources to help #StopTheSpread. https://about.canva.com/coronavirus-awareness-collection/ Canva Templates The impact of the new coronavirus disease, COVID-19, is being felt around the world. We believe we are better when we work...
by FOPLED | Jun 5, 2020 | FOPL News
The Ontario Ministry of Finance has launched a survey gathering input on the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. They are targeting this brief survey quite broadly to all sectors and the general public, and there is not an option for FOPL to provide a written...
by FOPLED | Jun 5, 2020 | FOPL News
Super Conference 2021 Update “For 26 years, the OLA Super Conference has brought together the best elements of the library community. It has given us space to share, to dream, to hunker down and get things done, and to spring forward into future opportunities....
by FOPLED | Jun 5, 2020 | FOPL News
See which books kids should read this summer! Problem viewing this email? Click here. Here are the 2020 Kid and Teen Committee Summer Reading Lists! We are excited to announce this year’s summer reading lists as chosen by our Kid Committee (Silver Birch and Red...
by FOPLED | Jun 5, 2020 | FOPL News
Dear Federation of Ontario Public Libraries, We hope that you are keeping safe and well during this difficult time. Currently, we are all trying to respect social distancing which can be challenging when working in a library. Therefore, Princh would like to help...
by FOPLED | Jun 4, 2020 | FOPL News
ICOM Report: Museums, museum professionals and COVID-19 In order to gather information about how the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak is affecting and will effect the cultural sector in the short and long term, ICOM launched a global survey to analyse the impact of...