by IFLS Staff | Aug 28, 2020 | COVID-19, digest
Library Survey of COVID-19 Operations: 20 and counting! This is the survey of all of IFLS libraries that is reflected in the spreadsheet on the IFLS website. Library staff and IFLS staff refer to this information often. As of right now, 20 have completed the survey,...
by Leah Langby | Aug 28, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to the IFLS Youth Services librarians who have worked hard to crowd-source two documents, one for families switching to homeschooling (private, home-baseed education), another for families who are switching to virtual public school due to the pandemic. These...
by Leah Langby | Aug 26, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
There is so much to do and think about related to racism and trying to be an antiracist, and one of the simplest and most library-centric things to do is to examine our collections and the books we promote to make sure that they reflect our diverse world. ...
by IFLS Staff | Aug 21, 2020 | COVID-19, digest
New on the website Tanya (River Falls) shared their library’s Service Level Plan related to COVID numbers that was developed in partnership with County Public Health. It’s under the Operations toggle on the COVID-19 page. We added a new self-care toggle on COVID-19...
by Leah Langby | Aug 12, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
The year after I finished college, I worked part time at a community-based literacy program in southeast Washington DC. As part of my internship, I coordinated a book donation project and distributed children’s books to kids at the nearby housing project. I...
by IFLS Staff | Aug 7, 2020 | COVID-19, digest
When is no mask okay? Mask exception article from American Libraries, forwarded by John. Su shared some simple, free COVID-19 printables They’re on the Quill website. New on website ILL updates are on the ILL Toggle. Always feel free to contact Maureen with questions....
by Leah Langby | Aug 4, 2020 | COVID-19, Keeping Up With Kids
I’ve been finding for myself (and hearing from others both in and out of libraries) that one of the most stressful things about COVID-19 is the endless need to make decisions. And then often needing to second-guess those decisions, or make new decisions based...
