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New York Times Tracking Covid at U.S. Colleges and Universities
If you’d like to see your institutions dashboard listed here, please email TDL at info@tdl.org.
Re-opening the Library webinar May 7, 2020
National Academies Reopening Research Universities Virtual Workshop:
On July 21, the US National Academies hosted a half-day virtual workshop exploring the issues involved in reopening research universities. I was fortunate to be able to attend most of this, and there were some extremely informative talks.
The National Academies has just made a brief summary of the meeting available at: https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2020/07/reopening-us-research-universities-weathering-the-pandemic-and-looking-beyond-it
and has also made video of all of the presentations available, at https://vimeo.com/showcase/7390716
Association of Canadian Archivists Statement (with guidance) on reopening archives: https://archivists.ca/Latest-News-Announcements/8969717
This company out of Houston is currently supplying masks, gloves, safety glasses, etc. for corona virus protection: https://www.aadominguezco.com / Alberto Dominguez at (713) 258-2510 Or email contact at the form under “contact” on the site.
Reopening Archives, Libraries and Museums (REALM) Information Hub: A COVID-19 Research Project
Texas State University: Opened Resources Due to COVID-19
University of Texas at Austin: https://giving.utexas.edu/covid-research/
NIH Webinar: Sharing, Discovering and Citing COVID-19 Data and Code: https://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=37401&bhcp=1
Response and Impact: Perspectives from Trinity University on COVID-19
Documenting Covid-19 - https://bit.ly/doc-covid19 #doccovid19
TDL & Library Response to Covid-19: Link to slides and notes in Google Drive (view only)
Inside Higher Ed: The Shift to Remote Learning: The Human Element
Chronicle of Higher Ed: ‘Nobody Signed Up for This’: One Professor’s Guidelines for an Interrupted Semester
Online Teaching Motto: “Less Work, More Learning” (peer-to-peer faculty advice)
Public Statement: Fair Use & Emergency Remote Teaching & Research
Marketing “open”: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2020/03/30/marketing-amidst-a-pandemic/
HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service: https://www.hathitrust.org/ETAS-Description
Navigating Chaotic Waters: Adjusting to New Working Circumstances during a Pandemic - Webinar Recording:
Archivists at Home: Link to Google Doc
SSA and TDL: Archivists @ Home discussion webinar notes: Link to Google Doc
Pomodoro Method (recommended for time management): Link to web site; Wikipedia page
Recommendation for imaging teams: Review Photoshop
Mental health resources
Zoom Fatigue. Teams Exhaustion (copied from UT Austin Libraries HR):
Video chats and meetings can be depleting for some, but why?
We’re required to focus more intently to absorb information, and it’s simultaneously easier to lose focus.
Because we can’t rely on other cues, we have to be more engaged and more “on” to show people we’re paying attention.
The only way to show we’re paying attention is to look at the camera, but in in-person interactions we don’t maintain uninterrupted eye contact. It makes people uncomfortable and tired.
We’re distracted by the view of ourselves.
We feel chained to our screens and we’re trying to make these interactions fit the expectations of in-person ones.
So what are some practical things I can do, for myself or for others?
Quit other programs/apps that might distract you while you’re in a meeting.
Schedule meetings for 25 or 50 minutes so there’s a natural break between meetings. (Zoom/Teams forces meetings to be in 30-minute increments, but the meeting that populates in Outlook can be changed.)
Hide your self-view. Zoom instructions here. There’s no option to do this yet in Teams, but a handy stickie note works too.
Give people the option to turn off their camera. Or suggest that only the speaker has their camera on.
Consider a phone call instead.
Mental Health & Well-Being in a Telework Environment
Shine has created a website around coronavirus and mental health. It includes expert advice, resources to take care of yourself, and an eclectic collection of links for taking breaks. Take a look here.
The Center for Workplace Mental Health has created this resource page for helping managers and employees balance their health and well-being right now.
There are many free mental health apps with a variety of approaches. Consider browsing your app store for an app that fits your needs.
Read about adaptive and maladaptive coping approaches during the pandemic and isolation here.
And finally, check in with each other. On chat, at the start of meetings, over email. Lots of people are doing well, and some people aren’t, so don’t make assumptions and just go ahead and check in on each other in the way that makes sense for your team.
IMLS Authorizes New Grant Flexibilities for Libraries, Museums
Apply for an Humanities Texas Relief Grant
All of the meetings listed below take place virtually via Zoom, Bluejeans, or Adobe Connect.
Regional conversations with TSLAC
WEEKLY: TDL HANGOUTS
Wednesdays from 1-2pm Central time
Contact info@tdl.org for information and an invitation.
MONTHLY TDL MEMBER FORUMS
Third Wednesday of each month, 10:30-11am Central time
To join the TDL Forum, log-in to Adobe Connect: https://meeting.austin.utexas.edu/forum/
A screen will prompt you for a guest name but no other login is required to enter the meeting
MONTHLY DSPACE USER GROUP MEETING
Fourth Tuesday of each month, 10-11am Central Time
MONTHLY INFOMAINTAINERS MEETING
Third Friday of each month, 10-11am Central time
More details & get involved at http://themaintainers.org/info-get-involved
Texas Digital Library webinars & trainings (free on YouTube):
Archiving for the Future: Simple Steps for Archiving Language Documentation Collections
Pub101 with the Open Education Network
Pub101 is a free, informal, online orientation to open textbook publishing. Email info@tdl.org for information.
Digital Preservation Coalition: Novice to Know-How - online digital preservation training
Access + Care: Indigenous Knowledges and Archival Practice Symposium
Presentations and recorded question and answer sessions from Lighting the Way: A National Forum on Archival Discovery and Delivery
Bellevue University: 10-minute webinars to help you and your team cope with changes in our work environments
Free Webinars and Trainings for Academic Library Workers (COVID-19)
The Library of Congress webinars:
4/27 - Keeping it Cool – Designing the Library's New Gutenberg Bible Display Case
4/28 - Acquiring and Developing an Offsite High Density Collections Storage Facility
4/29 - Assessing the Condition of the United States National Collection
4/30 - Environment, Housing & Building Materials Testing to Protect our Collections
5/01 - Would You Like to Save Your Game?
See details and registration information for each Library of Congress webinar here: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/library-of-congress-preservation-directorate-15978165672?fbclid=IwAR2nqtBbhSrcYK6TeS6J3LDnYifC_3aQYacn1Icx6jlwQTJqiLQbCfdqRsA
CDC and IMLS webinar : “Mitigating COVID-19 When Managing Paper-Based, Circulating, and Other Types of Collections”
On behalf Anna Lamphear, Head of Digitization Services at UT Austin: Happy Preservation Week!
The Association of Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) will hold their 54th annual conference virtually, May 21-23, 2020. The conference is free and open to the public. For more information on ARSC and this year’s annual conference, please visit http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference.html.
The International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) held their 50th annual conference in September and you may access 28 of the conference presentations here: https://vimeo.com/channels/1515776
The Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) provides access to past conference presentations here: https://amiastreaming.aviaryplatform.com/ as well as a wealth of video and text resources relating to moving image preservation here: https://amianet.org/resources/amia-resources/
While primarily a for-profit company, AVPreserve maintains a relevant list of resources relating to AV preservation as well as managing digital assets here: https://www.weareavp.com/resources/
And perhaps the single most important resource to me personally as relates to media preservation is this 2015 article by Indiana University’s Mike Casey, Why Media Preservation Can’t Wait, the Gathering Storm: https://www.weareavp.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/casey_iasa_journal_44_part3.pdf
Finally, here is a list of films about moving image and sound archiving, some of which you may find available free online: https://amianet.org/wp-content/uploads/Resources-Education-Films.pdf