The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting libraries across the world. We have brought together resources from topic and industry experts, fellow librarians, and SirsiDynix staff to help prepare your library, your community, and your ILS.

Information regarding COVID-19 is rapidly changing and we are working to curate the most up-to-date content in an effort to help keep you informed. We will continue to add to our Covid-19 webinar series to help you support your staff and community, We’ll be sharing resources from across the web, from social media, giving you new tips on ways to enhance your services, and even changes you can make to your ILS.

BaseCamp Discussion Group | Reopening Your Library

This ILS agnostic Basecamp group for global library staff is intended to become a vibrant community of ideas and sharing. This space is open to current SirsiDynix customers, and all librarians worldwide. Feel free to share questions, information, links, documents, videos, etc.
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We will continue to add to the list of resources each week for easy reference:

General Resources

• CDC official COVID-19 Overview Page
• Visualization of effects of social isolation- Washington Post
• Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center

Maps

• ESRI ARCGIS
• New York Times-Coronavirus Map

General Apac & Emea Resources

• New Zealand-Covid19
• NZ Ministry of Health – alerts and information
• NZ Ministry of Health – cases update
• Australian Health Dept – alerts and information
• Australian Health Dept – cases update
• Singapore Ministry of Health – alerts and information
• Singapore Ministry of Health – cases update

Library Resources

• COVID-19 Resources for Higher Education and Academic Libraries
• United States’ Public Libraries During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic by Ting Wang and Brady Lund
• Survey to Academic Libraries-Library Journal
• Controlled Digital Lending & Open Libraries – Archive.org
• How to Sanitize Collections in a Pandemic: American Libraries Magazine

Staff Resources

• Tips for working remote-Angela Hursh
• Tips for Self-Care During a Crisis Video
• What Motivates Me- Take the Assessment Test  (Episode 3)
  • Employee Engagement Whitepaper-The Culture Works(Episode 3)
• In Stressful Times, Make Stress Work for You (Episode 4)
• Brené on FFTs (podcast episode)
• Optimizing Stress: An Integrated Intervention for Regulating Stress Responses(Episode 4)
• Mission impossible: Being hopeful is good for you — and psychologists’ research is pinpointing ways to foster the feeling(Episode 4)
• Social distancing comes with psychological fallout(Episode 4)
• •The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence(Episode 4)
• COVID-19 and Increasing Pandemic Anxiety(Episode 4)
• How to Prevent Damage Caused by Social Isolation(Episode 4)
• The psychological impact of negative TV news bulletins: The catastrophizing of personal worries(Episode 4)
• Tips for working remote-Angela Hursh
• Tips for Self-Care During a Crisis Video
• The psychological impact of quarantine (Episode 5)
• Why Working From Home Is So Exhausting (Episode 5)
• Why Video Chats Are Wearing Us Out (Episode 5)
• Cognitive control in media (Episode 5)
• The risks of social isolation (Episode 5)
• How Multitasking Affects Productivity and Brain Health (Episode 5)

ILS Resources

• Preparing for Library Closure for Symphony and Horizon (requires SirsiDynix Support Center Login)
• Self-Paced Training (requires SirsiDynix Support Center Login)
  • A Guide to Training Your Staff(requires SirsiDynix Support Center Login)