Emergency Preparedness Information: Pandemics [2020]

Louisiana Library Status Blog (updated by the libraries)

http://prepare.lib.la.us/blog/

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The State Library is pleased to share that Tutor.com has expanded their live tutoring hours for HomeworkLouisiana to provide additional support for students in our communities impacted by COVID-19.

The new Louisiana one-to-one live tutoring hours are Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. to midnight. Saturday and Sunday live tutoring hours will continue as 2 pm to midnight as usual. These expanded hours will continue until May 31, 2020.

As a quick reminder, the HomeworkLouisiana landing page is http://www.homeworkla.org/.  The additional resources page is http://lalibcon.state.lib.la.us/schools.php.

Coronavirus-Impacted Libraries Get Unlimited Access to Ebook Central Holdings: ProQuest has partnered with more than 100 publishers to support libraries in providing unlimited access to Ebook Central holdings for all patrons – at no extra charge.

World Map of Coronavirus Cases - New York Times
     [Check the date and time stamp at the top of the page]

Map of US Coronavirus Cases - New York Times
     [Check the date and time stamp at the top of the page]

• Coronavirus - Info from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

  

• Influenza (Flu) - Info from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Pandemic Influenza: Preparedness and Response National Library of Medicine (National Institutes of Health [NIH]

• Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
  World Health Organization (WHO)

• Health Map - Outbreaks near me: https://www.healthmap.org/en/

• What You Need to Know About the Coronavirus -  AARP

• Preparing for Coronavirus to Strike the U.S. - Scientific American

• Medicins Sans Frontieres/Doctors without Borders - French and English and updated regularly

The State Library will be closed to the public March 18 through March 31.
Telephone and email assistance will be available.

You may call the Reference Desk at 225-342-4913 or email ref@slol.lib.la.us for assistance.

Information from the federal government about Coronovirus (COVID-19) - the disease, and federal government preparedness and response.

Public Advised to NOT Flush Disinfecting Wipes, Paper Towels Down Toilet – Throw Them Away Instead - from the California Water Environment Association

Handwashing: Clean Hands Save Lives - from the CDC

How soap kills the coronavirus - from Vox

Coronavirus Fears Have Led To A Golden Age Of Hand-Washing PSAs - from NPR 
[includes the "the hand-washing dance"]

You Might Be Buying a Hand Sanitizer That Won’t Work for Coronavirus - from Pro Publica

How long can the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 survive on surfaces?

From Harvard Medical School: https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/coronavirus-resource-center

New England Journal of Medicine: https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMc2004973

Influenza (gripe)

Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades [CDC]

https://www.upr.edu/biblioteca-rcm/?fbclid=IwAR2DwS2luW9apVEEfuQMpsritK02iMbtz5BkijVXTqcR_-3WYr9O2Xh1kTo

Biblioteca Conrado F. Asenjo, Universidad de Puerto Rico

Enfermedad del Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)

Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina de los EE. UU.

COVID19 Actualización 22 de Marzo

YouTube video en Espanol

Disinfecting circulating books - advice from the Northeast Document Conservation Center

Serving Library Users During Quarantine - from Connecticut Library Consortium (CLC)

COVID-19 Resource Center - information and links from Gale

Coronavirus Information and Resources 2020 - from School Library Systems Association of NY

Keep Americans Connected Pledge - from the FCC

Pandemic Preparedness - Links and advice from the American Library Association

Pandemics: Library Planning and Responding - Links from Library 2.0

What Public Libraries Need to Know about the Coronavirus - from Library Journal 2/5/2020

Resources for Libraries on Coronavirus - from EveryLibrary

4 Resources on Coronavirus for K–12 Schools - from THE Journal

Tool Kit (Resources) - from the District of Columbia - flyers and posters in multiple languages

A Guide to COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) for Public Libraries - from NIH/NNLM [National Institutes of Health/National Network of Libraries of Medicine]

Coronavirus Resources for Librarians - from the Massachusetts Library System

How Wikipedia Prevents the Spread of Coronavirus Misinformation - from Wired

Preservation Links

NEDCC's 24/7 Emergency Hotline remains fully staffed and available.

http://www.nedcc.org/emergency

NEDCC's Free Resources, including the new Digital Preservation Assessment publications, Preservation Leaflets, Preservation 101 Textbook, and Fundamentals of Audiovisual Preservation Textbook

http://www.nedcc.org/free

Sample Library Blog Post/Announcement:

Greenwich Library (CT) 

Sample Library Emergency Response Protocol/Policy:

Saratoga Springs Public Library (NY)

Publishers Adapt Policies To Help Educators - School Library Journal

Guidelines from some publishers of children's books on copyright - compiled by author Kate Messner

Public Statement of Library Copyright Specialists: Fair Use & Emergency Remote Teaching & Research

Virtual Copyright Office Hours - Times when copyright experts will be available for consultation

COVID-19, Copyright, & Library Superpowers (Part I) - Kyle Courtney's Blog

Privacy concerns

What You Should Know About Online Tools During the COVID-19 Crisis - from the Electronic Frontier Foundations

A LibGuide by State Library of Louisiana Staff

https://slol.libguides.com/c.php?g=1016936

A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus

From the NPR web site

BrainPOP has a surprisingly entertaining, at time humorous, basic explanation of COVID-19 and needed precautions for elementary age children and young teens.

BrainPop

Little Puddins Blog has a nice, English language "Coronavirus Social Story." 

LittlePuddins Blog

Kids Health has information on COVID-19 for children in English and  Spanish and available in audio.  Other sections of their website have information for parent.  

Kids Health form Nemours

COVID-19: Information for Oregon Libraries: https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/coronavirus/home

COVID-19 Information and Resources for Librarians [Texas]: https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ldn/covid-19

All Louisiana State Parks and State Historic Sites Temporarily Close to the Public

All buildings and overnight facilities at Louisiana State Parks are temporarily closed, as are all buildings at all state historic sites. Office of State Parks

WAFB is reporting that all OMV Locations will be closed starting 3/20.

[Link will be replaced with official link when found.]

Monitoring the COVID-19 Pandemic in New Orleans and Louisiana

Interactive map is towards the bottom of the page

From LDH (Louisiana Department of Health)

Official data and graphics

List of student feeding locations amid coronavirus closures - from The Advocate - 3/23/2020

Gov. Edwards Leads Live Statewide Broadcast on Louisiana’s Response to COVID-19 - Monday March 23

Gov. Edwards Updates Public Health Emergency to Waive Education Requirements, Speed Laboratory Testing

Emergency Web Site - State of Louisiana

Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Louisiana Department of Health Web Site

Coronavirus Information - Office of the Governor

Louisiana Department of Education Info - includes policy guidance and information on waivers

Red Stick Ready - Coronavirus Info - City/Parish of Baton Rouge

Coronavirus Updates & Information - LSU 

Gov. Edwards: All Louisiana Parishes Eligible for COVID-19 Business Aid

Gov. Edwards Requests Temporary Changes to SNAP, CDBG, HUD and FEMA Programs in Response to COVID-19

Gov. Edwards Announces LA Wallet Will Waive Fee in Response to COVID-19

Governor Edwards Forms COVID-19 Task Force

Baton Rouge Area Chamber - COVID-19 Business Resources

Coronavirus Resource Page - from the US Chamber of Commerce

Disaster Preparedness and Response - from the Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC)

Pandemic Preparedness in The Workplace And The Americans With Disabilities Act - guidance from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

COVID-19 - from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), US Department of Labor

Gov. Edwards Requests SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans for Orleans and Jefferson Parish

On March 12, 2020, Pronunciator published a self-directed online language course in 101 languages that teaches vocabulary (e.g. “quarantine,” “pandemic,” etc.) and phrases (e.g. “I’m having difficulty breathing,” “Is it an emergency?”, etc.) relevant to the coronavirus crisis. Directions on finding the coronavirus information is here: https://www.pronunciator.com/coronavirus-language-course/

Pronunciator can be found on the LaLIBCON page of Databases: http://lalibcon.state.lib.la.us/

Or here: http://learning.pronunciator.com/getstarted.php

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