RAILS Policies and Procedures
Illinois Government Guidance
COVID-19
- Executive & Administrative Orders - Illinois
JB Pritzker, Governor of the State of Illinois, in the interest of aiding the people of Illinois and the local governments responsible for ensuring public health and safety issues a Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation in response to the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation - Illinois State Board of Education: Coronavirus (Covid-19) Updates And Resources
Monkeypox (mpox)
RAILS Resources for Libraries
Discounts/Member Offers & Opportunities
- Zoom - RAILS is offering networking groups the opportunity to have their own Zoom meeting license. RAILS has a limited number of licenses that can be used for networking groups that meet on a regular basis. Application for Zoom account.
General RAILS Resources
- Pandemic challenges and learning outcomes from RAILS. OCLC article with Monica Harris, RAILS Associate Executive Director (December 2021)
RAILS Events (Upcoming and Recorded)
- Advanced Uses of Zoom and Technology for Virtual Library Programming (CE Archive)
- Assessing Virtual Programs (CE Archive)
- Strategies for Managing Teams Remotely (CE Archive)
- Beyond E-Storytimes: Virtual Services and Programs for Youth (CE Archive)
- Virtual Advisory: Online Book Clubs (CE Archive)
- Virtual Programming on the Fly (CE Archive)
- Virtual Customer Service Strategies for Libraries (CE Archive)
- Reopening Under COVID-19 – A Space Planning Approach (CE Archive)
Other Resources
General Information/Guidelines
- REALM Project: Public Health Crisis Management Playbook for Archives, Libraries, and Museum
- Presents a set of guiding processes, resources, and tools to aid cultural heritage institutions when planning for, navigating through, and recovering from a significant public health emergency.
- American Library Association - Pandemic Preparedness
- EEOC What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws
- Social Distancing Guidelines at Work , Coronavirus Resources - SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management)
- Society for Human Resource Management
- "What Employers Need to Know About Monkeypox," Harvard Business Review, August 18, 2022
COVID-19
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- World Health Organization
- Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) - Real-Time Learning Network
- IMLS Releases Research on Library Services During the Onset of COVID-19 (published June 2022)
- State Library Administrative Agency Adaptations in the Initial Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Ongoing Trends
- How Public Libraries Adapted to Serve Their Communities at the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- REopening Archives, Libraries, and Museums (REALM)
- REALM Project: Frequently Asked Questions
- REALM Project: "International Pandemic Perspectives: Problem-Solving in Times of Crisis", webinar recording
- One year later: Perspectives from the field: Leaders in the library, archives, and museum community share the experience of their organizations navigating through the pandemic, the evolution of policies, and what's on the horizon
- Vaccine Education
- Vaccine Education Toolkit
- Get Smart About COVID-19 Misinformation (News Literacy Project)
Monkeypox (mpox)
- WHO renames monkeypox as 'mpox'
- World Health Organization
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -2022 U.S. Monkeypox Map and Case Count
- Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) - Monkeypox: What you Need to Know
Polio
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Polio Vaccine
- Centers for Diseases Society of America
- World Health Organization
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