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RCLS Cancels Events at Headquarters Executive Director Grace Riario has announced as a precaution to decrease the risk of spreading infection, all events at RCLS headquarters have been canceled until Monday, April 13. Some workshops and meetings, such as the Wednesday, March 25 Book Repair Workshop, will be conducted online. For more information on specific programs, check the RCLS Calendar or with the event contact person listed on the calendar.
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Libraries Help Assuage Census Anxieties Anne Ford and Meghan Murphy-Gill write, “Government attempts to gather citizen data are often met with hostility - and this year’s census is no exception. The flames of any mistrust that might have already surrounded this census have been fanned at least twice: First, by the new option to complete the form online, which may be met with diffidence. And second, by the Trump administration’s controversial and ultimately failed attempt to add a citizenship question. The good news: Libraries are well placed to mitigate misconceptions around the census and encourage participation in it.” Check out some tips for library census teams, and discover some census statistics and myths in our special 2020 Census report. |
Comic Explores the Coronavirus Malaka Gharib writes, “Kids, this comic is for you. It’s based on a radio story that NPR education reporter Cory Turner did. He asked some experts what kids might want to know about the new coronavirus discovered in China. To make this comic, we’ve used his interviews with Tara Powell at the University of Illinois School of Social Work, Joy Osofsky at the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, and Krystal Lewis at the National Institute of Mental Health. Print and fold a zine version of this comic here.”
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