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IN THE MIDST OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND MUSEUMS (LAMS) ARE SEEKING AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO OPERATE WITH NEW PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS. AS LAMS PLAN TO RESUME OPERATIONS AND REOPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AWARENESS OF EMERGING INFORMATION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF COVID-19 TRANSMISSION THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO THEIR INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY SETTINGS IS CRITICAL. IN CONSULTATION WITH A PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE AND WORKING GROUPS, OCLC WILL WORK WITH BATTELLE, AN ORGANIZATION WITH BOTH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTISE, TO HELP ANSWER HOW LONG THE COVID-19 VIRUS CAN LIVE ON CERTAIN MATERIALS, WHICH CAN HELP LAMS DETERMINE HOW TO HANDLE COLLECTIONS AS THEY PLAN FOR REOPENING. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DRAW UPON AUTHORITATIVE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND BATTELLE LABORATORY WORK TO PRODUCE, WIDELY DISSEMINATE, AND PERIODICALLY UPDATE SCIENCE-BASED INFORMATION DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE RISK OF TRANSMISSION OF COVID-19.

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OCLC WILL SERVE AS A MENTOR ORGANIZATION FOR A COHORT OF 10 ACCELERATING PROMISING PRACTICES FOR SMALL LIBRARIES (APP) TRANSFORMING SCHOOL LIBRARY PRACTICE GRANTEES FROM SMALL AND/OR RURAL LIBRARIES, HELPING TO BUILD CAPACITY AMONG GRANTEES AND THEIR INSTITUTIONS BY DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE AND PROVIDING TRAINING, COACHING, AND OTHER SERVICES AND SUPPORT. OCLC WILL LEVERAGE ITS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE, UNDERSTANDING OF VARYING PRACTICE NEEDS, AND PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS TO FACILITATE COHORT LEARNING AND SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL GRANTEES IN MEETING THE GOALS OF THEIR PROJECTS. THE PROJECT IS A COMPONENT OF THE APP INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT PROJECTS THAT STRENGTHEN THE ABILITY OF SMALL AND RURAL LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES.

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OCLC WILL PARTNER WITH THE IDAHO COMMISSION FOR LIBRARIES TO DEVELOP A FREE ONLINE CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY STAFF. THE PROJECT WILL REPLACE AN OUTDATED SERIES AND RESULT IN A TRAINING SERIES FOR LIBRARY STAFF ON CORE LIBRARY SERVICES SUCH AS COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT, COLLECTION MAINTENANCE, CATALOGING, AND DELIVERY OF PROGRAMMING AND SERVICES THAT ARE RESPONSIVE TO COMMUNITY NEEDS. THE PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES ARE PUBLIC LIBRARY STAFF, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON STAFF AT SMALL AND RURAL LIBRARIES WHO MAY BE WITHOUT ACCESS TO FORMAL, COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING. STATE LIBRARY AGENCY STAFF AND LIBRARY SYSTEM TRAINERS WHO SEEK TIMELY AND RELEVANT RESOURCES FOR TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR LIBRARY WORKFORCES WILL ALSO BENEFIT. BY THE END OF THE PROJECT, 3,000 LIBRARY STAFF NATIONALLY WILL HAVE ENROLLED IN ONE OR MORE COURSES TO BUILD AND STRENGTHEN THEIR EXPERTISE.

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OCLC WILL IMPLEMENT A PROJECT TO ENHANCE THE STEWARDSHIP OF DIGITAL COLLECTIONS THROUGH FACILITATED GROUP LEARNING. THE PROJECT HAS TWO MAIN OBJECTIVES. THE FIRST IS TO PILOT A TRAINING MODEL USING FACILITATED PEER-LEARNING GROUPS WITH FIVE STATE LIBRARY PARTNERS TO SUPPORT UP TO 200 STAFF AT LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES, AND MUSEUMS TO CREATE, SHARE, AND STEWARD DIGITAL COLLECTIONS. THEY WILL REFINE A GUIDE ON HOW TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT FACILITATED PEER LEARNING GROUPS AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO ALL STATE LIBRARY AGENCIES AND OTHER TRAINING ORGANIZATIONS. THE SECOND OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP A NEW COURSE FOR WEBJUNCTION'S DIGITAL COLLECTIONS STEWARDSHIP TRAINING SERIES ON HOW TO BUILD MORE DIVERSE COLLECTIONS, IN WHICH ANOTHER 250 INDIVIDUALS WILL ENROLL DURING THE PERIOD OF THE GRANT. THE PROJECT’S OUTCOMES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A MORE COMPREHENSIVE, EQUITABLE, AND INCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT THESE CULTURAL HERITAGE INSTITUTIONS SERVE, RESULTING IN COLLECTIONS THAT BETTER REFLECT THEIR LOCAL AND REGIONAL HISTORIES.

"OCLC WILL PARTNER WITH STATE AND REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEMS, INCLUDING NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY, MINNESOTA STATE DIVISION OF LIBRARY SERVICES, AND SOUTHEAST FLORIDA LIBRARY INFORMATION NETWORK, TO EXPAND THE SUPERCHARGED STORYTIMES EARLY LITERACY CURRICULUM, AND THEN DEPLOY IT NATIONALLY BY OFFERING A FREE SELF-PACED ONLINE COURSE FOR ALL LIBRARY PRACTITIONERS TO ACCESS; TRAINING 100 FACILITATORS TO LEAD LEARNING COHORTS IN THEIR LIBRARIES USING THE ONLINE COURSE; AND TRAINING UP TO 20 EXPERT ONLINE TRAINERS TO DELIVER THE CURRICULUM ACROSS EACH STATE AND REGIONAL SYSTEMS. THE PROJECT WILL RESULT IN AS MANY AS 1,600 CHILDREN'S LIBRARIANS NATIONWIDE BETTER EQUIPPED TO INTENTIONALLY INCORPORATE RESEARCH-BASED CONCEPTS THAT PROMOTE LITERACY OUTCOMES IN YOUNG CHILDREN DURING STORYTIME PROGRAMMING. COLLABORATORS ON THE PROJECT INCLUDE THE PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION AND THE CAMPAIGN FOR GRADE-LEVEL READING."

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OCLC, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY, SEEKS TO CREATE A SET OF SELF-PACED COURSES AND ACCOMPANYING FACILITATION GUIDES THAT BUILD UPON THE PREVIOUSLY IMLS-FUNDED TRIBAL DIGITAL STEWARDSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM AND THE DIGITAL STEWARDSHIP CURRICULUM DEVELOPED BY WSU?S CENTER FOR DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP AND CURATION. THE RESULTING 13 HOURS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES WILL BE FREELY AND BROADLY ACCESSIBLE TO TRIBAL ARCHIVE, LIBRARY, AND MUSEUM (TALM) STAFF AND SMALL PUBLIC LIBRARY STAFF, THROUGH WEBJUNCTION AND THE SUSTAINABLE HERITAGE NETWORK. THE ?TRIBAL STEWARDSHIP COHORT PROGRAM: DIGITAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT, ARCHIVING, AND MUKURTU CMS TRAINING" HAS FOCUSED ON THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF TALMS, USING MUKURTU CMS AS A CORE COMPONENT OF CULTURALLY SUSTAINABLE DIGITAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT.

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, OCLC PROPOSES A NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANT TO SUPPORT PUBLIC LIBRARIES CONSIDERING THEIR RESPONSE TO THE OPIOID CRISIS IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THE PROJECT WILL PRODUCE CASE STUDIES OF EIGHT VARIED COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN A COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC; AND WILL GLEAN ADDITIONAL PERSPECTIVES FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND LIBRARY LEADERS. THE CASE STUDY RESEARCH, CROSS-SECTOR INPUT, AND THE CONSULTATION OF ADVISORS WILL THEN INFORM A CALL-TO-ACTION WHITE PAPER. THE PROJECT PARTNERS WILL GATHER AND SHARE RESOURCES FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE LIBRARY SECTOR, AND HOST A SERIES OF WEBINARS TO DISSEMINATE THE INFORMATION. THE PROJECT WILL HELP PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS DEVELOP EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES AND COMMUNITY-DRIVEN COALITIONS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS SUBSTANCE MISUSE IN AMERICA.

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OCLC WILL BUILD A FREE, OPENLY AVAILABLE SET OF RESOURCES FOR LIBRARIES WHOSE WORKPLACES AND/OR COMMUNITIES ARE IMPACTED BY OPIOID USE DISORDER. THE SUPPORT KIT WILL ALIGN WITH THE RESEARCH FINDINGS FROM OCLC?S PREVIOUS STUDY, WHICH INCLUDED FIVE RECOMMENDED AREAS FOR ACTION: EVALUATE LOCAL HEALTH DATA, SEEK COMMUNITY PARTNERS, EDUCATE STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON THE ISSUE, CONSIDER THE NEED FOR STAFF CARE, AND OFFER PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT SUPPORT LOCAL NEEDS. THE KIT WILL INCLUDE PRAGMATIC STRATEGIES, TOOLS, AND OTHER CONTENT TO GUIDE LIBRARIES?PARTICULARLY THOSE IN RURAL AREAS?AS THEY DETERMINE THEIR SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES? NEEDS AND DEFINE THE ROLE THEIR LIBRARY IS MOST SUITED FOR. THE KIT WILL HELP LIBRARIES ASSESS THEIR STAFF STRENGTHS AND CAPACITY, IDENTIFY KEY LOCAL PARTNERS WITH WHOM TO COLLABORATE OR COORDINATE, AND PLAN AND IMPLEMENT AN INITIATIVE THAT SUPPORTS COMMUNITY NEEDS.

NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS

NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS

NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS

NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS

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