<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Greetings:<div><br></div><div>Thank you for your suggestions! I'll compile a list and send it out here on libs-or, tho probably not for a day or 2 so feel free to send along others you may come across.</div><div><br></div><div>Keep in mind, I'm not looking for Covid-19 resource lists, but handouts, websites, etc. that teach readers of all ages how to evaluate the resources they come across. These may range from our Oregon Attorney General consumer protection webpages to How to Evaluate ... handouts that appear on nonprofit, university, library, medical, government, and other official / reliable and non-commercial host sites.</div><div><br></div><div>Onward, with fond though increasingly distant memories of BC (Before Covid) time and hopeful we will soon be in AC (After Covid) time.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks, again!</div><div>Laura</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 1:44 PM Penelope Hummel <<a href="mailto:penny@pennyhummel.com">penny@pennyhummel.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_-1480037170575977618WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Greetings, everybody! <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This is an excellent podcast discussion of the issue, from the respected media source On the Media: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/armchair-virology-goes-viral?fbclid=IwAR0GX9t3owzCQGNHKf4n4Q4CBO5aet2ObpxwaVsRPqGupDvWs593Vy2FsKM" target="_blank">https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/armchair-virology-goes-viral?fbclid=IwAR0GX9t3owzCQGNHKf4n4Q4CBO5aet2ObpxwaVsRPqGupDvWs593Vy2FsKM</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Penny Hummel<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Penny Hummel Consulting<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:penny@pennyhummel.com" target="_blank">penny@pennyhummel.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">503.890.0494<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.pennyhummel.com" target="_blank">www.pennyhummel.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(181,196,223);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">Libs-Or <<a href="mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>> on behalf of Arlene Weible via Libs-Or <<a href="mailto:libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>><br><b>Reply-To: </b>Arlene Weible <<a href="mailto:arlene.weible@state.or.us" target="_blank">arlene.weible@state.or.us</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Monday, March 30, 2020 at 1:35 PM<br><b>To: </b>Laura Orr <<a href="mailto:laurathelawlib@gmail.com" target="_blank">laurathelawlib@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>" <<a href="mailto:libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Libs-Or] Is there a reader guide on How to Evaluate Covid-19 Resources?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Hi Laura:</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">The State Library’s guide links to a good summary article from Programming Librarian: </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">The Facts: Fighting Fake News in the Pandemic - <a href="https://programminglibrarian.org/articles/facts-fighting-fake-news-pandemic" target="_blank">https://programminglibrarian.org/articles/facts-fighting-fake-news-pandemic</a></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Based on what you are describing, perhaps this infographic from IFLA might work? <a href="https://www.ifla.org/publications/node/11174" target="_blank">https://www.ifla.org/publications/node/11174</a> It has the advantage of being in multiple languages!</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Another source that is “official” is the mythbusters site from WHO: <a href="https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters" target="_blank">https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters</a> It has some good graphics that might be good to use in social media settings like Next Door. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3pt"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Arlene Weible, MLS</span></b><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Electronic Services Consultant</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Oregon Federal Regional Depository Coordinator</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,116,181)"><a href="mailto:arlene.weible@state.or.us" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">arlene.weible@state.or.us</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> <b>|</b> 503-378-5020 <b>|</b></span><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,116,181)"> <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/library/libraries" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">http://www.oregon.gov/library/libraries</span></a></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Follow us: </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,116,181)"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/StateLibraryOR/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(46,116,181)">Facebook</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> <b>|</b> </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,116,181)"><a href="https://twitter.com/statelibraryor" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(46,116,181)">Twitter</span></a></span><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">| </span><u><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193)"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/statelibraryor/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Instagram</span></a></span></u><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> | </span></b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,116,181)"><a href="https://pinterest.com/statelibraryor/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(46,116,181)">Pinterest</span></a></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3pt"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Everyone counts - take the Census today at <a href="https://my2020census.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">my2020census.gov</span></a></span></b><u><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:blue"> </span></u><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,116,181)">COVID-19 info: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,116,181)"><a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/coronavirus" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/coronavirus</span></a></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:blue"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><img border="0" width="342" height="43" style="width: 3.5625in; height: 0.4479in;" id="gmail-m_-1480037170575977618Picture_x0020_27" src="cid:17131ab47904cff311" alt="cid:image003.png@01D2BCD4.A65A4C70"></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Libs-Or [mailto:<a href="mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Laura Orr<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 30, 2020 12:08 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Libs-Or] Is there a reader guide on How to Evaluate Covid-19 Resources?</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Greetings:<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Have any of you come across any good reader guides on How to Evaluate Covid-19 Websites and Resources?<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Our neighborhood (and city and state) social media is filling up with lists and recommendations of and links to articles, websites, etc., most with little attention paid to the source or currency of the information.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I've looked at a few of the Resources for Librarians, but haven't seen anything that meets my needs. Some have come close, e.g. warnings about c-19 misinformation, but not quite what I need or have in mind.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I think I'm looking for something like the simple 1 or 2 page handouts on How to Evaluate a Wikipedia Article or How to Evaluate a News Source.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">It also needs to be something that is on a reliable / official source webpage, so I can link to it from a website, NextDoor, Twitter, etc.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I have been looking at the excellent info at the State Library of Oregon, but maybe I've missed something in the wealth of resources listed there: <a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/coronavirus/home" target="_blank">https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/coronavirus/home</a><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I could make my own but I suspect someone has already created one and I don't need to reinvent the wheel. I have started compiling a list of reliable and official resources that I share with neighbors, but that's still unofficial. (I am willing to share if anyone wants to combine lists.)<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks!<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Laura<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Laura Orr, JD, MLS<br>Legal research and public law library consultant<br>Email: <a href="mailto:laurathelawlib@gmail.com" target="_blank">laurathelawlib@gmail.com</a><br><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-orr-877b888" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-orr-877b888</a><br>Oregon Legal Research: <a href="http://blog.oregonlegalresearch.com/" target="_blank">http://blog.oregonlegalresearch.com/</a><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div>
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