<div dir="ltr"><div>The OLA Facebook page admins have been posting a nightly COVID-19 pandemic resource list. We appreciate how well the lists have been received, and this has provided the confidence to post one here. Last night's post had categories that include news &
health, mental health resources, masks & mask making, spring into
action, libraries, literary quotes, John Prine, and self-care. Older posts can be read for mask making instructions from household materials. Library workers can evaluate the resources for themselves, take what they need, and leave the rest. We say this because we are not experts, we are just trying to contribute and stay busy. (We are generalists, and don't want to argue with anyone.) Below the signature is last night's list, hopefully it renders legibly. We don't know how long these lists will continue, but for now it's all we can do. A sign off one evening from KGW news was 'Stay vigilant. Stay safe. Stay home.' Makes sense.</div><div>See: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OregonLibraries/">https://www.facebook.com/OregonLibraries/</a></div><div><br></div><div>OLA Communications <br></div><div><br></div><div>4/8/20<br></div><div>Today is #WorldHealthDay! Today's coronavirus pandemic resource list's categories are news & health, mental health resources, masks & mask making, spring into action, libraries, literary quotes, John Prine, and self-care. Here's a nice thought, "There is always something left to love." Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Evaluate these sources for yourselves, and take what you need and leave the rest.<br><br>NEWS & HEALTH<br><br>Oregon Governor Announces Closure Of Public Schools For Rest Of School Year (OPB) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/wjpd88l">https://tinyurl.com/wjpd88l</a><br><br>Emergency childcare for Oregon's essential workers <a href="https://tinyurl.com/v7purgm">https://tinyurl.com/v7purgm</a><br><br>OHSU coronavirus (COVID-19) response (OHSU)<br><a href="https://tinyurl.com/qu8jo7c">https://tinyurl.com/qu8jo7c</a><br><br>COVID-19 Resources for Oregon (OSHU) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/quof3sw">https://tinyurl.com/quof3sw</a><br><br>OHSU launches in-house COVID-19 testing lab (OHSU) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/vcca7h5">https://tinyurl.com/vcca7h5</a><br><br>211 Community Resources. <a href="https://www.211info.org/">https://www.211info.org/</a><br><br>Rural Hospitals Face Tough Financial Times Under The Coronavirus Strain (OPB) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yx7c6na3">https://tinyurl.com/yx7c6na3</a><br><br>Coronavirus State-By-State Projections: When Will Each State Peak? (NPR) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/tgdd6hw">https://tinyurl.com/tgdd6hw</a><br><br>Resource mentioned in article above. <a href="https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america">https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america</a><br><br>Federal Support Ends For Coronavirus Testing Sites As Pandemic Peak Nears (NPR) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/vwuuyjf">https://tinyurl.com/vwuuyjf</a><br><br>'About Two Weeks Behind New York': D.C. Is On Track To Become A Coronavirus Hotspot (NPR) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/vs6uy8m">https://tinyurl.com/vs6uy8m</a><br><br>Help fight COVID-19 in 5 minutes a day! Research Study for you. (University of California San Francisco) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/rcdmnvu">https://tinyurl.com/rcdmnvu</a><br><br>734 Henry Ford [Hospital] workers test positive for COVID-19; Beaumont has 1,500 ill employees (The Detroit News) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/wtr4t32">https://tinyurl.com/wtr4t32</a><br><br>U.S. Is Nowhere Close to Reopening the Economy, Experts Say (NY Times) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ur6onsk">https://tinyurl.com/ur6onsk</a><br><br>Google uses location data to show which places are complying with stay-at-home orders — and which aren’t (The Verge) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/uocovra">https://tinyurl.com/uocovra</a><br><br>Cleaning Buses with Disinfecting Fog (TriMet) Video. <a href="https://tinyurl.com/rjvcww5">https://tinyurl.com/rjvcww5</a><br><br>MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES<br><br>NAMI Oregon. We're here. Reach Out. We will have a more complete list posted soon. Until then, call us at 503-230-8009, or toll-free at 800-343-6264 to be connected to a support group or other resources in your community. Or contact us via email at: <a href="mailto:namioregon@namior.org">namioregon@namior.org</a>. <a href="https://tinyurl.com/velbl3p">https://tinyurl.com/velbl3p</a><br><br>NAMI. COVID-19 Resource and Information Guide. <a href="https://tinyurl.com/vl7dt2n">https://tinyurl.com/vl7dt2n</a><br><br>Mental Health and COVID-19 (AFSP) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/shxdwu6">https://tinyurl.com/shxdwu6</a><br><br>All the ways to get free therapy during the coronavirus pandemic (Fast Company) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/tz7dwvs">https://tinyurl.com/tz7dwvs</a><br><br>MASKS AND MASK MAKING<br><br>"Parents, families and caregivers may be wondering about what age a child should be to safely wear a mask. Cloth face coverings should not be placed on children under age 2. It is very important that you never put a mask or face covering on an infant (or an adult) who is not able to adjust or remove the mask themselves. This could compromise their ability to breathe. More information about using face coverings to slow the spread of COVID-19." (CDC) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/uxphvl2">https://tinyurl.com/uxphvl2</a><br><br>Surgeon General shows how to make face masks. <a href="https://youtu.be/9YLXEhSjVsw">https://youtu.be/9YLXEhSjVsw</a><br><br>For more information on this subject, see previous posts.<br><br>SPRING INTO ACTION<br><br>Donate to Oregon Health & Science University's COVID Emergency Response Fund:<br><a href="https://www.onwardohsu.org/donation">https://www.onwardohsu.org/donation</a><br><br>Blanchet House meals and housing program. <a href="https://blanchethouse.org/Donate/">https://blanchethouse.org/Donate/</a><br><br>Neediest Cases Fund (NY Times) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/rl86dc7">https://tinyurl.com/rl86dc7</a><br><br>LIBRARIES<br><br>Coronavirus Pandemic (2019-2020) (ALA) "This page seeks to compile information about the possible near- and long-term implications for the current coronavirus pandemic." <a href="https://tinyurl.com/wm59g64">https://tinyurl.com/wm59g64</a><br><br>Need help talking to your child about COVID-19? Coronavirus: A Book for Children is now available for a free digital download. (SLJ) For children aged 5-10 and their parents. <a href="https://bit.ly/2RoCJJw">https://bit.ly/2RoCJJw</a><br><br>Room to Read Releases Hundreds of Free Online Children’s Books During COVID-19 School Closures Alongside Celebrity Video Read-Alouds <a href="https://tinyurl.com/t5c9xhm">https://tinyurl.com/t5c9xhm</a><br><br>Libraries, Archives, and Museums Donate PPE to Healthcare Frontlines Combating COVID-19 (LJ) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/tj3rymp">https://tinyurl.com/tj3rymp</a><br><br>OCLC Virtual Town Hall: Libraries and the COVID-19 Crisis. April 13th. Webinar. <a href="https://tinyurl.com/s79nhcu">https://tinyurl.com/s79nhcu</a><br><br>Oregon Digital Library Consortium Kid's Collection <a href="https://tinyurl.com/uufrns5">https://tinyurl.com/uufrns5</a><br><br>Holly Sue curated K-5 links that do not involve logins, Facebook, Instagram, lots of ads, or requests for personal information. Suggestions welcome. Share as needed. Copy/paste tiny url. <a href="https://bit.ly/3d8FesI">https://bit.ly/3d8FesI</a>.<br><br>COVID-19 Time Capsule (Long Creations) Finally got the right link. <a href="https://tinyurl.com/sr8ss7x">https://tinyurl.com/sr8ss7x</a><br><br>Accessibility Suffers During Pandemic (Inside Higher Ed) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/rpy4zjw">https://tinyurl.com/rpy4zjw</a><br><br>Continuing To Remake the Book Scene in Times of COVID-19 (LJ) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/qr4frcf">https://tinyurl.com/qr4frcf</a><br><br>ALCTS, LITA, and LLAMA Members Vote to Create New ALA Division (American Libraries) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/v5d724x">https://tinyurl.com/v5d724x</a><br><br>Someone used their Noodle. <a href="https://tinyurl.com/t3vkskr">https://tinyurl.com/t3vkskr</a><br><br>LITERARY QUOTES<br><br>“And here I must observe again, that this necessity of going out of our houses to buy provisions was in a great measure the ruin of the whole city; for the people catched the distemper, on these occasions, one of another;”<br>― Daniel Defoe, History of the Plague in London<br><br>“that the infection was propagated insensibly, and by such persons as were not visibly infected, who neither knew whom they infected or who they were infected by.”<br>― Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year<br><br>“here I cannot but take notice that the strange temper of the people of London at that time contributed extremely to their own destruction.”<br>― Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year<br><br>“But it seems that the government had a true account of it, and several counsels were held about ways to prevent its coming over; but all was kept very private.”<br>― Daniel Defoe, History of the Plague in London<br><br>“Another plague year would reconcile all these differences; a close conversing with death, or with diseases that threaten death, would scum off the gall from our tempers, remove the animosities among us, and bring us to see with differing eyes than those which we looked on things with before.”<br>― Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year, written by a citizen who continued all the while in London<br><br>“It mattered not from whence it came;”<br>― Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year<br><br>There is always something left to love.<br>Gabriel Garcia Marquez<br><br>JOHN PRINE<br><br>John Prine's Songs Saw The Whole Of Us (NPR) <a href="https://tinyurl.com/utp8ogq">https://tinyurl.com/utp8ogq</a><br><br>Darren Campbell sings for John. <a href="https://tinyurl.com/vsd5dv5">https://tinyurl.com/vsd5dv5</a><br><br>SELF-CARE<br><br>There are decades of episodes of Oregon Field Guide to watch for free online. Gearhart Elk; Endurance Ride; Shed Antler Hunting <a href="https://tinyurl.com/rmvuc4x">https://tinyurl.com/rmvuc4x</a><br><br>Pittock Mansion online exhibit. <a href="http://pittockmansion.org/mthoodperspectives/">pittockmansion.org/mthoodperspectives/</a><br><br>Dancing Alone Together. <a href="https://tinyurl.com/uos8ge6">https://tinyurl.com/uos8ge6</a><br><br>Free meditation resource: <a href="https://www.headspace.com/ny">https://www.headspace.com/ny</a><br><br>Wonders of Yangshuo. Travel to a magical place. <a href="https://youtu.be/ic1G0Lex1YU">https://youtu.be/ic1G0Lex1YU</a><br><br>Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir at the National Concert Hall, Dublin. Try it. <a href="https://youtu.be/h3_mpSlRO8E">https://youtu.be/h3_mpSlRO8E</a><br><br>Stevie Wonder - Superstition live on Sesame Street. Turn it up. <a href="https://youtu.be/_ul7X5js1vE">https://youtu.be/_ul7X5js1vE</a><br><br>Which self-care link was your favorite? Have a good night everyone.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>