<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Have y'all seen this article? I found it to be interesting especially in light that one of Vailey's questions last Friday was this very thing.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><b><font size="4">Jere W. White</font></b><div><b><font size="4">Library Outreach Specialist</font></b></div><div><font size="4">Multnomah County Library</font></div><div><font size="4">Library Outreach Services</font></div><div><font size="4">205 N.E. Russell St., Portland, OR, 97212</font></div><div><font size="4">503.988.3289</font></div><div><img src="https://multcolib.org/sites/default/files/MultCoLib_2LineLogo_RGBemail_sig2.png"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 9:37 AM Ruth Metz <<a href="mailto:ruthmetz@spiretech.com">ruthmetz@spiretech.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_7575314879822343132WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.75pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Greetings, all.  Is anyone considering contact tracing as a way to deploy staff to help local, statewide, or regional response to C-19?  Some have begun talking about this because of the seeming compatibility of library reference skill sets and the “contact tracer.” <u></u><u></u></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.75pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal">For the curious-minded, see this announced launch (New York) of a free, six-hour online training, <u>for anyone worldwide</u>.  <u></u><u></u></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.75pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><u></u> <u></u></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.75pt"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health </span></strong><a href="https://now.ny.gov/page/m/2dedc928/5c95783a/450b5a59/d501bc1/3351641028/VEsA/?g=V6duBTpTVzRefN_OjLZWNZA" title="https://hub.jhu.edu/2020/05/11/free-contact-tracing-course-johns-hopkins/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">launched</span></b></a><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"> <a href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2020/05/11/free-contact-tracing-course-johns-hopkins/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:normal">https://hub.jhu.edu/2020/05/11/free-contact-tracing-course-johns-hopkins/</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.75pt"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">a free online course to train contact tracers. </span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">This course is part of New York's large-scale effort to build an army of contact tracers. If you are interested in becoming part of New York's contract tracing efforts, learn more </span><a href="https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/get-involved-how-you-can-help" target="_blank">https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/get-involved-how-you-can-help</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.75pt">Wishing you all well, <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.75pt">Ruth Metz<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.75pt"> <b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.75pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from my iPhone<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><br><br><u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"></span><u></u><u></u></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="10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