ASERL COVID-19 Resources for Archives and Special Collections
Created by the ASERL Special Collections Committee
Collections Care/Handling:
American Association of Museums Managing Collections Care During Pandemics
American Libraries Magazine: How to Sanitize Collections in a Pandemic
Funding:
IMLS Swift Delivery CARES Act Funding for COVID-19 Impacted Libraries
National Endowment for the Humanities CARES: Cultural Organizations
Pandemic Preparedness:
American Library Association Pandemic Preparedness
Council of State Archivists (CoSA): Pocket Response Plan for Disasters
Resources for Cultural Institutions during the Pandemic:
Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts: COVID-19 Resources for Cultural Institutions
IMLS COVID-19 Resources for Libraries and Museums
ITHAKA S+R COVID-19 Resources for Higher Education and Academic Libraries
Smithsonian Institute Cultural Rescue Initiative: COVID-19 Resource Hub
Wyoming State Library: A Guide to COVID-19 for Libraries
Yale University Preservation and Conservation: COVID-19 Resources
Reopening Scenarios:
American Association for State and Local History: Conversations, Planning for Reopening ($10)
American Libraries Magazine: Developing Re-opening Guidelines and Procedures
Business Financial Advisory: A Return to Work in the New Normal
Inside Higher Education: 15 Reopening Scenarios
Protect Library Workers: Safe Reopening
REALM (Reopening Archives, Libraries, and Museums) Information Hub: A COVID-19 Research Project
Webinars
IMLS: Mitigating COVID-19 When Managing Paper-Based Circulation and Other Collections
Indiana State Library Webinar Resources for Libraries
Further Information
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
World Health Organization (WHO) Health Alert via WhatsApp