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From the iSchool at the University of Maryland.</div>
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Webpage: <a href="https://reimaginelibraries.ischool.umd.edu/">Reimagine Libraries (umd.edu)</a></div>
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Field Guide: <a href="https://yxlab.ischool.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Field-Guide-2021-Final.pdf">Field-Guide-2021-Final.pdf (umd.edu)</a><br>
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More info:</div>
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<span style="color:rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Poppins, sans-serif;font-size:15px;background-color:rgb(241, 241, 241);display:inline !important">In the summer of 2020, the project team worked with 137 library staff in the United States to learn how they
are supporting their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, when library buildings were fully or partially closed. COVID-19 was the impetus for this work, however, as the process launched, the country saw increased civic unrest resulting from the murders
of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and Dion Johnson. As a result of the multiple crises facing the nation, this work took on an expanded role with a focus on the multiple crises facing the country.</span><br>
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<span style="color:rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Poppins, sans-serif;font-size:15px;background-color:rgb(241, 241, 241);display:inline !important"><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 241, 241);display:inline !important">As these crises unfolded, it became
apparent that public libraries are aspiring to support their communities, but do not know how-to or rush to design ways to serve their communities. They reacted and provided what they could as events unfolded. Through a series of seven virtual participatory
design sessions, we co-learned and co-created solutions on how to support communities during crises with library staff serving non-dominant youth and their families. We created a<span> </span></span><a href="https://yxlab.ischool.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Field-Guide-2021-Final.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;background-color:rgb(241, 241, 241);color:rgb(103, 58, 183);display:inline-block">Field
Guide</a><span style="background-color:rgb(241, 241, 241);display:inline !important"><span> </span>that maps the essentials tasks that public library staff must enact pre and during crises. While this Field Guide focuses on supporting non-dominant youth and
families, we believe this Field Guide can be adapted to serve the needs of other age groups and can also be used at any time. <span> </span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC""><font style=""><span style="font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif"><font color="#000000" style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="font-size:12pt"><b>Cassandra E. Osterloh, MLS, MA (Cherokee Nation)</b></span></font><span style="font-size:18.6667px"><b><br>
</b></span></span></font></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:12pt; font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif">Pronouns: she, her, hers</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif"><font color="#212121"><span style="font-size:12pt"></span><br>
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</span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif; font-size:12pt">Santa Fe, NM 87507<br>
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505-476-9764 (office)<br>
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cassandra.osterloh@state.nm.us</span></p>
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