Reopening NH Libraries Task Force Report

This is the weekly update from the Reopening NH Libraries Task Force, which will continue to be distributed on Thursdays until further notice.  Items of note this week:

• NH Governor extends Stay-At-Home order through 6/15/2020: https://www.governor.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt336/files/documents/emergency-order-49.pdf
• NH Municipal Association held a webinar about reopening municipal offices on Wednesday 6/3; recording link is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roBGUqoLvvw&feature=youtu.be.  In addition, a pdf of the slides and pdf of the Town of Londonderry’s Reopening Plan are available on the NHLA COVID19 web site under a Reopening heading at the top of the page:  http://nhlibrarians.org/covid-19-resources/
• REALM Project update – release of technical document explaining the process for testing materials from libraries, archives, and museums, as well as a Preliminary Literature Review prepared by Battelle (which was used to help set the context for the lab research):

https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/realm-happening-now.html?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=June+3+2020+Crossroads&utm_campaign=&utm_term=WebJunctionCrossroads_COMM

To directly receive any updates about the REALM project via email, sign up here (scroll to bottom of page and look for link): https://www.webjunction.org/explore-topics/COVID-19-research-project.html

As always, please reach out to me if there are any issues you wish to communicate to the Task Force. We are in regular communication as a group and welcome feedback.

 {This is a reprint of the report issued by Lori Fisher to the NHAIS-L listserv}