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Librarians have been active on Listservs and Social Media during the COVID-19 crisis, sharing resources to support the online learning world which will be the new normal for the foreseeable future.
Here are a few recent posts and articles pointing to a wealth of material:
A Crisis—as in School Closures Due to Coronavirus—Justifies Fair Use, Say Librarians (Kara Yorio, School Library Journal)
Free Tools for Online Teaching and Learning During School Closures (Melanie Kletter & Sarah Bayliss, School Library Journal)
Resources for learning at home while we’re keeping each other safe (Joyce Valenza, Never Ending Search)
A Roundup of Pandemic Resources for Librarians, Teachers and the Parents That We Serve (Karen Jensen's Teen Librarian Toolbox)
School’s Out… Or Is It? (Internet Archive blog post about downloadable top Children’s books, titles focusing on Black Girls and books of puzzle & games)
A state-by-state map of subscription databases
Wakelit list of Resources for Learning @Home (Joyce Valenza, Never Ending Search)
Wikimedia Commons
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