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Reopening School Libraries

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1. Put 10 minutes on a timer. Press start!

2. Double click anywhere on the section below and post a question.

3. In the Title section, type your question exactly as it first comes to mind.

4. When finished, click again anywhere on this web page to post another question.

5. Read the questions other people have posted. Feel free to add new, but related questions as "comments" on a question someone else posted.

6. Keep adding questions until time is up.

7. Click and drag your questions so that they aren't blocking anything.

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1.     Ask as many questions as you can

2.     Do not stop to discuss, judge or answer the questions

3.     Write down every question exactly as it first comes to mind

4.     Change any statements into a question

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1. Read through all of the questions that have been posted, including the ones that were changed during Step 4.

2. Pick the three questions that you feel most curious about.

3. Click on the heart icon at the bottom of a post to "vote" for it as a priority question.

4. THINK: What were your reasons for selecting those three?  (optional) Click on the Add Comment chat box icon on this post if you'd like to share your rationale and reflect on your choices.

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Pick one of the following questions to respond to:

1. What did you learn?

2. What are you now wondering about?

Double click to post a reflection comment anywhere below this section.

Feel free to write a comment, or record a video or voice recording.

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Step 6: Discussion and Further Investigation

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Step 6: Discussion and Further Investigation

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If you were going to answer the top three priority questions right now, what are some possible ideas, next steps, or avenues for further investigation?

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Step 4: Go back and read everyone's work! Think about equity, access, and joy 

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Step 4: Go back and read everyone's work! Think about equity, access, and joy 

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Take a couple minutes to read all of the questions. Find one question and reflect on it with a lens of equity, access, and joy. Add your new question that accounts for this lens as a "comment" on their original question.

Feel free to post more than one new question!

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How do we alter our sign-in process so that it's not a "frequently touched surface"?

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How do we ensure our libraries are still used as libraries and not overtaken as classrooms?

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How do we ensure our libraries are still used as libraries and not overtaken as classrooms?

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How do we plan when we don't know what the plan is?

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How do we plan when we don't know what the plan is?

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Is it safe?

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How will we be delivering instruction if we are unable to have students in the library or we are unable to be in the classroom?

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How will we be delivering instruction if we are unable to have students in the library or we are unable to be in the classroom?

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How do we manage if  libraries are used as classrooms so students can socially distance?

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How do we manage if  libraries are used as classrooms so students can socially distance?

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How many people can we fit into our libraries? 

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How many people can we fit into our libraries? 

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How can students browse for books if we need to set them aside for 72 hours after they've been touched?

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How will we divide the work of collaborating with grade-level teacher collaboratives?

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How will we divide the work of collaborating with grade-level teacher collaboratives?

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How do we get physical books into the hands of students & teachers safely?

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How do we get physical books into the hands of students & teachers safely?

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How do we make sure that the students who do not have access to print at home get print books?

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How do we make sure that the students who do not have access to print at home get print books?

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will we have access to our libraries, or will be they be used as a classroom space?

how will we make it easier for students to access our online and erources, ESPECAILLY books?

how can we even really plan?

how can we be kept  up to-date?

less of a question: i really don't want us to operate in silos,  how do we offer similar things for our students?

how is amy advocating for libraries?

how will we deliver physical books to students at home- our budgets maybe go to books for kids to keep forever?

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How do we create joyful spaces in a socially distanced environment?

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How do we create joyful spaces in a socially distanced environment?

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What if the guidance is not the same statewide and we have staffing issues?

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What if the guidance is not the same statewide and we have staffing issues?

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Will we be called upon to be "classroom teachers?"

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How do we best connect with our students & classes without overwhelming them & families?

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How do we best connect with our students & classes without overwhelming them & families?

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How do teachers get prep time if kids aren't supposed to change classrooms?

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How do teachers get prep time if kids aren't supposed to change classrooms?

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Will the libraries be used as classroom space?

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Will the libraries be used as classroom space?

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What would happen if we refuse to go back in person until it's truly safe enough -- until we've had 14 days with no new cases, for instance?

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Are there any cooperative relationships being formed between publishers/libraries to help make (your) specific library catalogs avail online for the duration of the pandemic? 

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Are there any cooperative relationships being formed between publishers/libraries to help make (your) specific library catalogs avail online for the duration of the pandemic? 

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How about teachers and kids who have pre-existing conditions and don't feel safe coming back to school?

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How about teachers and kids who have pre-existing conditions and don't feel safe coming back to school?

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If some students are in school some of the time, will physical books/equipment circulate and if so, what will the procedure be for returns/sanitizing/recirculating

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If some students are in school some of the time, will physical books/equipment circulate and if so, what will the procedure be for returns/sanitizing/recirculating

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When will we find out if we are going remote or back to school?

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When will we find out if we are going remote or back to school?

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Will we be pulled into being general education teachers instead of specialists?

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Will we be pulled into being general education teachers instead of specialists?

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Will we develop a department-wide remote learning plan/materials? 

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Will we develop a department-wide remote learning plan/materials? 

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Has this begun/when will it begin?

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Self-checkout stations?

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Will we be able to access the building to grab materials during the summer - end of July?

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Will we be able to access the building to grab materials during the summer - end of July?

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Can we work with CPL to expand our circulation options? 

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Can we work with CPL to expand our circulation options? 

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Has the "hold and pick up" function been used equitably?

Could a school serve as a student's "address" in the CPL hold system, so we could get books from CPL to them?

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Can we do some processing at home

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How do we keep kids socially distant from each other? 

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How do we keep kids socially distant from each other? 

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How and when will we develop the expectations for different roles within the department if we are only in the buildings once or several times a week?

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How and when will we develop the expectations for different roles within the department if we are only in the buildings once or several times a week?

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Will we be used as substitutes in our building every free moment we have?

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Will we be used as substitutes in our building every free moment we have?

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What does "hands-on" learning look like in a socially distanced classroom?

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What does "hands-on" learning look like in a socially distanced classroom?

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What would our schedules like if we start the year remote? 

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What would our schedules like if we start the year remote? 

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Can we, as LMS, create our schedules with individual teachers?

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Is it a given that we are going back into schools? What if we feel really uncomfortable with that exposure?

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Is it a given that we are going back into schools? What if we feel really uncomfortable with that exposure?

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HOw has CPL's experiment been going and is there anything worth emulating? 

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HOw has CPL's experiment been going and is there anything worth emulating? 

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Will our time as library administrators be protected? Or will our role as teachers/coverage be the priority?

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Will our time as library administrators be protected? Or will our role as teachers/coverage be the priority?

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How about our role supporting teachers?

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Should we as a department put forth proposal(s) for how we as librarians can support students & teachers specifically for remote learning...ie. create a "new" job description before we are assigned roles.

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Should we as a department put forth proposal(s) for how we as librarians can support students & teachers specifically for remote learning...ie. create a "new" job description before we are assigned roles.

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What happens if there is a positive case in a school? Do they close the building?

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What happens if there is a positive case in a school? Do they close the building?

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What is a library program without a physical space?

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What is a library program without a physical space?

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What is the role of ITS in remote/ hybrid? Will we need to shoulder/share work with them?

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What is the role of ITS in remote/ hybrid? Will we need to shoulder/share work with them?

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Do we, as union teachers, have a say if we want to go back to school or NOT? 

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Do we, as union teachers, have a say if we want to go back to school or NOT? 

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How can we protect our roles as librarians and do our jobs?

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How can we protect our roles as librarians and do our jobs?

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If we are fully remote, can we create a bookmobile? Will CPL do something like this, in case kids can't get to the library for appointments to pickup?

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If we are fully remote, can we create a bookmobile? Will CPL do something like this, in case kids can't get to the library for appointments to pickup?

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How do we share the library safely and equitably in a shared school?

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How do we share the library safely and equitably in a shared school?

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New to this platform...looks like I'm writing over somebody else's response.  Sorry .

If libraries are being used as classrooms how do we access books?  Are books even going to be allowed to circulate? Can we consolidate library holdings into one section of a library that is NOT designated as classroom space so that we can keep the books "clean" . Need to get a clear response from Admin(s) about what they expect from us.
Allowing one class or a couple of classes access to library by making it a classroom is a massive inequity.

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How can we support our new/returning librarians?

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How can we support our new/returning librarians?

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Is the district considering the potential dangers associated with exposing young children to extended periods of wireless device usage? https://cehn.org/our-work/eco-healthy-child-care/ehcc-faqs/faqs-wireless-radiation/

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Is the district considering the potential dangers associated with exposing young children to extended periods of wireless device usage? https://cehn.org/our-work/eco-healthy-child-care/ehcc-faqs/faqs-wireless-radiation/