Understanding COVID-19 Vaccines: A REALM Project Webinar
This webinar will address COVID-19 vaccines and how they impact the reopening and ongoing operations plans for libraries, archives and museums.
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The REopening Archives, Libraries and Museums (REALM) project is hosting a webinar to explore the topic of COVID-19 vaccines and how they impact the reopening and ongoing operations plans for organizations. Presenters will provide information on vaccine education, including resources available to help address vaccine misinformation in the community. They will also share aspects of what is known and unknown in the scientific community about vaccines, along with a general update about the REALM project.
Presenters:
- Crosby Kemper, Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services
- Elisabeth Wilhelm, Co-Lead of Vaccine Confidence Team, COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force, CDC
- Erica Kimmerling, Senior Advisor for Science Engagement Policy and Partnerships, Association of Science and Technology Centers
- Amy Marino, Senior Program Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Research, Smithsonian
- Moderator: Kendra Morgan, Senior Program Manager, OCLC
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Webinar Attachments
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- View chat (xls)
- View captions (txt)
Related Resources and Links
- Reopening Archives, Libraries, and Museums (REALM) Information Hub
- Institute of Museum and Library Services and Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates
- Battelle
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- COVID-19 Information
- COVID-19 data tracker
- Vaccinate with Confidence, including strategy
- COVID-19 Vaccine Communication Toolkit Materials
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
- COVID-19 Information
- KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor
- Association of Science and Technology Centers
- Public Face of Science Initative, for a landscape overview of how people view and experience science
- 10 facts about Americans and coronavirus vaccines, Pew Research Center
- Encountering Science in America, 2019, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (and 2020 insights and infographics from ASTC)
- The Public’s Role in COVID-19 Vaccination: Planning Recommendations Informed by Design Thinking and the Social, Behavioral, and Communication Sciences (Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security)
- COVID-19 Vaccination Communication: Applying Behavioral and Social Science to Address Vaccine Hesitancy and Foster Vaccine Confidence (National Institutes of Health)
- A practitioner's guide to the principles of COVID-19 vaccine communications (Center for Public Interest Communications at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications)
- Communication Resources for COVID-19 Vaccines (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), including A Communicator’s Tip Sheet for COVID-19 Vaccination (pdf)
- Centering the Picture: The role of race & ethnicity in cultural engagement in the U.S. (pdf)
- VaccinesAndUS.or, hosted by the Smithsonian. See news release announcing new site.
- Additional links shared in chat
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
- What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
- Canadian resources
- Encouraging vaccine confidence in Canada
- COVID-19 vaccines and Indigenous peoples
- Immunization and Vaccines
- HVAC for Libraries during COVID-19, Massachusetts Libraries Board of Library Commissioners
- Upcoming April 29 webinar: Pandemic Safety at Cultural Heritage Institutions
- FAQs on Protecting Yourself from COVID-19 Aerosol Transmission, created by aerosol chemists and indoor air quality engineers: https://tinyurl.com/FAQ-aerosols
- Parents United #FreshAirSchools Resource Centre
- Resources on transmission & prevention of COVID-19
- CDC Science Brief: SARS-CoV-2 and Potential Airborne Transmission
- Cleveland Clinic, Already Vaccinated? Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Stop Wearing Your Face Mask Yet, 5 reasons to continue wearing a mask, even after you’re vaccinated
- CDC Science Brief: SARS-CoV-2 and Surface (Fomite) Transmission for Indoor Community Environments (4/5/21)
- Kids Boost Immunity
- Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
Date
15 April 2021
Time
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
Webinar presenter Crosby Kemper
Webinar presenter Elisabeth Wilhelm
Webinar presenter Erica Kimmerling
Webinar presenter Amy Marino
Webinar moderator Kendra Morgan
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