The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged many cultural institutions to reimagine their practices. Partnerships, programming, and services have all shifted to meet the public's new and changing needs. Some of these changes have been temporary, and others are here to stay. Join us as international library, archive, and museum colleagues discuss the operational changes they will be continuing, regardless of pandemic conditions.

Presenters:

• Frederic Bertley, President & CEO, COSI, Ohio
• Stuart Hunt, Director, University Library & Collections Services and University Librarian, University of Reading, UK
• Gwen Mayhew, Head, Collection Access, Canadian Centre for Architecture
• Lynette Schurdevin, Library Director, Rio Rancho Public Library, New Mexico
• Moderator: Kendra Morgan, Senior Program Manager, OCLC

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• Canadian Centre for Architecture
• ‘All We Want Is Some Respect’: Overworked Museum Guards at the Met Say They’re Being Asked to Do More Work With Less Help Than Ever, ArtNet News, August 2, 2021
• As Nonprofit Workers Push for Representation, Brooklyn Museum Staffers Have Voted to Unionize by an Overwhelming Margin, ArtNet News, August 23, 2021
• Art Institute of Chicago Employees Are Trying to Unionize, Saying They Are Overworked and Underpaid, ArtNet News, August 4, 2021
• When Museums Are Better At Preserving Objects Than Staff, Ellen Spangler, Three Notch’d Nonprofit Solutions blog, September 6, 2021
• Rio Rancho Public Library
• Additional links shared in Chat:
• Take a StoryWalk Through Downtown with the Library
• Cuseum webinars, available on-demand
• REALM resource roundup on Virtual Programs