Amid COVID-19, many archives, libraries and museums are reopening and expanding access to services in their communities. The challenges of reopening during a pandemic have led to many questions about the handling of materials as well as the management of building operations. From allowing the virus to die naturally, to using disinfectants, to applying UV light or heat treatment—there are many options to consider. View this 60-minute webinar from the REopening Archives, Libraries and Museums (REALM) project to hear how some organizations are implementing policies and procedures around the use of these various treatments and considerations that could inform your own local decisions. You’ll also hear an update on REALM testing efforts and the development of project resources.

Presented by: Bexx Caswell-Olson, Director of Book Conservation, Northeast Document Conservation Center; Chris Carron, Director of Collections, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis; Scott Carey, Chief Information Officer, Institute of Museum and Library Services; and Kendra Morgan, Senior Program Manager, WebJunction

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Related Resources and Links

• Reopening Archives, Libraries, and Museums (REALM) Information Hub
  • Happening Now - Project Updates
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  • Project Steering Committee and Working Groups
  • Test Set Results
  • Systematic Literature Review
  • Public Libraries Preparing to Reopen: Examples from the Field
  • Test Plan for the Natural Attenuation of SARS-CoV-2 as a Decontamination Approach
  • Project FAQs
    
• Institute of Museum and Library Services
• Battelle
• Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), EPA
• Managing uncertainty in the covid-19 era, British Medical Journal
• Disinfecting Books and Other Collections, NEDCC
• Agents of Deterioration, Canadian Conservation Institute
• Can I use fogging, fumigation, or electrostatic spraying or drones to help control COVID-19? EPA
• UV Lights and Lamps: Ultraviolet-C Radiation, Disinfection, and Coronavirus, FDA
• “Appendix J: Curatorial Care of Paper Objects” in NPS Museum Handbook, Part 1, 2003, National Park Service
  
• Using heat to kill SARS‐CoV‐2, Reviews in Medical Virology
  
• Protection from Light Damage, NEDCC
• Temperature, Relative Humidity, Light, and Air Quality: Basic Guidelines for Preservation, NEDCC