International Webinar Next Week on Building the Evidence for Safer Library Re-opening

 The International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) is offering 2 webinars next week on Building the Evidence for Safer Re-opening: Overview of the RE-opening Archives, Libraries and Museums (REALM) Project:

"Through the REopening Archives, Libraries, and Museums (REALM) Project, OCLC, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and Battelle are conducting research on how long the virus survives on materials that are prevalent in libraries, archives, and museums."

"IFLA is happy to host this webinar in order to help libraries globally learn more about the testing process, how to present results to your stakeholders, project resources to inform your local decisions, and what you can expect from the project in the months to come."

The webinars are next Tuesday and Thursday. 

REALM is a collaboration between OCLC, an international library services cooperative, the US government agency Institute of Museum and Library Services, and Battelle, an R&D organization.

Earlier Library Boy posts on the topic:

• REALM Project: COVID Virus Undetectable on Five Highly Circulated Library Materials After Three Days (June 24, 2020)
  
• REALM Project Test 2 Results for COVID Virus Survival on 5 Library Materials (July 21, 2020)
• REALM Project Test 3 Results for COVID Virus Survival on Library Materials (August 18, 2020)
• REALM Project Test 4 Results for COVID Virus Survival on Library Materials (September 8, 2020)
• REALM Project Test Results for COVID Virus Survival on Library Materials (November 23, 2020)