COVID-19 Resources for Cultural Institutions

Note: The Library of Virginia has compiled a list of COVID-19 resources for Spanish-speaking communities.

In response to the COVID-19 public health crisis, a growing number of organizations in the fields served by CCAHA have developed new programs and resources to help their constituents. CCAHA and our partners at DHPSNY have compiled these COVID-19 resources in a single place for your reference. The list is constantly evolving, and we will continue to update it as we receive new information. If you have additions or corrections, please write CCAHA Manager of Marketing & External Relations Jason Henn.

All resources are listed alphabetically within each category and grouped into the following categories: Advocacy, Collections Care, Communications, Disaster Response, Funding, Impact, Medical/Health, Professional Development, and Resource Lists.

Advocacy

• Helpful Talking Points from the American Alliance of Museums (AAM)
• Letter to Congress: Why Nonprofits Must Be Included in a COVID-19 Relief and Economic Stimulus Package (National Council of Nonprofits)
• Libraries and Pandemic Preparedness: Addressing COVID-19 with Facts and Outreach (American Libraries Magazine)

• Tell Congress: Include Museums in COVID-19 Economic Relief (AAM)

Collections Care

• Enhanced Cleaning Guidance for COVID-19 (Minnesota Historical Society)
  
• Field Services Alliance Tips: Collections Care During COVID-19 (AASLH)
• How to Sanitize Collections in a Pandemic  (American Libraries Magazine)
• The Impact of Hand Sanitizers on Collection Materials (Library of Congress)
• Public Health Emergencies (COSTEP MA)
• Re-entering a Collection that was Closed by COVID-19 (CCAHA)
• Reviewing Cleaning and Collections Care Policies (American Alliance of Museums)

      VIDEOS/WEBINARS

• Collections Care in the Age of COVID (AIC/FAIC)
• COVID-19 Basics: Disinfecting Cultural Resources ( National Center for Preservation Technology and Training)
• Mitigating COVID-19 When Managing Paper-Based, Circulating, and Other Types of Collections (IMLS)

Communications

• Distance Socializing: How to Communicate with All Your Stakeholders (1832 Communications)
• How to Handle Communications About the Coronavirus (Spin Sucks)
• Nonprofit Communications During the Coronavirus Pandemic (LinkedIn)
• These 5 Tech Companies Are Providing Free Remote Working Tools During the Coronavirus Outbreak (Inc.com)

Disaster Response

• Between Two Disasters: Risk, Preparedness, and Response (AIC/FAIC)
• Cultural Institution Crisis Response (Museum Study)
• Self-study Courses for Heritage Responders (free) (AIC/FAIC)
• Using Scenarios to Plan Your Museum's COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Response (AAM)

Funding 

• F.A.Q. on Stimulus Checks, Unemployment and the Coronavirus Bill  (New York Times)
• FCA Emergency Grants COVID-19 Fund (Foundation for Contemporary Arts)

• Financial Relief and Resources for the Museum Field (AAM)

• NEH Receives $75 Million to Distribute to Cultural Institutions Affected by Coronavirus (National Endowment for the Humanities)

• Release: Museums Included in Economic Relief Legislation (AAM)
• Self-Insured Nonprofits and Unemployment Insurance (National Council of Nonprofits)

      WEBINARS

• Finding Support: Cultural Programming in Challenging Times (Sites of Conscience)

Impact

• Americans for the Arts - Impact Survey (AAM)
• A Journal of the Plague Year: An Archive of COVIID-19 (Various contributors)
• Be a Witness to History! Share Your COVID-19 Experiences (Association of Public Historians of New York State)
• Survey: Staffing and COVID-19 Survey (Museum Association of New York)

Medical/Health

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• How to Properly Wash Your Hands (CNA Classes Near Me)
• Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center (Johns Hopkins University & Medicine)
• World Health Organization (WHO)

Professional Development

• AIC Connecting to Collections webinars (free) (AIC/FAIC)
• ALCTS YouTube channel (Association for Library Collections and Technical Services)
• Ask An Archivist: At-Home Preservation Series (Long Island Library Resources Council)
• A Global Webinar Series: Supporting Your Institutions as They Move Online (EBSCO)
• Covid-19 Basics: Disinfecting Cultural Resources (National Center for Preservation Technology and Training)
• Image Permanence Institute Webinar Archive (IPI)
• LinkedIn: 16 Unlocked Courses (LinkedIn)
• Live Archive-It Training Sessions and Webinars (Archive-It)
• Rare Book School YouTube channel (free) (Rare Book School)
• Performing Arts Readiness (PAR)

Resource Lists

• AASLH Resource Center (AASLH)
• Archivists at Home (SAA Accessibility & Disability Section)
• Coronavirus Resources for Pennsylvanians (Office of PA Senator Bob Casey)
• COVID-19 Resources from ARCS (ARCS)
• COVID-19 Resources from EBSCO (EBSCO)
• Greater Good in the Time of COVID-19: Nonprofit Survival Guide (Message Agency)
• Handling Library Materials and Collections During a Pandemic (ALCTS)
• Information for the Museum Field on the COVID-19/Coronavirus (AAM)
• Museum Computer Network Virtual Museum Resources (Museum Computer Network)
• Museums in the Time of COVID-10 (MANY)
• New Jersey: COVID-19 Information Hub (State of New Jersey)
• New York State Council of Nonprofits (NYCON): COVID-19 Resources for Nonprofits (NYCON)
• Pandemic Preparedness Resources for Libraries (ALA)
• Resources for Displaced Archival Workers  (Archives Workers Emergency Fund)
• Sites of Conscience: Front Page Dialogue, Webinars, Collective Care Chats ( Sites of Conscience)
• Small Business Association's Coronavirus (COVID-19) website (SBA)