Upcoming Events
Virtual "Unconference"
November 13, 2020
9:30am to 1:00pm
9:30am to 1:00pm
PALMCOP will be hosting a free virtual unconference to help SC libraries, archives and museums share ideas and learn from our colleagues during COVID. We’ll be covering topics related to adapting and responding to this atypical disaster. The sessions will include topics such as how to work with collections and spaces during COVID, as well as leadership and working with the public safely. Our facilitators will lead sessions that will guide the participants discussions based on the group’s interests in each topic. Sessions will not be recorded.
Register Today!
Registration is required for each session.
The link for the session will be in the registration confirmation email.
Limit of 25 participants per session.
The link for the session will be in the registration confirmation email.
Limit of 25 participants per session.
Sessions
The pandemic has created new models for getting work done that were implemented with almost no warning. This session will discuss issues related to completing tasks during the pandemic. Examples of questions that could be covered include how to maintain a good work/life balance, how to be a supportive co-worker, what are good work from home practices, and what are good practices for sharing workspaces during COVID.
As stewards of books, documents, and artifacts, we all have collections we care about as well as spaces we provide to the public to facilitate their use. This session will cover working with the physical collections and spaces during a pandemic. Examples of questions that could be covered include what are best practices for cleaning and disinfecting safely, how do you apply these best practices to materials that are valuable or delicate, how do you disinfect books and other paper based materials, what standards are appropriate for your HVAC filtration and air circulation, how to disinfect public spaces, and what are best practices for physical distancing of public spaces.
Good customer service for those of us who work with the public is important under normal times, and even more critical during this pandemic. This session will cover questions related to helping the public, to include customer service best practices, how to work with members of the public who are under great strain/stress, how to do new pandemic related services well like book pickup and seating reservation, what is the best way to handle mask enforcement, how do you manage providing limited access, and how can you maintain services if you are closed to the public.
This pandemic requires new techniques and skills to allow leaders to support their staff and continuity of our missions. This session will cover questions such as supporting your staff and managing work, how to manage sick workers, how to communicate changing policies and services to the public, how to address workers are not following policies, how to manage conflict between staff, how to help your staff if they are unable to work from home but would prefer working from home, how to help your staff be productive, how to respond if one of your on site workers becomes ill with COVID, and how to talk to your staff about things they do not want to hear.
Questions? Contact us at palmcop1.sc@gmail.com.
PALMCOP
P.O. Box
290566
Columbia, SC 29229
