LibGuides: Young Adult Roundtable: COVID-19

Virtual Programming

YALSA Teen Programming HQ
Compilation of teen virtual programs submitted by teen services librarians.
YALSA Teen Literacies Toolkit
Addresses print and digital literacy for teens and provides strategies and activities for helping teens navigate their world.
Transitioning to Virtual Programming: You Already Know the Basics!
ALSC blog post, April 19, 2020.
Virtual Programming and Patron Privacy
ALSC blog, April 28, 2020
What If Accessibility is a Right, Not a Request?
From the Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy, recommendations and considerations for created accessible virtual programs.
Providing Virtual Programming in a Health Crisis
April 14, 2020 webinar from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. Focuses on providing health programming for all ages at little cost and without extensive technology.
Digital Services Virtual Chat - YouTube for Library Programs
Stephanie Shea, Digital Services Coordinator at Providence Community Library, leads a webinar discussion on using YouTube as a platform to deliver library programming and content to patrons. This webinar is part of the Digital Services Virtual Chat series, an informal discussion group hosted jointly by the Rhode Island Office of Information Services and Ocean State Libraries.
ALA Live Stream Tips and Execution Steps
Tips for creating high quality video recordings and live-streaming events.
Video Making: 8 Tips for Beginners
8 tips for teachers, librarians, and small business. How to make videos during coronavirus.

How To Run a Virtual Book Club with Middle Schoolers
Ready to Go Book Display: Online Displays
Google Lit Trips
Pair your book group book with a Google Lit Trip. Lit Trips are downloadable files that mark the journeys of characters from famous literature on the surface of Google Earth.

Providence Public Library Virtual Scavenger Hunt
GooseChase App
Create and run scavenger hunt missions.
Where on Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego?
Learn how to use latitude and longitudinal lines in Google Earth and join Carmen Sandiego on her capers around the globe.
Sierra Club Google Earth (Month) Scavenger Hunt
Send youth on a virtual scavenger hung through Google Earth. Use the Sierra Club's scavenger hunt as is, or use it as a model to create your own.

Roll20
Roll20 is a website consisting of a set of tools for playing tabletop role-playing games, also referred to as a virtual tabletop, which can be used as an aid to playing in person or remotely online.
Tabletopia
Online arena for playing board games just like in real life. Play directly in modern desktop web browsers on Mac and Windows platforms, or download on Steam, App Store and Google Play.
Unique editor for building new board games from scratch and bringing paper games to the digital. No programming skills required.
Jackbox Games: Party Pack
Collections of easy-to-play party games that players join by simply using the web browser on their smartphone – no app needed.

RevolTeens: Quaranteens – Proving Just How Incredible Teens Are, by Christine Lively
Teen Librarian Toolbox post highlighting teen volunteer activities.

Virtual Programming Data Collection Guidelines
Guidelines for collecting data for the Public Library Annual Survey.
Virtual Program Tracker
Template for collecting virtual program data.
YouTube Stats
Directions for obtaining statistics to report on PLAS.

Weekly Youth Services Chats

From March 2020 through August 2020 youth services staff participated in weekly/bi-weekly chats to ask questions, share information and ideas, and support one another through the uncertainties of library services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

YS chat notes

Social Emotional Considerations for Teens

The Reality of Covid-19 Is Hitting Teens Especially Hard
Wired article, April 6, 2020
Even the mellowest teens are raging against the pandemic quarantine. Here’s how to help them cope.
Washington Post article, April 23, 2020.
8 Ways to Help Teens Cope with Social Distancing Blues
Michigan Health article, April 7, 2020
Closed Schools Are Creating More Trauma For Students
NPR story, April 20, 2020.

Mental Health and Self Care

Putting the Self back in Self-Care: Wellness in the time of COVID-19
National Network of Libraries of Medicine webinar scheduled for April 28, 2020.
COVID-19 Resource and Information Guide
Extensive guide from the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Care for Your Coronavirus Anxiety
Resources for anxiety and your mental health in a global climate of uncertainty.

Rhode Island Resources

Adults seeking mental or behavioral health support should call BH Link at 414-LINK(5465).
For services for children, call Kids Link 855-543-5465.
People with moderate to severe opioid use disorder (OUD) can access telehealth service for initiation of buprenorphine treatment 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Call Rhode Island’s Buprenorphine Hotline 401-606-5456.

Young Adult Roundtable

Webinars

Handling Materials

Virtual Programming

Weekly Youth Services Chats

Social Emotional Considerations for Teens

Mental Health and Self Care