pending

Coronavirus Resources January 2022

• Get free at home COVID-19 test kits from the US Federal Government COVIDtests.gov
• Center for Disease Control Coronavirus page www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration's information for workers www.osha.gov/SLTC/covid-19/
• World Health Organization Information Network for Epidemics www.epi-win.com/
• Worldometers Cononavirus Outbreak www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
• CDC Case Tracker covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker
• COVID-19 Projections covid19.healthdata.org/projections
• IL Dept of Public Health Coronavirus Disease 2019 (CORVID-19) www.dph.illinois.gov/covid19.html
• Illinois COVID Data by Zip Code covid-dashboard.fsm.northwestern.edu/
• Peoria County Health Department’s Page on COVID-19 www.pcchd.org/289/COVID-19-Coronavirus
• Princeville Schools COVID numbers sites.google.com/princeville326.net/pcusd326/home/covid-19-important-school-information 
• What is my Covid risk? (Center for Digital Health, Brown University)  mycovidrisk.app 
• Covid Act Now is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded by volunteers in March 2020. covidactnow.org/
• University of Toronto How to spot misinformation about the coronavirus onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/faq/how-can-i-spot-misinformation-about-coronavirus-and-covid-19?utm_source=ILL&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=covidnews
• Big Table Peoria's COVID-19 resources  data.greaterpeoria.us/greater-peoria-covid/
• All in Illinois www.enjoyillinois.com/allinillinois 
• Illinois Municipal League COVID-19 Resources www.iml.org/covid 
• Your Local Epidemologist 1/6/22 post on masks and CDC guidelines yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/a-quick-note-on-masks-and-cdc-guidance 

Library information 

• LME Library's Pademic Response page lmelibrary.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=737:pandemic-response&catid=23:pending
• Illinos Library Association www.ila.org/advocacy/coronavirus-resources
• Everylibrary’s Resources for Libraries on Coronavirus www.everylibrary.org/resources_for_libraries_on_coronavirus
• ALA’s Pandemic Preparedness www.ala.org/tools/atoz/pandemic-preparedness
• Reaching Across Illinois Library System COVID-19 www.railslibraries.info/issues/178451
• Heartland Library Sytem COVID-19 www.illinoisheartland.org/covid19
• IMLS COVID-19 Resources for Libraries and Museums www.imls.gov/covid-19-resources-libraries-and-museums
• IMLS Midigating COVID-19 When Managing Library Collections www.imls.gov/webinars/mitigating-covid-19-when-managing-paper-based-circulating-and-other-types-collections
• REopening Archives, Libraries, and Museums (REALM) is a research project conducted by OCLC, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and Battelle to produce and distribute science-based COVID-19 information that can aid local decision making regarding operations of archives, libraries, and museums. www.oclc.org/realm/home.html 

Princeville 50k in May

Open to all ages and all activity levels - walk, run, bike, or workout. Join the Princeville 50k in May virtual challenge to stay fit and active!

Fitness classes may be postponed and gyms may be closed, but the sidewalks and the Rock Island Trail are open. There's no better way to social distance than going for a walk around the neighborhood, following along to a workout video, lifting weights, or biking the Trail. 

What is a Virtual Challenge?

A virtual challenge is a challenge that can be accomplished from any location and with any workout you choose. You can run, walk, jog, bike, follow a workout video, lift weights in your basement, etc. As long as you stay active, you'll defeat the challenge!

The rules are simple:

• Run, walk, jog, bike or exercise on your own time at your own pace
• Keep track of each kilometer/minute you are active. Download the log below or use an app to record each distance.
• Stack up 50 kilometers (about 31 miles) by May 30.
• Connect with us and other participants by tagging your photos #Princeville50k on social media

Mile Converter Info
Not a runner? That's OK! If you'd rather lift weights, go for a family walk, ride your bike, or follow a workout video online, you still count it toward your goal. Minutes go by 10 minute increments with each 10 min = 1 kilometer. The form has an easy calculation to convert minutes to kilometers if you choose to use minutes instead of kilometers.

50k=31 miles     1k=.62 mile

Kilometer/Minute converter for walking, biking, etc: 10 minutes = 1k

Calculation: X Min divided by 10 multiplied by 1 Kilometer = X Kilometers
Examples: 10 Min=1 Kilometer / 30 Min=3 Kilometers / 45 Min=4.5 Kilometers / 60 Min=6 Kilometers

This challenge is open to all ages and all activity levels.

Keep Track of your Kilometers

It’s easy to keep track of your Princeville 50k in May activities. You can

• Use this handy log form or
• Record your workouts with an app such as Human, Strava, MapMyRun, or Nike+ Run Club.

Join the Princeville 50k in May virtual challenge to stay fit and active!

2020 Peonies

Peonies from 2020

Whites (30 specimens recorded)

Resources:

American Peony Society Registry https://americanpeonysociety.org/cultivars/peony-registry/

Peony Database http://www.paeon.de/name/index.html

LME Library's catalog search for peonies https://alsi.sdp.sirsi.net/client/en_US/LillieMEvansLD/search/results?qu=peonies&qu=-ponies&qu=-juvenile&qu=-brown&qu=-angel&te=&lm=LILLIE-M-E

Pandemic Response

The LME Library is open to the public.

The LME Library is at phase 5 of our reopening procedures. We will continue to monitor the directives provided by federal, state and local officials and are committed to creating an environment that minimizes the spread of infectious diseases, including COVID-19 (coronavirus). The following measures have been enacted to lower the risk to both our staff and our library users of exposure to, and infection with, the novel coronavirus.

Facility Use Limitations (Updated April 2022):

Facial Coverings: Masks are optional.

Health Awareness: Patrons and staff are asked to be aware of their own health. If you feel unwell, please stay home. 

Hours of Operation: The library hours of operation as of 9/7/21 are Monday, Tuesday & Thursday 9am-8pm, Wednesday & Friday 9am-5pm, and Saturday 9am-1pm.

Hygiene Practices: Create social distancing of at least 6 feet from other people whenever possible. Wash your hands with soap and water often or use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. 

Rooms & Programs: Both study rooms are available to the public on a first-come; first-served basis. In-library programming has resumed. Meeting room reservations are being accepted. 

Computer Use: Public computers are available for use.

Holds delivery: System-wide delivery of materials from other libraries restarted on June 29, 2020. 

Alternatives to Library Visits

For patrons unable to enter public spaces, the library will continue to offer the following services: 

• Curbside pickup: patrons may call 385-4540 or email requests This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and arrange for a pickup time.
• Online services are available through the library’s website. These include ebooks, eaudios, subscription databases, and other online resources.

Returned materials are not quarantined. Fines for overdue/late return resumed March 7, 2022. Please contact the library if you need any due dates extended.

You can continue to use the library without visiting by downloading eBooks; listening to downloadable and streaming audiobooks; reading digital comics, newspapers, and magazines; learning a language; and much more. Stay connected with us on social media like facebook for more ideas for things to do with your library card, and ways to stay healthy and happy during this complicated time. 

Resources:

The library has created a resource list and will continue to add to it as more resources are located. We have put it on our website under RESOURCES | CORONAVIRUS RESOURCES  http://lmelibrary.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=736&Itemid=267

Our first post regarding the novel coronavirus on our Librarian's blog was on March 10, 2020 http://librarylill.blogspot.com/2020/03/coronavirus-covid-19.html

What LME Library is doing to help prevent the spread of any infectious diseases:

We are currently following Illinois' Emergency rules adopted in response to the COVID-19 outbreak and guidelines set forth by the Centers for disease Control (CDC) and the Peoria City/County Health Department (PCCHD). We are also following the Illinois Department of Public Health's (IDPH) guidelines for COVID-19 and frequently reviewing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's information for workers.

What you can do to help:

Your help is greatly appreciated to help minimize the spread of disease. Here are some simple steps you can take to help.

1. Continue limiting in-person contact with others and expand social contact cautiously.
2. Get vaccinated as soon as you are able.
3. Practice social distancing and wear a mask when needed or required.
4. Wash hands frequently using the World Health Organization (WHO) video on hand washing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PmVJQUCm4E
5. Practice good hygiene by regularly disinfecting frequently touched surfaces and avoid touching your face.  
6. Cover your coughs or sneezes.
7. Stay home if you are sick or have sick family members at home.

There are additional practices in this handout from the CDC on how to protect yourself and others.

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Coronavirus Resources

World Health Organzation (WHO) video on hand washing

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PmVJQUCm4E

Center for Disease Control Coronavirus page www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

Occupational Safety and Health Administration's information for workers 

www.osha.gov/SLTC/covid-19/

World Health Organization's site to combat misinformation 

www.epi-win.com/

Worldometers Cononavirus Outbreak 

www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

CDC Case Tracker 

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker

COVID-19 Projections

https://covid19.healthdata.org/projections

IL Dept of Public Health Coronavirus Disease 2019 (CORVID-19)

www.dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/diseases-and-conditions/diseases-a-z-list/coronavirus 

Illinois COVID Data by Zip Code

https://covid-dashboard.fsm.northwestern.edu/

 Peoria County Health Department’s Page on COVID-19

www.pcchd.org/289/COVID-19-Coronavirus

What is my Covid risk? (Center for Digital Health, Brown University) mycovidrisk.app 

COVID Explained - Emily Oster (economics, Brown Univ.) is perhaps best known for her evidence-based guides, but her latest project finds her teaming up with Galit Alter (medicine, Harvard Medical Sch.) and researchers and students at institutions including Brown, MIT, Harvard, and Massachusetts General Hospital to launch COVID Explained, a site that aims to provide unbiased, comprehensive information to help people make good decisions. https://explaincovid.org/

University of Toronto How to spot misinformation about the coronavirus https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/faq/how-can-i-spot-misinformation-about-coronavirus-and-covid-19?utm_source=ILL&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=covidnews

Big Table Peoria's COVID-19 resources

https://data.greaterpeoria.us/greater-peoria-covid/

All in Illinois https://www.enjoyillinois.com/allinillinois 

Illinois Municipal League COVID-19 Resources https://www.iml.org/covid

Illinois Library Association https://www.ila.org/advocacy/covid-19-resources#Illinois%20Department%20of%20Public%20Health%20Resources

How you can help

Get Us PPE https://getusppe.org

Illinois PPE Network https://sites.google.com/margalus.com/illinoisppe/home

OSF HealthCare Response for Novel Coronavirus https://www.osfhealthcare.org/covid19/give/

UnityPoint Hospital's "How to Help" page https://www.unitypoint.org/help.aspx

University of Utah Libraries PPE page https://campusguides.lib.utah.edu/PPE

Library information 

LME Library's Pademic Response page http://lmelibrary.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=737:pandemic-response&catid=23:pending

Illinos Library Association https://www.ila.org/advocacy/coronavirus-resources

Everylibrary’s Resources for Libraries on Coronavirus

www.everylibrary.org/resources_for_libraries_on_coronavirus

ALA’s Pandemic Preparedness

www.ala.org/tools/atoz/pandemic-preparedness

Reaching Across Illinois Library System COVID-19 https://www.railslibraries.info/issues/178451

Heartland Library Sytem COVID-19 https://www.illinoisheartland.org/covid19

IMLS COVID-19 Resources for Libraries and Museums https://www.imls.gov/covid-19-resources-libraries-and-museums

IMLS Midigating COVID-19 When Managing Library Collections https://www.imls.gov/webinars/mitigating-covid-19-when-managing-paper-based-circulating-and-other-types-collections

WebJunction's Libraries and the Coronavirus: Evolving Information and Resources

EDGE Library Coronavirus Resources https://www.libraryedge.org/coronavirus

Library 2.0 Libraries Stepping Up (recorded sessions) https://www.library20.com/page/crisis

Libraries and 3D Printer-made Masks, Face Shields, and Component Parts for High-Risk Health Care Workers https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ASAX7VEU6jb3vMcD9XxLB1iW_zXBZjWWndHK3dbZgHk/edit

Letter from the Illinois State Library 

alsi.sdp.sirsi.net/client/en_US/RSAwebsite/search/asset/8468/

Memo from the Department of Central Management Services 

alsi.sdp.sirsi.net/client/en_US/RSAwebsite/search/asset/8469/

Princeville Peony Project

In 2020, the Lillie M. Evans Library District started the Princeville Peony Project or P3. We worked with the Princeville Heritage Museum and other community organizations to locate, photograph, and identify Auten peonies still growing in and around Princeville.This project will take several years to complete, but we have started to catalog some of the iconic images of Princeville—the Auten peonies.

Want to see some of the 122 specimens photographed in 2020. Click here! (This page is under construction so please be patient as we work through the images and identification)

Do you have an Auten peony? If you are certain you have an Auten variety, please fill out this form online or call the library sometime between May 18-June 18. Please contact us after your peonies have started blooming so that we can get photos for identification purposes. The library website is lmelibrary.org and our phone number is 385-4540. For 2020, we are focusing only on peonies that residents know for sure are Auten varieties. In subsequent years, we hope to open identification to possible Auten varieties but we want to focus on the known specimens first.

Thank you for helping us preserve our local history!

Peonies and Princeville

Princeville is known locally as the Peony Capital of the World due to Edward Auten, Jr. and his fields of peonies. Mr. Auten was a life-long Princeville resident who was educated at Harvard University. He graduated with a degree in economics and music and worked at his father’s bank, Auten & Auten. He had many interests and was an accomplished organist and composer.

Mr. Auten started growing peonies as a hobby. He turned to peonies after abandoning roses due to their thorns and difficulty overwintering. As his passion for peonies grew, it became a full-time business. From 1925 until he retired in 1963, Mr. Auten introduced almost 300 named varieties of peonies—many still popular today.

Auten peony fields drew visitors from across the state and around the country. Peonies would bloom in May and June along both sides of Route 91 on the north side of town and by the village of Monica, a few miles west of Princeville. Princeville’s first “Peony Day” was held on Sunday, June 6, 1937 and became an annual event. Crowds flocked to Princeville so they could view the fields and purchase varieties.

Edward Auten Jr. died on May 13, 1974 at the age of 92. By the time he retired at the age of 81, he had devoted more than 50 years to growing and hybridizing peonies. The fields are gone now, but Mr. Auten’s legacy and his impact on Princeville remains.

Bit.ly link: https://bit.ly/PrincevillePeonies

[Photo courtesy of the Princeville Heritage Museum]

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