[OPLINTECH] Census Prep

[Don Yarman]

Sorry, left off the correct tip sheet link
<http://www.ala.org/advocacy/sites/ala.org.advocacy/files/content/actionareas/v5%20-%20Census%20tip%20sheets.pdf>
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                                  —DY


On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 9:13 AM Don Yarman <don at oplin.ohio.gov> wrote:

> A post today on the LITA blog
> <https://litablog.org/2020/02/the-2020-census-starts-in-two-weeks-are-your-computers-ready/>
> has some basic decent tips for expanding access to the Census
> questionnaire within libraries:
>
>    - Provide guest or “express” internet access for census respondents
>    without a library card number.
>    - Temporarily add or dedicate devices for 15-minute user sessions to
>    reduce wait times for patrons completing the census.
>    - Leave your Wi-Fi on in March and April when the library is closed so
>    users can access it from the parking lot.
>    - Whitelist my2020census.gov and 2020census.gov in the library’s
>    firewall.
>    - Make mobile devices available to complete the census at bookmobiles
>    and other outreach efforts.
>
> The LITA blog has a bad link to a tip sheet. Here is the correct tip sheet
> link.
>
> I don't want to overwhelm you with links, but you can dive into a lot more
> information at OLC's Census Resource Page <https://olc.org/census/>.
>
>                     Don Yarman
>                     Director, Ohio Public Library Information Network
>                     2323 W Fifth Ave Suite 130, Columbus OH 43204
>                     don at oplin.ohio.gov | 614.728.5250
>
>
> *Currently listening to "The Delirium Brief" by Charles Stross,performed
> by Gideon Emery (Recorded Books, 2017).*
>
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