{"id":4547,"date":"2021-01-06T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/?p=4547"},"modified":"2021-01-05T14:47:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T18:47:15","slug":"submit-your-story-to-unmasking-a-pandemic-stories-from-umb-during-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/?p=4547","title":{"rendered":"Submit your story to UnMasking a Pandemic: Stories from UMB during COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/covid19\/unmasking.cfm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4552\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/PR-Image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1860\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/PR-Image.jpg 1860w, https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/PR-Image-300x82.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/PR-Image-1024x280.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/PR-Image-768x210.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/PR-Image-1536x420.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1860px) 100vw, 1860px\" \/><\/a>Happy New Year!\u00a0 Last year brought unimaginable events: a deadly pandemic, civil and racial unrest, a tumultuous election.\u00a0 As we look forward to 2021 with new goals and a hope for a better year ahead it is a good time to reflect on the last year and the COVID-19 Pandemic that continues to threaten our health and lives.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4548\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Strauss_Infectivity_4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Print of Coronavirus with embroidered spikes\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Strauss_Infectivity_4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Strauss_Infectivity_4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Strauss_Infectivity_4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Strauss_Infectivity_4-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Strauss_Infectivity_4-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Since June, the Historical Collections Department of the Health Sciences and Human Services Library has been collecting campus reactions to the pandemic as well as personal stories and reflections of the campus community.\u00a0 The project, <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/covid19\/unmasking.cfm\">UnMasking a Pandemic: Stories from UMB during COVID-19<\/a>, has received seven submissions since its launch.\u00a0 Submissions have included diary-like reflections, poetry, photographs, and original artwork.<\/p>\n<p>Historical Collections continues to solicit submissions for this project.\u00a0 The hope is to capture the personal and professional stories of our campus community.\u00a0 As we approach almost a year of teleworking, social distancing, wearing masks, and an unusual holiday season the HSHSL would like to encourage new submissions to this project.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/handle\/10713\/13912\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4549\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Becky-Ceraul-mask-7-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Becky-Ceraul-mask-7-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Becky-Ceraul-mask-7-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Becky-Ceraul-mask-7-768x1022.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Becky-Ceraul-mask-7-1154x1536.jpg 1154w, https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Becky-Ceraul-mask-7-1539x2048.jpg 1539w, https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Becky-Ceraul-mask-7-scaled.jpg 1923w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Looking for inspiration?\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/handle\/10713\/12210\">existing submissions<\/a> in the UMB Digital Archive.<\/li>\n<li>Reflect on this past holiday season:\n<ul>\n<li>Perhaps you worked in the hospitals helping care for COVID-19 patients?<\/li>\n<li>Maybe you missed visits with family and friends to keep loved ones safe?<\/li>\n<li>Did you create new holiday traditions safely at home?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Look back on the fall semester:\n<ul>\n<li>What was it like to learn and teach entirely online?<\/li>\n<li>What was it like to graduate virtually?<\/li>\n<li>How did midterms and finals differ for you?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Look forward to the spring semester:\n<ul>\n<li>What are your expectations for the spring?<\/li>\n<li>How is what you experienced in the fall semester helping you as you move forward?<\/li>\n<li>Perhaps you are a new student, what is it like to start a program virtually?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Questions or concerns should be addressed to <a href=\"mailto:twink@hshsl.umaryland.edu\">Tara Wink<\/a>, Historical Collections Librarian and Archivist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since June, the Historical Collections Department of the Health Sciences and Human Services Library has been collecting campus reactions to the pandemic as well as personal stories and reflections of the campus community.\u00a0 The project, UnMasking a Pandemic: Stories from UMB during COVID-19, has received seven submissions since its launch.\u00a0 Submissions have included diary-like reflections, poetry, photographs, and original artwork.  Historical Collections continues to solicit submissions for this project.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/?p=4547\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":4552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[178,94,177],"tags":[237,236,180,125],"class_list":["post-4547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty","category-historical-collections","category-students","tag-archival-collecting","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-umb-digital-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4547"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4547"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4553,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4547\/revisions\/4553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}