Working Remotely in 2020 (NISO Resource Page)

Resource Links for Staff Working From Home

NOTE: This resource page is being updated as we become aware of useful sites and information. As staff working from home, did you find something that helped you to manage the new working environment? Please send recommendations to Jill O'Neill, Director of Content, NISO, at joneill (at) niso (dot)org.

Cybersecurity

• Working from Home? Consider These Privacy-Focused Tools   (DuckDuckGo, April 9, 2020)
• Remote Work Considerations in a COVID-19 Age (Blog post, ASIS International, April 7, 2020)
• NIST Telework Security Basics  (National Institute for Standards and Technology, March 2020)
• Ten Tips to Stay Cyber Safe When Working Remotely  (Joyce Insurance, Undated 2020)
• What IT Teams Can Do To Help Their Organizations Today  (CMS Wire, March 2020)

Setting Up Your Office and A Routine

• Work from Home Resources: Sound (Blog post, Comfortable Shoes Studio, May 2020)
• Work from Home Resources: Lighting  (Blog post, Comfortable Shoes Studio, May 2020)
• The Audio Visual Set-Up in the Tiny Air Stream Studio (Blog post, Jeremiah Owyang, May 2020)
• Setting Up a Virtual Office (Video, Scholastica YouTube Channel, April 2, 2020)
• All of A Sudden, I’m Working From Home. Now What Do I Do?  (OCLC, April 2020)
• 7 Tips for Working From Home (Atla, April 2020)
• How to Work From Home and Live During Quarantine  (Tmetric, April 2020)
• Keep moving while WFH  (Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, April 2020)
• Remote Work Starter Guide (Web-based Resource, Gitlab, April 2020)
• 9 Tips for Remote Work  (Sketchdev.io, March 2020)
• LinkedIn's CEO Just Shared the Best Work At Home Advice (Inc., April 2020)
• How to Improve Your Remote Work Routine  (Voxnest, March 2020)
• Working Remotely: Lessons from the Tamarack Team (50-minute Video, YouTube, March 30, 2020)

Maintaining a Healthy Outlook & Self-Care

• Practicing Self Care to Improve Your Mood (American Journal Experts, May 19, 2020)
• 7 Things We’ve Learned During 10 Weeks at Home (Digital Public Library of America, May 21, 2020)
• APA COVID-19 Information and Resources, continually updated by APA for psychologists, health-care workers and the public (Web Based Resource, American Psychological Association, April 2020)
• 3 Tips to Avoid WFH Burnout  (Harvard Business Review, April 2020)

Remote Work and Family Life

• Work From Home Spouse Tips  (CNN, March 31, 2020)
• A Remote Work Guide for Parents (Blog Post, Trello, April 20, 2020)
• Online Resources for Teachers and Parents (Web Based Resource, Troy University, April 2020) 

Using New Tools

• Broadcast Audio in a Pandemic (Blog Post, Pilot Navigating Broadcasting Future, August 2020)
• Tips and Tricks for Recording Sound (OIEAHC, William & Mary, July 2020)
• One Button Studio at Home (Media Commons, Pennsylvania State University, May 2020)
• 8 Tips for Better Video Conferencing (Article, Mashable, March 17, 2020)

Telework and Accessibility

• Digital Accessibility (Partnership on Employment and Accessible Technology, Undated, 2020)

Managing a Workforce

• Create Your Own Work-From-Home Policy  (Blog post, Tigunia, March 30, 2020)
• Building Your Remote Workforce (Blog Entry, Scholarly Kitchen, March 17, 2020)
• Tips and Tricks to Establishing a Successful Telework Environment  (Blog post, Carahsoft Technology Corp, March 2020)
• 7 Critical WFH Best Practices for Project Managers (Blog post, AvePoint, April 8, 2020)
• 4 Reasons Your Remote Team Needs Extra Empathy at Work (Blog post, Trello, February 3, 2019) 
• How to Talk to Your Team When The Future is Uncertain (Article, Harvard Business Review, April 20, 2020)