Purpose: To share reputable vaccine information and resources as we prepare to be a vaccinated campus starting fall 2021

As of 08/31/2021 RTC Hosts (Weekly) Vaccine Clinics!

Good Afternoon RTC Community,

As we have heard from President McCarthy this past week (08.05), we will be a vaccinated campus beginning in the fall. As we move forward together, it’s important for all of us to get clear and accurate information about vaccines. This is why I along with fellow faculty librarian Jennie Vano have created a resource guide on COVID-19 Vaccine Information for you to reference and share.

What’s in the guide?

The purpose of the COVID-19 Vaccine Information guide is to address vaccine hesitancy, while centering BIPOC communities, and bringing awareness to culturally competent community health organizations/groups. You will also find fact sheets about COVID-19 and vaccines in a variety of different languages so that readers can learn in a language that is most comfortable for them. The second page of the guide is devoted to busting myths and sharing how to fact-check information.

Helpful short videos to address misinformation

Studies are showing that online misinformation is prevalent, particularly about COVID-19, but the good news is we can do something about it. The RTC Library has recently added two new videos to our Fake News Playlist on our RTC Library YouTube Channel to help address this:

Vaccines and Misinformation: Jennie created this video to address various facts and misconceptions on the vaccine. Some topics covered: COVID-19’s impact on fertility and the myth that magnets/microchips are included in vaccines.
Evaluating Information with the SIFT Method: This video introduces the SIFT method (Stop, Investigate the source, Find better coverage, and Trace claims to the original context) as a way to help one determine if what they are reading online is credible or not. I demonstrate this method by tracing the origins of a vaccine news story on Instagram.

Reach out to your librarians

We encourage you to use these resources to help answer questions about COVID-19 and vaccines. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me (dzhang@rtc.edu) or Jennie (jvano@rtc.edu) directly.

This message has been sent to all RTC.

Thanks, and have a great week,

Di Zhang

Instruction Librarian
Pronouns: he, him

dzhang@rtc.edu | rtc.edu
(425) 235-2352 x5571