Starting June 1st: Curbside Service: Safe, Contactless Access to the Library
Greetings!
Starting Monday, June 1st, 2020
Curbside Service: Safe, Contactless Access to the Juniata County Library
I. What is curbside service?
a) Returns – you can return items and library staff will retrieve them in a contactless manner.
b) Holds – items can be reserved by calling ahead or placing a request online. Patrons can also request in-person and a library staff member will retrieve it.
All returned materials must be quarantined for 2-7 days. At that time, items may go back out into circulation.
II. Temporary Library hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 9 am - 11:30 am / 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm.
Friday – 3:00pm to 6:30pm
The 90-minute mid-day break on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday will allow staff time to properly disinfect high contact areas, handle returns, re-shelve materials, pull books for holds, take a lunch, etc.
III. Temporary policy changes for library service
a) Interlibrary loan service: ILL will be suspended until further notice
b) Book Donations: no book donations will be accepted at this time
c) Office services (copies, faxes, scanning): suspended to limit exposure from patron-provided documents
IV. How we are protecting our staff and the public
Library staff must pass a daily pre-opening health check to begin working at the library each day. We have sectioned off different parts of the library so that staff can conduct library duties in an isolated setting. We will be cleaning all commonly used areas before we open each day, each hour while we are open, for 90 minutes mid-day, and after we close. We had our floors professionally cleaned this week. The health and wellbeing of our staff the library users is our #1 priority each day.
V. Support the library today! Click here: https://www.juniatalibrary.org/donate
Library funding nationwide is not guaranteed. We would hate to lose something that truly cannot be replaced! Your tax-deductible gift to the Juniata County Library will express your values and your life purpose – and make the best care available for yourself, your family, and your neighbors. Your kind giving makes all this possible. You are giving to a cause that you experience and are a part of, whether you know it or not. The library fuels your community by improving property and business value, graduation rates, education levels and overall satisfaction with life. Your donation can actually accomplish something specific! Our director Vince Giordano explains the reality of library funding and how your donation will make an immediate impact. Click here to watch: https://youtu.be/wCYMiMcm6jo
VI. While our building is closed until further notice in response to the coronavirus outbreak, we offer thousands of free resources to you at any time! Read more: https://www.juniatalibrary.org/using-library/jcl-at-home
VII. Summer Reading Program 2020: Imagine Your Story at the library this summer! Between June 1 and August 1. Read more: https://www.juniatalibrary.org/youth/summer-reading-program
Please let me know if I can answer any questions you may have.
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Vince Giordano
Juniata County Library
717-436-6378