[aisle] Books returned

Deborah Handler dhandler at d56.org
Sat Apr 18 11:10:26 CDT 2020


Hoping for a similar situation at some point of coming to get stuff/ drop
off stuff. If that’s the case, I would just collect and place in boxes to
wait. I wouldn’t shelve now. Nor would they give me the time to.


On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 11:06 AM Kathryn Green via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I attended a RAILS webinar on Thursday and this was one of the items on
> the agenda. My take on it was this: no one knows for sure. With the
> continued misleading and unverifiable information disseminated, there was
> no one clear plan as to how to clean the books, nor whether or not
> quarantine will help.
>
> Since I am a district Librarian in a north central Illinois county, with a
> total of 18 cases countywide, I thought we should have been proactive in
> requiring book return. The only thing I am not clear on is how to ask if
> anyone in the house is sick. If they are, those folks could put the books
> in a plastic bag, or we could provide the bag, and then leave them that way
> until more information is known and verifiable. I would love to hear from
> others! Since my book budget per library is about 1000 a year, I would
> really like these items back now.
>
> I believe that the free and reduced population will skyrocket as folks
> have been laid off or furloughed. Even buying a used copy on Amazon now
> gives me pause.
>
> I hope this helps. My school email is kgreen at ocusd.net
>
> Kathryn Green
>
> On Apr 18, 2020, at 8:00 AM, Weatherford, Lura via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
> 
>
> Now that we know students will not be returning this school year, our
> school has announced plans for parents to come pick up remaining personal
> items that have been in student lockers. The administration and janitors
> plan to clean out, I believe, then there will be organized time slots for
> parents to come . At the same time, books and school property should be
> returned. My question is, how should the returned library books be handled?
> I know initially discussion involved setting the books aside for a couple
> weeks. But now that no one will be returning to the library until August,
> may I just shelve them?
> Thanks for your thoughts!
> --
> Lura Weatherford
> Librarian assistant
> Argenta-Oreana MS/HS
> lweatherford at argenta-oreana.org
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Kind Regards,
Debbie Handler
River Trail Librarian
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