[aisle] Coronavirus question

Thu Mar 12 10:00:24 CDT 2020

Here is some information about what public libraries are doing:

https://www.nypl.org/about/coronavirus

https://sfpl.org/coronavirus

https://www.spl.org/about-us/the-organization/leadership/a-message-from-the-chief-librarian

{This was posted on the Michigan listserv.  I thought it might be useful to
share.}

--Kathy

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On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 10:53 AM Peterson, Sharon I. (OV) via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> My daily book return is very high at an elementary school.  This solution
> would not work.  Also the time to clean every book cover is also not
> feasible.  I have no aide, or volunteers.
>
> I think if we get an active case in our school the best solution is stop
> circulation, and yes I wouldn’t like that either!
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> You could put returned books in plastic bags and quarantine them for 10
> days before recirculating/.  In sunshine, if possible.
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> On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 8:46 AM Taryn Parise via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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> I was asked similar questions by my principal, and the conclusion I came
> to is that, yes, I could wipe every book cover, but there is no way to wipe
> every page inside the book and those would be equally likely to have been
> touched. If the virus shows up in the building, I plan to stop circulating
> books for a little while, as much as that kills me.
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> I would be interested in the source that shows the virus only lives on
> books for a day so I can share that with administration. I was tasked with
> finding more information.
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> On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 8:26 AM Kim, Anna via AISLE <
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> No. It's not feasible to clean everything that comes back to the Library.
> I'm just encouraging the students to wash their hands with water and soap
> and making them wipe down their tables and keyboards at the end of the day.
> These are practices that I enforce anyway, so it's already pretty standard
> with the kids.
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> Anna Kim
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> On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 8:33 PM Jackieusc via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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> We are wearing gloves and wiping the books as well as loaner devices we
> circulate. We touch a ton of highly circulated resources and I feel the
> need to protect my assistant and library helpers as best I can.
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> On Mar 11, 2020, at 8:44 PM, Kleckner, Stephanie via AISLE <
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> Hi,
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> Are you washing every single book that comes in each day? Are you wearing
> latex gloves? Are you going to say no more checking out until further
> notice? These are questions that my para is asking me. I said that I would
> do some research.  I'd love to have some opinions.
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> Thanks,
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