<div dir="ltr">I have been following our public library's procedures as well. They stopped quarantining books quite a while ago. I continued to quarantine a bit longer, but eventually stopped worrying about it in the spring. Last school year I created separate cart shelves labeled with the days of the week, and students would just place their returned books on the corresponding cart shelf. I think I'm still going to do that just in case we end up having to go back to quarantining them.<div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#0000ff" size="4" face="times new roman, serif"><strong><em>Amanda Kuzminski</em></strong></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="times new roman, serif"><strong><em>Library Media Specialist</em></strong></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" size="1" face="times new roman, serif">Orland Junior High School</font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" size="1" face="times new roman, serif">Orland Park, IL</font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" face="times new roman, serif">708-364-4214</font></div><div><font face="garamond,serif" size="2" color="#351c75"><i><br></i></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="2" color="#351c75"><b>The single clenched fist lifted and ready, or the open asking hand held out and waiting. Choose: for we meet by one or the other.<br></b></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="2" color="#351c75"><b> - <font style="font-style:italic">Carl Sandburg</font></b></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 31, 2021 at 11:32 AM Tasha Squires via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I actually contacted our local public library to see what they are doing, and presently, they are no longer quarantining books. If my school district ever comes up with a plan for our return to school this year, I will plan to cite what the local public library is doing, and if they still do want me to quarantine, I don't plan to do more than 24 hours, which most books take that long to get processed and then put back on the shelf anyway. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Good luck to everyone this year! :) </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 31, 2021 at 11:21 AM Jill Bennin via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">At this time I am considering continuing with quarantine, largely because I read my school return to learn plan, and it stated that all materials must be sanitized between different student users. A quarantine will achieve the same goal, and I think it will be easier on my staff than trying to sanitize every book that comes in - I just don't think we have the time or the resources to do that. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 9:48 AM Jaime Pirus via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Is your library going to quarantine library books this upcoming school year? I’d love to hear your thoughts and reasoning behind whatever your school’s decision is as my administration is currently working on a back to school plan. <br>
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Reed-Custer Elementary School<br>
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