Youth Services News [EXT] Corona Virus

[Anne Price]

The City of Gallup has closed the libraries and recreation buildings
effective immediately as of 3/13/20. The library staff are still reporting
to work on weeding and other various projects in the meantime.

On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 12:21 PM Nicole Evans <Nicole.Evans at belen-nm.gov>
wrote:

> We've been sanatizing, wiping books and dvds down.  On Tuesday all of our
> City building will be closed until further notice, we'll most likely open
> again sometime in April.    Due to this closure we won't have any programs,
> however we will be here to answer questions. They'll be something about it
> on our Facebook later today.
>
>
> *Nicole Evans *
>
>
> *Teen Librarian Belen Public Library *
>
> *333 Becker Ave *
>
>
> *Belen NM 87002 Office: 505-966-2603 **Fax: 505-966-2603*
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* nmythserv-bounces at lists.zianet.com <
> nmythserv-bounces at lists.zianet.com> on behalf of Joyce Pittam <
> JPittam at elinlib.org>
> *Sent:* Friday, March 13, 2020 9:49:23 AM
> *To:* Dekle, Deanne, DCA; nmythserv at lists.zianet.com
> *Subject:* Re: Youth Services News [EXT] Corona Virus
>
> We had a firm called GermBlast come in and test our library for bacteria.
> The front desk/checkout & children's computer mouses and keyboards tested
> off the chart for bacteria. We've scheduled them to come in today and treat
> most of the areas of the library. The Jal Public Schools were recently
> treated by GermBlast, and our City Hall and Jal Clinic will be treated
> today in addition to the library. We are doing the normal precautionary
> things like using a disinfectant spray often, using disinfectant wipes for
> the mouses and keyboards and countertops, and encouraging the use of the
> hand sanitizing station located at the circulation desk. Our schools are
> closed until April 6th, but the library remains open.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nmythserv-bounces at lists.zianet.com [
> mailto:nmythserv-bounces at lists.zianet.com
> <nmythserv-bounces at lists.zianet.com>] On Behalf Of Dekle, Deanne, DCA
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2020 8:42 AM
> To: nmythserv at lists.zianet.com
> Subject: Youth Services News FW: [EXT] Corona Virus
>
> Good morning Youth Services staff!
> I received the message below and thought I'd send it to the listserv and
> let you all comment about what you and your libraries are doing. Please
> feel free to reply to the whole list.
>
>
> Deanne Dekle
> Youth Services & Outreach Consultant
> New Mexico State Library
> 505-476-9705
> 1-800-340-3890
> deanne.dekle at state.nm.us
>
>
>
>
> Hi, Deanne. I just want to reach out and start a conversation about how
> libraries are approaching cautionary measures from corona virus.
> Libraries as we know are  touchy feely places with all our check out
> resources that pass from hand to hand and home to home. Additionally our
> library has a lot of options for kiddos. We have toys, building blocks etc.
> I am mostly just wondering if we can exchange some strategies for
> decreasing vulnerability to this new virus.
>
> Here are some things I've been doing:
>
> Cleaning the toys
> whipping down kids computers
> putting up a few signs to encourage parents to encourage kids to wash
> hands before and after library use
>
> I don't mean to be paranoid, but its pretty clear to see that libraries
> and children's sections are high use and the type of environment worthy of
> concern.
>
> Anyway, I'd love to hear about what other precautions are being taken at
> libraries.
>
>
>
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Anne Price, Youth Services Librarian
Office: 505-726-6120 Ext. 11320
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