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We are cancelling partly because of germs and partly because we expect to be busy with kids out of school, and we can't monitor both rooms at once.</div>
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Some states and even entire countries have closed all libraries. I am hoping we don't, but we should probably have plans in place for that, too.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> nmythserv-bounces@lists.zianet.com <nmythserv-bounces@lists.zianet.com> on behalf of Ashley Maestas <amaestas@cityofclovis.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 13, 2020 8:48 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Dekle, Deanne, DCA <Deanne.Dekle@state.nm.us><br>
<b>Cc:</b> nmythserv@lists.zianet.com <nmythserv@lists.zianet.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Youth Services News FW: [EXT] Corona Virus</font>
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<div class="PlainText">I’m pretty sure our library will remain open for awhile. But, I’m also curious what everyone is doing about programming. I had some staff members express some concerns about continuing with story time and other kids programs while schools
are closing. Is anyone canceling?<br>
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Regards, <br>
Ashley Maestas <br>
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> On Mar 13, 2020, at 8:41 AM, Dekle, Deanne, DCA <Deanne.Dekle@state.nm.us> wrote:<br>
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> Good morning Youth Services staff!<br>
> 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.
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> Deanne Dekle<br>
> Youth Services & Outreach Consultant<br>
> New Mexico State Library<br>
> 505-476-9705<br>
> 1-800-340-3890<br>
> deanne.dekle@state.nm.us<br>
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> Hi, Deanne. I just want to reach out and start a conversation about how libraries are approaching cautionary measures from corona virus.
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> 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.<br>
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> Here are some things I've been doing:<br>
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> Cleaning the toys<br>
> whipping down kids computers<br>
> putting up a few signs to encourage parents to encourage kids to wash hands before and after library use<br>
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> 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.<br>
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> Anyway, I'd love to hear about what other precautions are being taken at libraries.<br>
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