Some area libraries offer no-touch lending while others wait for disease transmission study
By ABBE HAMILTON
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Rindge's Ingalls Memorial Library Staff photo by Ben Conant—
The revision of the state’s Stay-At-Home order has prompted some regional libraries to resume curbside service, while others are holding out for more information. Most libraries have been offering virtual services exclusively since March.
Ingalls Memorial Library in Rindge began lending again on May 6. Patrons can call or place holds in the library system online and schedule an appointment to pick up their materials outside the building. It is the second step in the library’s phased reopening program Director Donna Straitiff said. The first step was to get staff back in the building, she said, and the Stay-At-Home 2.0 guidance was the ease-up they were waiting for. Staff met to discuss their comfort levels on returning to work in the library.
“We’re all pretty much in the same spot that we felt we were totally safe to come back,” she said, and decided it was time to start up curbside delivery. They quarantine returned materials for seven days.
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