Quarantining Library Returns

Have you been wondering why you're still getting emails about late items from the library even when you know you returned them days ago?  It's probably because they're in quarantine! 

Since we reopened our library return bins back in June, we've been placing all items in quarantine for 72 hours.  To protect staff as much as possible, we don't check in any items until after they've sat for at least that long to make sure there's no trace of the virus. 

And with more scientific research from Battelle Laboratories as part of the REALM (Reopening Archives, Libraries, and Museums) Research Project, we now know that the virus can live for up to 4 days on some surfaces.  As a result, we started quarantining all library items for 96 hours this week.

So, if you get an email from us and you know you returned the item, just ignore it!  It's probably just in quarantine, waiting to be put back on the shelf so someone else can safely check it out.

~Kylie Fullmer, Director