[LIBRARYDIR] [EXTERNAL]Re: Fall Plans Anyone?

Wed Aug 18 10:25:07 PDT 2021

Are you going to be open regular days and hours?

The library plans to reopen in fall quarter. We will be open for reduced hours, M-F 9am-4pm. BC will be a “vaccinated campus”, however no one is permitted to inquire about anyone’s vaccinated status.

Will you have any rules about study rooms?

We are using a booking system (through SpringShare) for all spaces throughout the library. Study room spaces will be restricted to one person.

Reserves?

We plan to circulate Reserves, but not yet sure what this will look like. We are in the process of rehiring our ILL/Reserves person in Circulation.

Curbside/Pickups?

We will continue to provide this service.

Masks?

Required in all campus buildings for staff and visitors.

Physical distancing?

We are still following the 6 ft distancing rule until we hear otherwise.

Will you have any time or space limits in place for patron/staff interaction?

Right now we don’t have any time or space limits in place for patron/staff interaction. The 6 ft of physical distancing will still be observed. We are looking at moving our Ref Desk to the end of the Circ Desk and having a monitor facing in and one facing out for the patron. This setup should help with the physical distancing protocols.

Heath

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Howard, out of curiosity, is your institution allowing for exemptions (specifically, the philosophical ones) for vaccinations?
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Subject: [EXTERNAL]Re: [LIBRARYDIR] Fall Plans Anyone?

Hi Dawn,

The plans are….

Are you going to be open regular days and hours? Yes, 8 am – 9 pm, Monday – Thursday; 8- 5 on Friday; and 5-9pm on Sunday.

Will you have any rules about study rooms? As yet to be determined but will probably open them up.

Reserves? Yes, but we changed reserves check out to one week last year and it will remain one week this fall.

Curbside/Pickups?  Yes, by request. We’ve had zero curb-side requests since allowing student and employees into the library.

Masks? Yes, required.

Physical distancing? Yes, still 6 ft.

Will you have any time or space limits in place for patron/staff interaction?  No, nor do we now.

We also require any student or employee on campus to be vaccinated. This info will be held in mini-soft (?) and accessible to the Learning Commons front desk staff where people will have to check in and attest as they enter the building.  And we are planning to be open to only students and employees. As an aside, I believe WWU library has announced it will allow in the public come September.

It sounds like you need a Pure Bliss pick-me-up!

Thanks

Howard

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Hi Dawn,

I hear yah.  tired.

North is still negotiating on breadth of open hours.  College will have a mask mandate; required attestation before coming on campus, but no proof required of having completed the attestation.  Goal is to be a vaccinated campus...what that looks like will impact whether we have social distancing or limits on numbers in one space at one time.  Experimenting with a hybrid form of reference service, shorter hours of availability, but available both F2F (during physical open hours) and online (during a longer stretch of "open" hours).

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Subject: [LIBRARYDIR] Fall Plans Anyone?

Hello, All,

I’m starting to get lots of questions about Fall, and I’m wondering if anyone feels like sharing their plans so far…