Member Meetup: COVID-19 and Reopening Plans July 8, 2020 Virtual - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Member Meetup: COVID-19 and Reopening Plans July 8, 2020

Virtual Meeting Guidelines

• Attendees are automatically muted.
• Use the Q&A feature to ask questions for PrairieCat and Panel.
• Use the chat to share feedback and responses.
• Information and PowerPoint posted on PrairieCat website:

https://support.prairiecat.info/coronavirus

Meeting Agenda

• RAILS update
• PrairieCat Update
• Safety and Materials Handling
• Building Reopening
• Member Sharing
• Questions

RAILS Reopening Status Resources | Monica Harris, Associate Executive Director

• Reopening Status Reporting Tool
• Service Area Map
• Update your services/status as they change:

Current Library Reopening Status Survey

• See the RAILS COVID-19 page for updates

RAILS Delivery

• Delivery for those libraries who opted in resumed on 6/29.
• All PrairieCat public libraries have opted in,

except for 3 libraries. Contact RAILS to opt in.

• RAILS Delivery Plan and RAILS Delivery FAQ (6/22/20)
• RAILS Guidelines for Curbside Service and

Reopening (6/22/20)

PrairieCat Libraries

• 96 Libraries open as of 7/6.
• If you are open or plan to reopen,

please let us know by putting in a helpdesk ticket.

PrairieCat System Wide Reopening

• System is fully functioning
• Outstanding Issues
• Issue with items checked out under interim

loan rules – See news post for instructions.

• Updates
• Reports resuming regular processing – See

news post for details.

Safety & Materials Handling

• REALM Project
• Test 1 Results published June 22, 2020
• RAILS updates to 3 day quarantine
• Test 2 initiated on June 23, 2020
• Project Updates

Safety & Materials Handling

Quarantining Materials

• A 3 day quarantine is required for items placed in RAILS delivery. This

requirement is based on current information and will be in place until further information is received.

• Clarification: the 3 day rule applies to the period after a patron has

touched an item. If it is coming from a “clean zone” it does not need quarantine (pulled off shelf by library staff after 3 months, etc).

• It is up to the library to determine quarantine coming IN from delivery.
• Do NOT use RAILS Delivery bins to quarantine materials!
• Check-in: Backdate and use fine free circulation login.

Reopening Buildings

• Peru Public Library –

Charm Ruhnke, Director

• Woodstock Public Library –

Nick Weber, Director

Reopening Buildings | Peru PL

Reopening Buildings | Woodstock PL

Any questions

Member Sharing

Image from Coquitlam Public Library (British Columbia)