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<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>In preparing to open this morning, I'm noticing some
discrepancies in our book quarantine procedure that have carried
over from yesterday that I want to note and correct moving
forward. This email is long, but <b>please read this in its
entirety.</b> This is all going to sound very nit pick-y, but it
has been set up to ensure that any COVID virus that happens to
come into the library on incoming materials (no matter how small
that chance) has an opportunity to die before we reshelve it or it
goes out to a patron. <br>
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<p>First: <b>Any incoming or returned materials should be laid
flat, in one layer.</b> I know that on Mondays, we get a lot of
materials through FCD, which should be laid out to quarantine on
the brown table to the side of the InfoBar. If that table fills
up, <b>do not stack items. </b>Research that we have been
following shows that it takes longer for the COVID virus to die on
surfaces if library materials are stacked on one another with
surfaces touching. If you run out of room, <b>use the open
reserve shelves as overflow space.</b></p>
<p>Second: <b>All incoming returns should be laid flat on the CD
stacks just beyond the New Books shelf.</b> This morning, I
found some returns on the returns shelves behind the InfoBar
designated by school, which we have used in past semesters.
However, as I mentioned in the last paragraph, books need to be
laid flat during their quarantine period, so those shelves are,
for now, defunct. <br>
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<p>If you're wondering where all of this is coming from, it is
coming straight out of our ~official~ documentation, implemented
this semester, for processing all incoming and outgoing books from
the InfoBar. <b>I am leaving a copy of that documentation by the
headcount binder, please read through and ask questions to
myself, Suzanne, or Sam during your shifts this week. </b><br>
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<p>Warmly,<br>
Olivia<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Olivia Rossetti
She/Her
Access Services Associate: Interlibrary Loan and Knowledge Commons Supervisor
Hampshire College Library
893 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002
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phone: 413-559-5764
email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:orossetti@hampshire.edu">orossetti@hampshire.edu</a></pre>
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