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NEWS RELEASE
BLUE MOUNTAINS PUBLIC LIBRARY
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As of May 26, Grey Bruce Health Unit reports, the TBM community, as well as our two reciprocal bordering communities of Meaford and Grey Highlands have had no new cases of COVID-19 since May 12. As a result, the Curbside Holds Pick-Up is scheduled to return Tuesday, June 2, based on the continuation of community success against the pandemic.
Place your hold with us and we will have your materials boxed in a contamination-free container for you to retrieve. Pick-up is Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the LE Shore parking lot door. There will be no access to the LE Shore building as per provincial orders.
Staff will contact, by phone, any person who has requested materials when they are ready to be picked up. Materials will only be set outside for two pick-up days before they are checked back in and provided to the next person on the hold list. Please contact BMPL if you are not able to retrieve your materials on the dates your materials are available. If you have changed your phone number, you may contact us by phone or email to update your contact information. Due to high demand for materials, unexpected return times on checked out material, and book quarantine upon return, please expect longer-than-normal waits for your holds.
According to medical experts, the virus can last up to 72 hours on our print and plastic surfaces. Therefore, when materials are returned, they are quarantined for 72 hours prior to us preparing the hold for pick-up. It then takes us another two days to process the holds, box them in the containers, and place outside for you to retrieve them. Therefore, your materials are decontaminated by the time you get them.
This means if you ask for a book which is not already through our quarantine period, it could be upwards of a week before you receive it. We are recommending our community use all precautions at the holds tables. Because you are outside, masks are not required but are encouraged, and definitely do not touch more than your own box of materials.
At the time we process the hold and call you, we will check the items out in your name. So you do not need your library card at pick-up. We ask that only one patron retrieve materials at a time. Other groups waiting, please queue up in your car and wait in turn. This will ensure we keep physical distancing and limit the chance of spread of the virus. Look for your name on the bin and take your materials, but leave the bins. We will be disinfecting these and reusing them. Please remember, only touch the box with your name on it, so we keep the area safe from cross-contamination.
We have turned our beautiful LE Shore windows into a browsing opportunity. While you may still browse online to find your materials, this is an opportunity to interact with a selection of materials in a physically distant manner. Each of our windows, including the courtyard, have new, favourite, and themed materials. If you find a book, DVD, magazine, or even puzzle you are interested in, you can place a hold on any materials in the window displays. We will continue to stock our windows over the facility closure, so check back often. And if you have an idea for one of our window displays, please let us know.
And of course, please continue to participate in our many daily GLAM programs, each of which are described on our event calendar.
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