15:08:01 From Beth Auburn Library : Hi Everyone. We want to brag in Auburn. We have a library cat! Her name is Minou and we are fostering her from the local shelter. It's been a great experience for the staff. A good stress reliever. 15:09:09 From cappleby : How wonderful, Beth. I'm so envious! 15:09:11 From Janet McKenney : Nice! 15:09:30 From Alice Olson-Dr Shaw Mem Libraray : That is so awesome! Do you know the PB called Minou? 15:10:47 From Beth Auburn Library : No Alice we haven't . Looking it up now :) 15:14:05 From Josh - Gray Public Library : why are Miner a holds not paging? 15:14:09 From Karen Eger : I am curious to know if there is a legal reason that town libraries can't require masks? Our town manager said he couldn't require masks for elections or town meeting and I am unclear if it is ADA and if we do alternate service (curbside) if there is a problem with the requirement. 15:15:41 From Karen Eger : I heard Windham couldn't require is this true? 15:16:07 From Karen Eger : Oh good! 15:16:27 From stratton public library : You have masks to give out how about gloves? 15:17:51 From Susan Schroeder : Feel your pain...84 degrees and humid in my library with no ac! 15:19:01 From Lisa Shaw : https://www.adasoutheast.org/ada/publications/legal/ada-and-face-mask-policies.php 15:19:20 From Pat Curley : Stockton Springs require masks to come in otherwise we will give them curbside service. 15:19:51 From cappleby : But there was still a trace at 4 days on magazines. Should we be quarantining 5 days? 15:20:35 From clord : Magazines - 5 days? 15:21:15 From Nathan Green : Didn't the study say that the virus was still detected on the 4th day on those materials and that no further days were checked? That would mean we don't actually know how long is necessary, since there was no day checked that resulted in no detection. For all we know the virus could still be there on days 5 6 and 7. 15:21:59 From Cheryl H : We were doing 7 days then went to 72 hours, think we'll go back to 7 days. Not the best but want to be on the safe side. 15:22:27 From Elizabeth Dyer : Is coated paper, which can be found in some textbooks, the same as glossy paper? 15:23:32 From Susan Preece-Topsham : Are all locations quarantining for AT LEAST 72 hours? 15:23:56 From Leslie Mortimer : PFL is 15:24:12 From Courtney Sparks : FCL is, Susan. 15:24:15 From Karen Eger : We all agreed to the 72 hours 15:24:16 From Kara Reiman-MSL : @Susan yes that was the agreement at the last state meeting. 15:24:26 From Norridgewock public Library : Norrpublic is 15:24:32 From laura : None on the third day, but .26 on the fourth day- 15:24:49 From Librarian : At Peavey, we are quarantining everything for 7 days, but will pull high demand items if requested after 72 hours. 15:25:10 From laura : We are switching to 96 hours- 15:25:43 From Debbie : We'll switch to 96 hours, also 15:26:26 From Hope Rumpca-Shafer : We are quarantining ILL's for 7 days before we return them and are doing the same with books received from others. 15:26:31 From Katherine Webber : Can someone remind me: Do we know how transferable the virus is from one book material to another? i.e. can it move from one book to another easily? 15:26:33 From Heidi Libby : We will be switching to 96 hours 15:27:39 From Alice Olson-Dr Shaw Mem Libraray : Would 72 hours be safe if we don't let mags or board books out? Or is there another material that exceeded the 72 hours? 15:27:40 From Susan Preece-Topsham : If everyone is keeping to 72 hours quarantine at returning library, it will be at least another day before they move on... to me, that is enough... 15:31:29 From Courtney Sparks : I agree, Susan. It's a tough call, but in most cases after being in quarantine for 72 hours then on a cart for a day, or on the hold shelf, most likely we should be ok as is 15:31:30 From laura : graphic novels? 15:31:35 From Lisa Shaw : Coffee table type books 15:31:39 From Courtney Sparks : I worry about longer delays 15:31:40 From Hope Rumpca-Shafer : Many children's picture books have glossy paper! 15:31:43 From Leslie Mortimer : Agreed, Susan. 15:31:45 From Kelli - JAMM Library, Greene : I’m assuming glossy would include graphic novels? 15:32:12 From Leslie Mortimer : I don't think we have the space to quarantine items for 96 hours. 15:32:37 From Pat Curley : Stockton is doing 72 on everything. 15:33:15 From Holly--Pittsfield PL : @Susan--so when you get the ILLs, are you checking them in that day? 15:34:22 From Trisha Cantwell : And it all changes day to day. Tomorrow it could all be different. And hopefully better. 15:34:53 From Trisha Cantwell : We will quarantine for 96 hours, including now our incoming journals. 15:35:09 From laura : Peterson guides 15:35:24 From laura : and other identification guides 15:35:25 From Karen Eger : I am okay with 96 hours. 15:35:25 From Kathleen : PPL is considering going to the 96 hours for everything. 15:36:28 From Alice Olson-Dr Shaw Mem Libraray : We can go to 96 hours too... 15:36:35 From Ruth Eveland : Our priorities: (1) all staff are safe; (2) we aren't a vector. Beyond that we will do the best we can, and that means erring on the side of caution. 15:36:41 From Pam Dunning : Wiscasset is considering 96 hours for everything. 15:36:44 From Brenda Lynn Gould : In light of new information, we will quarantine 96 hours or more for all materials. 15:37:15 From Myra : Treat memorial will do 96 for everything. 15:38:06 From Pat Curley : I agree with Susan P 15:38:07 From Linda at Cary Library : Ours stay in the bookdrop overnight before we even start the 72 hour 15:38:15 From Leslie Mortimer : I agree with Susan. 15:38:16 From Courtney Sparks : Everyone, Freeport agrees with Susan 15:38:31 From cappleby : The concern is the items that would be checked in after 72 hours that are on hold at the local library. Those items would not be quarantined for 96 hours if a patron picked them up that same day. 15:38:45 From Susan Schroeder : I agree with Susan...us Susans have to stick together lol! 15:39:23 From Jen Alvino : I understand there was a question about our mask policy in Windham. Our town manager has chosen not to enforce, not that we can't enforce it. As a town department we are following the lead of town hall. Our town manager is providing masks to offer if folks aren't wearing them and signage that states people need to wear them or use curbside, along with all our other safety precautions. But if they refuse to wear a mask we still let them in. Predominantly people are wearing them. We've been open to in person browsing since the end of May and we've had very few folks not wearing them. 15:40:54 From Barb Rehmeyer : I think we should stick with 72 hours. 15:41:09 From Jeff : You probably don't want that many emails Janet... :) 15:41:11 From Leslie Mortimer : I think the decision should be made at the local level. 15:41:15 From Courtney Sparks : My feeling is, after 72 hours, how is this different than the grocery store? It's all about balancing risk vs customer service 15:41:22 From Julie @ Cumston PL : If the results suggest 96, let's go with that. 15:41:24 From Courtney Sparks : At some point we have to say we're doing all that we can 15:41:32 From Mamie Ney : I agree with sticking to the 72 hours. 15:41:33 From Michelle Brenner : Are you talking specifically about ILL Janet 15:41:34 From Quint : please put out a survey - the majority should be doing the same statewide 15:41:41 From Pat Curley : I think we should stick with 72, less confusion 15:41:50 From Debra Lay : I like the 72 hours and if there are glossy items we hold them separately for 4-5 days. I like Susan’s position. (Vose Library - Union) 15:41:52 From Hope Rumpca-Shafer : But I don't cuddle in bed with my groceries, I do with my book! 15:42:26 From Leslie Mortimer : Stick with 72 15:42:28 From Courtney Sparks : @ Hope, point taken but honestly, everything carries some risk. This is a tough call 15:42:35 From Lesley Unger - Springvale PL : Springvale will be doing 96 hours - I have yet to have a patron not be understanding about items waiting in quarantine. We are not circulating magazines. 15:43:33 From cappleby : We changed yesterday to pulling board books and magazines to 5 days, everything else still 72 hours. But leaning toward changing to 96 15:43:41 From Pam Dunning : Are the sorters at van delivery still wearing PPE? 15:43:59 From Kathleen : At PPL... Because we quarantine everything *before* checking it in, any returns from us to other libraries will already have been quarantined. 15:44:00 From Jeff : Minimum of 72 hours and others can do what they want beyond that 15:44:31 From alisia.revitt@maine.edu : Yes, as @Kathleen describes, the items will have been quarantined from the patron already 15:44:31 From Leslie Mortimer : Yes, Jeff. 15:44:37 From Jeff : I would rather not get involved with pulling things out and trying to determine what's glossy and what's not and have varying periods for varying materials but some libraries will be okay with that 15:44:44 From alisia.revitt@maine.edu : it will be library staff licking the glossy paper in the mean time 15:44:50 From Trisha Cantwell to Janet McKenney(Privately) : It's about trust imho. 15:45:05 From Courtney Sparks : @alisia - we have to get our kicks somewhere 15:45:18 From Jen Alvino : @Alisia, glad to hear I'm not the only one! 15:45:19 From Kathleen : @alisia ha! 15:45:30 From Lisa Shaw : IN MY DAY we licked toads! 15:45:45 From Brenda Lynn Gould : lol Lisa 15:46:11 From Holly--Pittsfield PL : Minerva question: Is there a way to organize the list of stuck holds by date they were requested? 15:46:22 From Michelle Brenner : Are the masks all gone Janet? 15:46:50 From alisia.revitt@maine.edu : @Holly -- I think if we could Lynn would have, but I'll have a look 15:47:05 From Mamie Ney : We have had very little pushback about our mask requirement. 15:47:47 From Nancy Petersons Mechanic Falls Public : We have not had any problems about mask wearing 15:48:01 From Mamie Ney : In Hannaford I'm looking at the shelves, not at the arrows on the floor. I've become very adept at walking backwards down an aisle. 15:48:35 From Pat Curley : yes Janet it is on tape!! 15:48:48 From Jackie B : Are libraries requiring little children to sanitize? Small children touch everything, including board books. So far all our children have worn masks. 15:48:50 From David Smith : I've gone passive aggressive on my own social media accounts. I'm posting a mask a day with some type of comment or quotation. 15:49:13 From Holly--Pittsfield PL : @Jackie B--Yes, we have all kids use hand sanitizer. 15:49:15 From jdupree : Here at Windham, I'd say 90% of people have been wearing masks. 15:49:34 From Barb Rehmeyer : @Jackie B--Yes, we have all kids use hand sanitizer. 15:50:10 From Pam Dunning : Yes the kids use hand sanitizer. They are happy to do what all the adults are doing. So grown up ; ) 15:51:02 From Pam Dunning : No shirt, no shoes, no mask, no entrance. 15:51:20 From Samantha Cote : I do that too in case I sneeze in one. 15:51:37 From Holly--Pittsfield PL : Another Minerva question: Does anyone have a good process of doing overdues while quarantining? We check our shelves before sending but since we're not touching the quarantined books, we then hold onto the notice for a few days until we check more books in. Wondered if there was anything more efficient. 15:51:43 From Leslie Mortimer : Right, Pam! 15:51:54 From Kate Cutko : Yes. All kids sanitize and kids over 2 wear masks. 15:51:57 From Librarian : For those who are doing in-library visits by appointment, are you using any prepared script/questionnaire/checklist when people call to make appointments? 15:52:53 From Karen Eger : We are doing a soft opening this week and that is very helpful for staff. Joanna at BHPL gave us that idea. 15:53:12 From Pam Dunning : The raw slice of bacon book mark in Betty Crocker. 15:53:22 From Cassandra Pool : So is everyone quarantining items again for 72 hours when they receive ILLs? Do we still need to quarantine ILLs if they have already been quarantined at the previous library? 15:53:23 From Leslie Mortimer : LOL 15:53:30 From Alice Olson-Dr Shaw Mem Libraray : I found a $10 bill in a book yesterday, used as a bookmark! 15:53:34 From Pat Curley : good foor oyou Janet...enjoy your vacation 15:53:43 From Karen Eger : Janet, you deserve a vacation! 15:53:51 From stratton public library : The town put an automatic hand sanitizer outside the library door and everyone is required to use it before coming in and have a face covering. Plus I have extra masks and sanitizer just inside the door for those who don't have these items. I have had no problems so far and some still prefer curbside service. 15:53:57 From Katherine Webber : @Holly -- You can alter the text of your Overdue notices to say the item may have already been received. Similar to what the courtesy notices say. 15:53:59 From Lisa Shaw : Cataract surgery is Janet's idea of a vacation. :D 15:53:59 From Susan Preece-Topsham : Cataract surgery is not vacation! 15:54:07 From Mary-Lou Boucouvalas : Janet - you deserve 6 months off! Not just one week. 15:54:21 From Quint : is Jamie doing the session next week? 15:54:27 From cappleby : We decided last week to quarantine van deliveries for 72 hours due to the bags and totes being touched even though the materials in the bags have already been quarantined 15:54:37 From Alice Olson-Dr Shaw Mem Libraray : Good luck with your surgery! 15:54:41 From Josh - Gray Public Library : since Alicia is here can we hear about requesting not working. 15:54:54 From cappleby : every other is good for me 15:55:17 From Kate Cutko : aug 11 is fine 15:55:18 From Leslie Mortimer : August 11 is fine 15:55:27 From cappleby : yes to Aug 11 15:55:30 From Pat Curley : every 2 weeks would be great. 15:55:34 From Josh - Gray Public Library : notices are not being generated from non local requests in Minerva. on the whole. 15:55:36 From Cheryl H : August 11 is fine 15:55:37 From Michelle Brenner : August 11 is fine Janet 15:55:46 From alisia.revitt@maine.edu : some have a grace period. also, they can add text to the overdue explaining quarantine 15:55:50 From Alice Olson-Dr Shaw Mem Libraray : Me too 15:55:54 From stratton public library : Every other week would work 15:56:00 From Danie : I'm still hosting the Tween/Teen/YA Chats every Wednesday at 10am. Open to everyone, and as long as people still come I'll keep hosting 15:56:01 From David Smith : every 2 weeks unless there are any significant develops is fine 15:56:02 From Debbie : Josh, I put a ticket in today 15:56:07 From alisia.revitt@maine.edu : Don't send email to james 15:56:14 From Korina Lee : Aug. 11 is fine 15:56:15 From alisia.revitt@maine.edu : send in a ticket if you have a question 15:56:23 From Josh - Gray Public Library : I put in a ticket last week 15:56:46 From stratton public library : I have a can for people to put money in. 15:56:49 From Alice Olson-Dr Shaw Mem Libraray : mistake--and no I didn't go into history to see who had the book last. I considered it a donation! 15:57:00 From Pat Curley : ILL from Bangor Public as that started? 15:57:30 From Mamie Ney : Gotta run. Good luck with the surgery, Janet! 15:58:08 From Lisa Shaw : "Phase 2 -July 20: Resume ILL for ARRC borrowing and MaineCat requesting" 15:58:23 From Lisa Shaw : via: https://www.maine.gov/msl/libs/services/Coronavirus.htm 15:59:13 From alisia.revitt@maine.edu : We never said it would be open at 8am! 15:59:23 From Melissa Olson : Sorry - what is August 11th? 15:59:25 From alisia.revitt@maine.edu : we said it would be open on Monday and we sent an email to melibs and meinfo 15:59:36 From Lisa Shaw : August 11 is next of these meeetings 15:59:58 From Susan Preece-Topsham : Thanks, folks! 16:00:03 From Pat Curley : have a great vacation...…..good luck with the eye! 16:01:08 From Korina Lee : Does anyone know how to add grace period for overdue items/fines due to our quarantine procedure? 16:01:12 From susie : Thanks Janet 16:01:15 From Janet McKenney : MSLN paperwork enrollment Could you please announce that the libraries that go through MSLN need to do their e-rate paperwork for next year 21-22 Now -has to be in by July 31. Questions they can call me 632-2758 or the help desk 1-888-367-6756. It is one of those contract years so we have to have it done early!! https://enroll.networkmaine.net 16:01:59 From Alice Olson-Dr Shaw Mem Libraray : If we got the CARES grant, can we still apply for this? 16:02:08 From Debra Lay : What is the criteria? What can the funds be used for? Plexiglass? 16:02:27 From Jeff : Best to read the application and FAQs. Two links. Here's one: 16:02:31 From Jeff : https://www.maine.gov/covid19/sites/maine.gov.covid19/files/inline-files/Round2_Muni_Partnership_Application.pdf 16:02:40 From Jeff : here's the other: 16:02:42 From Jeff : https://www.maine.gov/covid19/sites/maine.gov.covid19/files/inline-files/KeepMEHealthy_Grant_FAQs_Modified%20for%20Round2.pdf 16:03:07 From Marcela - Lewiston PL : We're using part of the grant to switch to touchless fixtures in our public restrooms, to give you all an example of possibilities 16:03:26 From Karen Eger : Thank you and best wishes for the surgery. 16:03:26 From David Smith : thanks 16:03:34 From Melissa Olson : Thank you:) Happy vacation! 16:03:35 From Pam Slattery-Thomas : Have a great vacation! Thank you - and good luck! 16:03:40 From Heidi Libby : Best of luck with your surgery! 16:03:42 From cappleby : Good luck with your surgery. 16:03:45 From Suzan : Good luck Janet. 16:03:46 From Brenda Lynn Gould : Thank you! :-) 16:03:47 From Lesley Unger - Springvale PL : Good luck with your optical vacation! 16:03:49 From Ed Moore(he/him/his)Library : So long all. Thanks. 16:03:50 From Debra Lay : Best of luck Janet! 16:03:51 From Jim Allard : Thank you and Good luck Janet 16:03:52 From Michelle Brenner : Thank you Janet - good luck with the surgery! 16:03:52 From Beth Kane : Thnk you! 16:03:52 From Cindy Smith : Thanks Janet. 16:03:54 From npl : Good luck!!! :) 16:03:54 From Amy Levine : Janet, good luck!! 16:03:55 From Quint : ggo dluck on surgery 16:03:56 From Caroline Nickerson : Thanks! 16:03:59 From stratton public library : Good luck and happy vaca