15:11:49 From Annika - She/her- Maine to Everyone : Thank you! 15:14:20 From Janet McKenney to Everyone : So it is 63 degrees here in Gorham with a real feel of 71! Practically summer. 15:21:00 From Debra Lay to Everyone : Why April 1st? Is this a preliminary date? 15:21:42 From debbie she/her/hers to Everyone : Everyone here is comfortable with 24 hours. We checked in yesterday morning's books this afternoon! 15:23:09 From debbie she/her/hers to Everyone : That Nature article was convincing 15:23:36 From Wendy Boyle to Everyone : Does this start today? 15:23:44 From cappleby to Everyone : If we quarantine everything from Monday, up to Monday evening, check in on Tuesday morning would only be 15 hours, so do we bump to Wednesday morning? 15:24:29 From Sophie -- York Public Library to Everyone : I wonder that too 15:24:29 From Karen Eger she/her to Everyone : I am feeling like the quarantine is holding us back and though I like our sense of solidarity in acting as a community, I can't justify any of us and am struggling with this. 15:27:51 From RPL Director to Everyone : 24 hours works for us. Also the Town of Kittery is re-opening services to the public next week. We will allow 10 patrons in the building at a time starting this week. 15:29:24 From Mary Anne LIbby to Everyone : Are there new guidelines about number of people per square foot? WE have very open areas in our library, and feel we could open a bit more -- but our children's area is very cramped, and we worry about having two families in there. Anyone have creative solutions to dealing with the space in our old buildings? 15:29:25 From Andrea DeBiase to Everyone : 24 hours sounds reasonable given the science. 15:29:50 From Ruth Eveland to Everyone : Does it have some further information re how long someone (non-staff) can be in the building? 15:31:47 From Katherine W to Everyone : @Mary Anne - Here in Lewiston, our Children's Department is doing an appointment methodology. One family at a time to avoid overcrowding in that area (which is on its own floor). We have 3 times per day that can be booked but it could be more depending upon your staffing and open hours. 15:32:38 From Janet Wilson to Everyone : I thought the CDC changed the guideline to 3 feet last week. 15:32:41 From Mary Anne LIbby to Everyone : Thank you, Katherine. That is helpful info. We do some appointment times, but families don't always think about doing that! 15:33:57 From Debra Lay to Everyone : Was the original spreadsheet that had sq. footage and recommended numbers based on 6 ft. distancing? 15:33:59 From Barb Rehmeyer to Everyone : What are people doing about patrons handling materials while in the library? Are people still asking them to put in a quarantine box/table etc.? 15:34:39 From Karen Eger she/her to Everyone : No more quarantine tables here. Even my most cautious staff member is comfortable with this. 15:34:40 From Holly Williams to Everyone : @Barb--We never did that. We expect people to hand sanitize at the door then they're essentially clean. 15:34:50 From Josh to Everyone : Barb - we changed our "Please place items you've touched extensively on a designated table" to 'Please don't lick the books." 15:35:35 From Wendy Boyle to Everyone : Are libraries putting out other items like toys , pillows etc out yet or just still doing books and computers? 15:35:36 From Leslie Rounds to Everyone : We never quarantined handled materials either--just asked people to hand sanitize at the door, too. 15:36:02 From Karen Eger she/her to Everyone : No toys ir anything that would entice people to linger. 15:36:29 From Wendy Boyle to Everyone : Thank you 15:37:12 From Michelle Brenner to Everyone : No toys out here so that kids don't get involved and make it harder to leave in a timely manner 15:38:06 From RPL Director to Everyone : Any plans for outdoor summer programs? 15:39:17 From Amy Wisehart Ellsworth Library to Everyone : Like Ruth I am curious whether there will be an update to the suggested time limit for patrons in the building. 15:39:34 From Wendy Boyle to Everyone : so not much has really changed 15:40:40 From RPL Director to Everyone : We are planning for the end of August at a local park. The plan is to have a range of hours for the drop in craft etc 15:41:21 From Wendy Boyle to Everyone : Some people could stay on the computer all day so do we limit them 15:41:27 From Lisa Murray to Everyone : Is the people per square footage still relevant? Should we continue to defer to that? 15:41:59 From Madison Public to Everyone : What's HVAC? Just kidding; I have a 115-year-old building. 15:42:20 From Lisa Shaw (she/her) to Everyone : @Madison :D :D 15:42:36 From Wendy Boyle to Everyone : I don't think we have HVAC here. 15:42:45 From Ruth Eveland to Everyone : That's what we call our windows. 15:43:03 From Lisa Murray to Everyone : I ask because we are now moved into an expanded facility that is now 2200 sq feet and I would like to open it to more than 5 if it is allowable 15:43:06 From RPL Director to Everyone : We are sticking to 20 minutes max. for patrons. We are in a smaller building for 1 year. Also we still have the walk up window- 50 plus ring the door bell and pick up their Minerva books . 15:43:21 From Friend Memorial Library to Everyone : We are limiting to 30minute per person max 15:43:37 From David Weare at Ogunquit Library to Everyone : 30 minutes. 15:43:45 From cappleby to Everyone : We limited to 15 min over the winter and will extend to 30 minutes starting May 1 15:43:51 From Naomi King @CHML to Everyone : Yes, the community wants to restore small groups, masked, with limited numbers. 15:43:55 From Courtney Sparks - Freeport to Everyone : 30 mins and 15 people max in Freeport 15:44:17 From Lisa Murray to Everyone : Pressure from board to have in person meetings and events 15:45:21 From Leslie Rounds to Everyone : Seems kind of early for that! 15:45:24 From Karen Eger she/her to Everyone : We have departed from best practices and computer use in that if someone is working on jobs, resumes, taxes, etc., we have allowed them to stay longer, especially if we aren't busy or full. 15:45:45 From Beth Auburn Library to Everyone : 30 minute appointments here in Auburn. 1 hour for computers. Also still offering curbside. 15:45:57 From RPL Director to Everyone : Still no PC patron available here yet. I am investigating a hand sanitizer that locks the PC until the patrons uses the hand sanitizer. A NH Librarian recc. this product. 15:46:14 From Holly Williams to Everyone : No time limits here. 15:46:33 From Beth Kane (she/hers) to Everyone : The question we get asked most often is when will we increase visit length. Currently we are at 30 minutes and explain that its not based on number of people in the building, but the increased likelihood of exposure the longer you stay in an enclosed space. 15:48:25 From Lisa Shaw (she/her) to Everyone : Subtract approximately 30% of that space. 15:48:51 From Janet Wilson to Everyone : We have kept up the 30 minutes sign, but have not found it necessary to enforce in our slower winter months. We will see how much usage the building gets as summer arrives. 15:50:07 From Karen Eger she/her to Everyone : Important to make exceptions for certain business in an emergency. 15:51:21 From Lisa Shaw (she/her) to Everyone : And DHHS is offering free rides for people who need one to get the vaccine. 15:51:42 From Lisa Shaw (she/her) to Everyone : https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/sites/maine.gov.dhhs/files/inline-files/Transportation-To-COVID19-Vaccination-Sites.pdf 15:51:52 From John Roe to Everyone : As of today the age minimum is 50 15:54:30 From Leslie Rounds to Everyone : Also, as of today, the state has opned a preregistration butt 15:54:36 From Barb Rehmeyer to Everyone : I would like to hear from folks who are offering hot spots and what all that entails. Can we have an informational session? 15:55:02 From Leslie Rounds to Everyone : button on the Maine CDC site. It appears to work...Takes about a minute altogether. 15:55:37 From Janet McKenney to Everyone : https://www.dnb.com/duns-number/lookup.html 16:02:36 From RPL Director to Everyone : How about low cost Constant Contact for all ME Libraries? Or a low cost web site with easy template for all smaller libraries ? 16:05:26 From David Smith to Everyone : http://www.ala.org/advocacy/sites/ala.org.advocacy/files/content/libfunding/fed/American%20Rescue%20Plan%20Act%20of%202021%20ALA%20Summary.pdf 16:06:17 From Lisa Shaw (she/her) to Everyone : get your DUNS done :) 16:06:25 From Carver Library to Everyone : Or fund Maine Infonet to get more libraries into MILS or the III API for Apollo and Koha to get everyone into Mainecat 16:06:57 From Carver Library to Everyone : Or an out-of-the-box/easy computer file backup solution for smaller libraries 16:08:32 From Debra Lay to Everyone : Thank you Janet! Another great meeting today. 16:11:43 From Brenda Lynn Gould to Everyone : Thank you! 16:12:12 From cappleby to Everyone : I asked this during our quarantine discussion: If we quarantine everything from Monday, up to Monday evening, check in on Tuesday morning would only be 15 hours, so do we bump to Wednesday morning? 16:12:35 From RPL Director to Everyone : Thank you! 16:12:39 From David Smith to Everyone : Thanks 16:12:41 From Karen Eger she/her to Everyone : Thank you. 16:12:47 From cappleby to Everyone : Thanks 16:13:21 From Michelle Brenner to Everyone : Thank you Janet!! 16:13:32 From Pam Slattery-Thomas to Everyone : Great meeting - thank you! 16:13:34 From Beth Kane (she/hers) to Everyone : Thank you! 16:14:04 From Lisa Murray to Everyone : Thank you! 16:14:06 From Erika Jordan to Everyone : thank you