Reopening NH Libraries Task Force Update

The biggest changes happened last Thursday afternoon, 6/11, when the Governor announced guidance for libraries from GOEFFR, and also announced that the stay at home order would expire on 6/15.  The stay at home order was replaced with stay safer at home:

NH GOEFFR Reopening Guidance for Libraries: https://www.nheconomy.com/getmedia/5aa1a7dc-0a03-4c34-b465-244f6853aaa4/Libraries_6-15-20-Guidance.pdf

Governor’s Safer At Home Guidance (replaces Stay At Home 2.0): https://www.covidguidance.nh.gov/

In addition, ALA released this document which could provide guidance for reopening:

ALA’s Reopening Under COVID-19: A Space Planning Approach - https://ala.informz.net/ala/data/images/PL_Reopening%20Under%20COVID%2019.pdf

We’re all still waiting for information to be released by IMLS/OCLC/Battelle regarding the REALM project and the morbidity of the virus on plastic surfaces.

Stay cool everyone!

{This is a reprint of the report issued by Lori Fisher to the NHAIS-L listserv}