My mantra has been from the very beginning that there are no documented
cases of COVID from touching anything. Not one single case. The REALM
Project has nothing to do with actually catching the virus - just because a
virus lives on a book for a certain period of time, does not mean that
virus is going to somehow make it from that exact area on the book, under
your mask and into your nose. Again, there are no documented cases of
covid due to touching anything. Wash your hands.
In my Acq depart, we are not quarantining anything and haven't been since
we went back to the office in Aug. the mail and boxes come in, I unpack
them and stage them and everyone works on the material as usual.
We are located off site. The main library is quarantining returned books
and supplies at a certain level - but I have no input into that decision.
Stacey
Stacey Marien
Acquisitions Librarian
American University
4801 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Library Technical Services
Spring Valley – Room 148
Washington, DC 20016
smarien_at_american.edu
202-885-3842
orcid.org/0000-0003-2608-4559
On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 12:33 PM Christine Fischer <acqnet_at_lists.ala.org>
wrote:
> Hello. How long are you placing shipping boxes and envelopes in quarantine
> before your acquisitions staff unload the materials to begin the
> receiving/invoicing process? Do you also quarantine them once unboxed? I
> know that the REALM Project <https://www.oclc.org/realm/home.html> is
> offering data, but I would like a practical recommendation that seems to be
> working in libraries.
>
> We have staff who are very concerned about the possibility of infection
> from COVID-19.
>
> Thanks so much.
> Christine
> --
> Christine Fischer
> Head of Technical Services
> University Libraries, UNC Greensboro
> P.O. Box 26170
> Greensboro NC 27402-6170
> Pronouns: she/her/hers
> Email: cmfische_at_uncg.edu
> Phone: 336.256.1193
> I acknowledge that UNC Greensboro is located on the traditional lands of
> the Keyauwee and Saura Nations. (Why are land acknowledgments important?
> <https://nativegov.org/a-guide-to-indigenous-land-acknowledgment/>)
>
>
>
Received on Tue Mar 02 2021 - 12:51:33 EST