Thanks to everyone who has replied. This information has been very helpful.
We will use it when we talk with our staff.
Feel free to continue the conversation, but I definitely have enough
comments to be useful for my purposes!
Take care.
Christine
On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 2:52 PM Tricia Karlin <tkarlin_at_lawrence.lib.ks.us>
wrote:
> We don't quarantine returned materials nor new accessions.
>
> It might be helpful to ask staff (in a genuinely open way) to consider
> what else they are quarantining in their daily lives. Are they
> quarantining their groceries? Their personal mail? That helped me put the
> issue in perspective.
>
> You could also discuss recent articles that explain that fomite
> transmission is not understood to be the primary way the virus spreads. We
> found these articles very helpful when talking about fomite transmission
> risks with staff.
>
> Wired magazine article October 28 It's time to talk about COVID-19 and
> surfaces again
> <https://www.wired.com/story/its-time-to-talk-about-covid-19-and-surfaces-again/> *
> E**xcellent, 'layman's terms' summary of new research that has been done
> that de-emphasizes concern about contracting the virus from surfaces. *
>
> NY Times article Nov 18 The coronavirus is airborne indoors. Why are we
> still scrubbing surfaces?
> <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/18/world/asia/covid-cleaning.html>
>
> Good luck!
> Tricia
>
>
>
> *Tricia Karlin*
> she/her/hers
> *Collections + Technology Manager*
> Lawrence Public Library
> 707 Vermont St.
> Lawrence, KS 66044
> 785-843-3833 x.109
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 12:57 PM Jennifer Williams <
> Jennifer.Williams_at_athens.edu> wrote:
>
>> This is what we are doing as well. Three days for returns from patrons,
>> no quarantine for new materials in acquisitions.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jennifer Williams
>>
>> Acquisitions & Collection Development Librarian
>>
>> Assistant Librarian, Kares Library
>>
>> 300 North Beaty Street
>>
>> Athens, Alabama 35611
>>
>> Office: 256-216-6667
>>
>> She/Her
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org <acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org> *On
>> Behalf Of *"Koger, Victoria"
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 2, 2021 12:39 PM
>> *To:* acqnet_at_lists.ala.org
>> *Subject:* [EXT] RE: [ALCTS-acqnet] Quarantining incoming shipments
>>
>>
>>
>> *CAUTION:** Email originated from outside of Athens State!*
>>
>> I think here at Wichita State University circulation is quarantining
>> returned materials (3 days) but acquisitions is not. Current
>> recommendations are wash your hands and don’t worry about surfaces in
>> relation to COVID. The particles do not live long on surfaces but you do
>> have to take into account the comfort level of your staff.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Victoria Koger
>>
>> Coordinator of Collection Acquisitions and Assistant Professor
>>
>> Wichita State University Libraries
>>
>> 1845 Fairmount Street, Wichita, KS 67260-0068
>>
>> (316)978-5792
>>
>> library.acquisitions_at_wichita.edu
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org <acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org> *On
>> Behalf Of *Stacey Marien
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 2, 2021 11:44 AM
>> *To:* acqnet_at_lists.ala.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [ALCTS-acqnet] Quarantining incoming shipments
>>
>>
>>
>> *CAUTION:* This email originated from outside of Wichita State
>> University. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the
>> sender and know the content is safe.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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/>)
>>
>>
>>
--
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 - 15:47:52 EST