Safe Handling Practices

SAFE HANDLING PROCEDURES & RECOMMENDATIONS

(updated July 13, 2021)

Resident and staff wellness are our top priority in the Town of Sprague. We would like to give you some information about the steps we are taking to protect your welfare, as well as recommendations on how to safely handle and return materials to the library:  

• If you have COVID-19 symptoms while you possess one of our materials: please, wait to bring the item back to the library until 72 hours after you are no longer presenting symptoms. This will help protect library staff and ensure that no community transmission is occurring through our materials. You will not be charged late fees for any materials until further notice.

• If you are someone who is at risk of being severely impacted by COVID-19: we recommend that you do not check out physical materials from the library. While we are doing everything that we can to ensure no community transmission occurs through library materials, there are still staff members in the library who must handle books, and therefore we cannot 100% guarantee that books are virus-free. When you collect physical materials from the library, you do so at your own risk.

• We recommend that all patrons wash their hands before and after handling library materials, and that you refrain from touching your face or other surfaces before such washing. This is a good general practice, but it will also help prevent the spread of any disease that may exist on the materials around you. You are also permitted to wipe down materials you receive from us with a disinfecting wipe, but this may not be fully effective.

• If you have any other safety and wellness-related questions at this time, please call the Sprague Town Hall 860-822-3000.  All questions about materials can be directed to the library director at 860-822-3012 or by email at ebezanson@biblio.org.