We stopped doing a quarantine. We have informed our patrons that if they want to do an "in home" quarantine we will extend their due date by four days and put the items in a bag for them to take home. No one has taken us up on the offer and we haven't had any complaints about the lack of quarantine. Mark On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 2:49 PM Justine Peterson via Michlib-l < michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:

Hello all!

I hope your Thursday is going well! I was wondering if anyone is still quarantining their items and if so for how long? We've got a 3-day quarantine set up right now.

Best, *Justine Peterson* Library Director Seville Twp Library Riverdale, MI 48877 P: 989.833.7776

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-- *Mark Morton* Director Leland Township Public Library 203 E Cedar St PO Box 736 Leland, MI 49654 231-256-9152

In light of the 4/5/21 CDC report on fomite transmission (or the lack thereof), we eliminated quarantining items at Redford Township District Library. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/science-and-research/surface-... Teneia J. Combs, Circulation Supervisor *My Pronouns: She/Her/Hers - See **www.mypronouns.org* <http://www.mypronouns.org/>* to learn more.* Redford Township District Library - REDF09 25320 West Six Mile Road Redford MI 48240 tcombs@rtdl.org 313-531-5960 x150 On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 2:50 PM Justine Peterson via Michlib-l < michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:

Hello all!

I hope your Thursday is going well! I was wondering if anyone is still quarantining their items and if so for how long? We've got a 3-day quarantine set up right now.

Best, *Justine Peterson* Library Director Seville Twp Library Riverdale, MI 48877 P: 989.833.7776

seville.michlibrary.org

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We're still quarantining overnight. At shift end, we empty our outdoor drop box into the lobby drop box so that we know no new items have been added and then at the start of the next shift we check them all in. We've temporarily increased the number of DVDs that our patrons can borrow at once to accommodate the hold period. It's working well for us. Much of the science assumed that 'other mitigation efforts' were still in place. Most of those other efforts have been ended in the last month, so that assumption no longer holds. We're comfortable with the overnight now. The REALM results strongly indicated a significant decrease between inoculation and T0 or T1, at least in ambient or warmer conditions. Best wishes! Cynthia Stanczak, MLS (she/her) Library Director Albion District Library 501 S. Superior St. Albion, MI 49224 (517) 629-3993 Albion District Library: Transforming Minds, Changing Lives. Proudly serving our community since 1919. Online at www.albionlibrary.org, or find us on Facebook! *My working day may not be your working day. Please do not feel obligated to reply to this email outside of your normal working hours.* On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 2:49 PM Justine Peterson via Michlib-l < michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:

Hello all!

I hope your Thursday is going well! I was wondering if anyone is still quarantining their items and if so for how long? We've got a 3-day quarantine set up right now.

Best, *Justine Peterson* Library Director Seville Twp Library Riverdale, MI 48877 P: 989.833.7776

seville.michlibrary.org

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