<div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for all the great responses! I've compiled the list of responses (see below) and attached them to this email. :)</div><div><br></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We are not
accepting donations of materials from anyone until further notice. The Friends
are running an online fundraiser. We are
not allowing the Friends or any volunteers to work in the building. We stopped selling donated items. We decided
to give them away for free. If people
want to donate cash, we have a container for it on the shelf near the desk. We
are not accepting cash for payment for anything.</p><div><img src="cid:ii_kd91xf7v0" alt="image.png" width="562" height="1"><br></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">No to all of your questions. So far nothing…so
far….</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><img src="cid:ii_kd91xf7v0" alt="image.png" width="562" height="1" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt">We are not currently accepting donations nor are
we selling books. And we are not allowing volunteers of any kind to work
in the library.</span> <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><img src="cid:ii_kd91xf7v0" alt="image.png" width="562" height="1"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We are accepting
donations – but are being more picky than normal. We are a Class IV library in
northern Michigan.<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span>We go out to cars
to examine the books before they come into the building.</p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span>If they pass
inspection, they go into quarantine. We have a quarantine area in our storage
room for donations. They get labeled the same as our books. We are currently on
a 3 day quarantine, and are considering a 4 day.</p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span>Our Friends are
coming in one at a time – they have a schedule – to process the donations and
get them shelved. This is working well and makes distancing very easy.</p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span>The booksale room
is open and books are available to purchase, same as the library books are
available to checkout.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We are having friends in the building.
They are required to do all the staff training to be in the building,
misymptoms before coming on site and only a few of them are coming in -
(FOL members are not encouraged to come in at the same time.) We are accepting limited amounts of
donations, and one of our friends is willing to pick up large donations so we
forward folks to him. We are NOT currently
selling anything (as we're only open for appointments at this moment). </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><img src="cid:ii_kd91xf7v0" alt="image.png" width="562" height="1"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">We’re open to the public, but we're not letting
FOL volunteers work, and we're not accepting donations. We're not selling
donations either because we've decided not to accept any cash for the time
being.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">We have closed our FOL book sale room. However,
we have been accepting donations. The donations are received (outside) from
10-2 on Tuesdays and Thursdays only. We have a cart that they can be placed on.
Then we quarantine the books in our shed for several days, after which they are
sorted (keep or thrift books). They are then provided free of charge on a
table or cart outside the library. That way people without a card have access,
and there's browsing available without having to come into the library. It has
worked out really well, although it hasn't generated any funds. We have
NOT had volunteers back in the building yet due to capacity and visit time
limits.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Our Friends have a used book store in our lower
level. They have decided they do not want to open it to the public even when we
go back to letting people in. (We were doing appointments but then a staff
member became ill and we went back to curbside only for at least two weeks.)
They also do not want us to accept donations because none of their volunteers
want to come in to sort and shelve the books. It is their primary source of
income, around $11,000 per year, so it's hurting them, and ultimately us. But I
let them decide.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><img src="cid:ii_kd91xf7v0" alt="image.png" width="562" height="1"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">We’re </span>not
accepting donations of used books or returnable bottles and cans at this
time. Monetary donations are always appreciated, but we prefer that they
be made online or by check sent through the mail. Staff who handle monetary
donations must immediately wash/sanitize hands. <span style="font-size:11pt">No one but staff
is allowed to enter our building at this time. Volunteers will not be
allowed in the building until the final stage of our reopening plan.</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt">We are not selling anything. The goal
is for staff to handle cash as little as possible, ideally not at all.</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><img src="cid:ii_kd91xf7v0" alt="image.png" width="562" height="1"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Our Friends of
the Library is and has always been very hands-off regarding receiving
donations. The library usually receives and sorts donations, with items able to
be used in the collection added and the remaining items sorted into "for
sale (by Friends)," "for free," and "recycle." The
Friends active role is in setting up and staffing the semi-annual book sales in
April and October--April was of course canceled; I suspect October may be as well.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We are still
receiving donations on their behalf, but we're running out of room to store
books, since we couldn't have the April sale, we completed a large weeding
project while closed, and so many people are trying to offload books they found
while cleaning and organizing their own collections while in lockdown. So I
kind of ask people how many and confirm they're something that will fall into
one of the top three categories. If they just need to be recycled, we're
providing them the contact information for a local recycling agency where they
can freely drop them off.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">We still have a
standing sale area for used books, which some people are browsing and we've had
a few purchases, but foot traffic is low right now and with so many people
having recently cleaned out their collection they're not going to be in a hurry
to refill that space they freed up.</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt">Everything
we accept is quarantined before being sorted (by me) and either used, sold, or
put out for free.</span> <span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><img src="cid:ii_kd91xf7v0" alt="image.png" width="562" height="1"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Our
library isn't currently open to the public, so no FOL members are
allowed in the building and we aren't selling any items right now either. Our
FOL group has a trailer that they have in our parking lot and they have
volunteers there during certain times to unlock the trailer to accept donations.
People have to put their own donations in the trailer and FOL volunteers can't
help them to minimize exposing anyone to contaminated items. I think the
books stay in the trailer until it's full, so they are in
"quarantine" until they are unloaded at a later date. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><img src="cid:ii_kd91xf7v0" alt="image.png" width="562" height="1"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">We only have one big book sale each year during
our community's festival, which has been canceled this year. For right
now, we're not accepting donations as we don't want to overrun our limited
staff, volunteers, and storage space. We hope to open it back up in a few
months with a potential book sale event in the fall.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><img src="cid:ii_kd91xf7v0" alt="image.png" width="562" height="1"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt">We’re not taking any FOL donations and our
bookstore is not open.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><img src="cid:ii_kd91xf7v0" alt="image.png" width="562" height="1"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We are accepting
book donations for FOL sale. Our FOL group has not met since the end of
January. They are due to have a meeting in August. The annual book sale is in
October, so that will be the big discussion for the next meeting, when, how,
what will it look like if it happens. Our
donations come in and are set in a quarantine area for a time. They are then
sorted and boxed to take to a storage location. We have a staff person who is
our FOL representative who takes care of the donations. She has done this task
for years and is very good at it. We do
currently sell donated items after they have been quarantined.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Our FOL were very
excited to get donations because so many people were cleaning out and so many
of our patrons were dying to give us donations that we decided to accept
donations. Our Friends are planning an outside, under a tent, booksale
for September as long as there's no spike in cases. We are in Region 6 and
staged as Stage 5 so we can have large outside gatherings. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><img src="cid:ii_kd91xf7v0" alt="image.png" width="562" height="1"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">We are not accepting donations, but patrons
sometimes put them in our outdoor dropbox. We quarantine them like everything
else. I have allowed two Friends board members to come to the library about
once a week for a couple of hours to sort and scan donations that were piling
up pre-pandemic. They come in the morning on days when there are less staff in
the building. They work in the back by themselves with no other staff around
and they wear masks. We check them in for symptoms screening when they arrive.
We are not currently selling donations.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><img src="cid:ii_kd91xf7v0" alt="image.png" width="562" height="1" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We have just
started officially taking donations again. Of course, there were always a
few people that dropped things in our return box or left a box by the back
door. Anyway, we now have 3
appointment times each day M-TH and 2 on Friday. Patrons are
supposed to sign up but I know we've had some people just show up (or drop in
the return bin). I'm pretty sure that at least one lady lied about
signing up but we're trying to keep it manageable. After they sign up for
a time slot and it arrives, they pull up where we do Curbside, ring the bell,
and someone brings a cart out for them to unload their items. The items
are tagged with a date, rolled back to near the Friends Room, and until the new
guidelines came out last week, were being held 3 days (now recommending
4). I don't know if the FOL are sticking to that but they have the dates
for their reference. They typically hold 2 book sales per month
October through June and then have a massive sale in August in conjunction
with the annual Melonfest but of course, that isn't happening
this year. They've decided to rent a big storage unit at a nearby
climate-controlled facility with the hopes of having a big sale in the spring
if things are better. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We also have two
bookshelves in our lobby that hold paperback books that the Friends
sell. Typically, they're available anytime the library is open but they
have suspended sales on them too. <span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">We have 3-4 Friends
that are working the book room (sorting, deciding what to keep, etc.)
They were trained along with the rest of the staff on new safety protocols,
health screening, etc. I often see 2 of them in the library at a time but
that is their choice. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">I happened to be at a
different library last week and they ARE selling things from their Friends
booth. They had a drop box for the money so it's an honor system. I
actually bought a book so I'm guessing that it might be a positive thing to
have items available if you can minimize transactions right now. Of
course, you'd potentially have to deal with making change but there are some
transactions happening in our library anyway (copies, fees for lost/damaged
items, etc.).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Thanks again! </span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#8e7cc3"><b>Harmony Crocker</b></font></span></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#8e7cc3"><b>Public Services Manager</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#8e7cc3"><b>Circulation Manager</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#8e7cc3"><b>FOL Liaison</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#8e7cc3"><b>Brandon Township Public Library</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#8e7cc3"><b>304 South Street</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#8e7cc3"><b>Ortonville, MI 48462</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#8e7cc3"><b>248.627.1471</b></font></div><div><div style="text-align:left"></div><div style="text-align:left"><i style="color:rgb(142,124,195);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:12.8px">ENGAGE </b><b style="font-size:12.8px">•</b><b style="font-size:12.8px"> EDUCATE </b><b style="font-size:12.8px">•</b><b style="font-size:12.8px"> ENRICH </b><b style="font-size:12.8px">•</b><b style="font-size:12.8px"> EMPOWER</b></i><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 1:59 PM Harmony Crocker <<a href="mailto:hcrocker@brandonlibrary.org">hcrocker@brandonlibrary.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>I have a couple of questions in regards to what other libraries are doing with their FOL groups and donations during the COVID-19 pandemic.</div><div><ul><li>Are you currently accepting FOL donations? If so how are you doing it to keep staff and FOL volunteers safe?</li><li>Are you letting FOL volunteers work in the library? Do you restrict them to a certain area or amount of time in the building?</li><li>Are you currently selling donated items?</li></ul><div>Any help is appreciated, thanks!</div></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#8e7cc3"><b>Harmony Crocker</b></font></span></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#8e7cc3"><b>Public Services Manager</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#8e7cc3"><b>Circulation Manager</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#8e7cc3"><b>FOL Liaison</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#8e7cc3"><b>Brandon Township Public Library</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#8e7cc3"><b>304 South Street</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#8e7cc3"><b>Ortonville, MI 48462</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#8e7cc3"><b>248.627.1471</b></font></div><div><div style="text-align:left"></div><div style="text-align:left"><i style="color:rgb(142,124,195);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:12.8px">ENGAGE </b><b style="font-size:12.8px">•</b><b style="font-size:12.8px"> EDUCATE </b><b style="font-size:12.8px">•</b><b style="font-size:12.8px"> ENRICH </b><b style="font-size:12.8px">•</b><b style="font-size:12.8px"> EMPOWER</b></i><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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