An alternative point of view:  
From what I understand, the key is not "is there a detectable amount of virus" but "is the virus that remains in a transmissable form?"  Some studies find remnants, little bits of RNA, but that doesn't mean it is cohesive, intact, and capable of causing infection.  Kind of like finding a spider's leg - sure it's from a spider, but can it bite you?   Touching surfaces is the lowest risk; the higher risk is breathing the air, even with masks on.   I am less worried about books, than I am about the number of (masked) staff who parade in and out of the library to use the copier and chat with each other, at closer than 6 ft, children whose masks fall down, and the fact that to hear quiet children speak, I have to get very close to them.  I don't have room to leave books flat. They will be in piles for 3 days, and then reshelved.  Students will use hand sanitizer before and after book browsing, and staff will wash hands after handling books.  The one good thing I can say about the masks is they do keep your hands off your face!

Elaine

On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 8:46 PM Jenny Lussier <jlussier@rsd13.org> wrote:
That's what I'm thinking too - spread them out as much as you can. I think I'll have room to do that too. 

Thank you for sharing Barb!

On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 7:00 PM Barbara Johnson <bajohnson@colchesterct.org> wrote:
Only if they are stacked, Shannon.
Without students in the library, I have room to lay them down.
Barb

On Mon, Sep 7, 2020, 6:48 PM Shannon McNeice via CASL-L <casl-l@mylist.net> wrote:
Is anyone revising their guidelines from 72-hours in quarantine to longer based on the Realm 4 results?
Thanks!
Shannon McNeice
Library Media Specialist
West Hartford, CT 06107

“Ah, how good it is to be among people who are reading.” - Rainer Maria Rilke, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Thanks to Anne Bogel for the quote!)




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