Episode 706 Reopening Public Libraries

Welcome back to Season Seven of Linking Our Libraries! You can check out our full show notes page here. We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange. Our members are libraries of all sorts: public, schools, academics, special libraries, archives, and history centers. Join us in working thorough skills library staffers can use to be more successful in their work! This week we are talking about some of the challenges in planning to reopen a public library during a global pandemic.  Our Guest Host this week is Ariel Kurst, from the Great River Regional Library System.  Today we are going to talk about the reopening plans at Ariel’s library, and help you give some ideas for reopening your library building.  We have put together a bonus podcast with information about the state plan here in Minnesota for reopening schools libraries.  You can listen to it in our feed if you are subscribed to this podcast, or stream it on our website. Then walk through the official guidance with us.