Coronavirus COVID-19

UPDATE: 4/7/2020

Due to Governor Holcomb’s stay-at-home orders and continuing health and safety concerns due to novel coronavirus COVID-19, both locations of the library will continue to remain closed through Monday, May 4th. We hope to begin providing limited services such as curbside hold pickups on Wednesday, April 22nd.

What does this mean for me?

• Anything you have checked out right now isn’t due until June 1st. PLEASE keep your materials at home, do not return them to the library.
• Your library card registration is extended through September so you shouldn’t have any problems accessing online resources.

What can I do while the library is closed?

• Our WiFi is still available from outside the building 24/7 and you are welcome to bring your own devices to use it. We just ask that you remember to maintain social distancing by keeping at least 6 feet apart from others.
• Your library card gets you FREE access to all kinds of great online resources available from home. Here are just a few:
  • Hoopla: check out digital movies, music, ebooks, audiobooks, and comics (5 checkouts per month)
  • OverDrive: check out ebooks and eaudiobooks (10 checkouts per month)
  • Flipster & RBdigital Magazines: check out digital magazines (unlimited checkouts)
  • Freegal: stream or download digital music (24-hour streaming through 9/30)
  • Ancestry Library Edition: research your family history
  • Mango: learn a new language

  There’s plenty more on our Online Resources page, just look for anything with this symbol:  

• The Indiana State Library has put together a great page with information on everything from activities for kids to tips on working from home for the first time.

What if I don’t have a library card?

You can sign up for a temporary library card online by filling out this form. That number will let you use services like Hoopla, Libby, Freegal, and more. Just remember to bring your photo ID and proof of address once the library is open again so we can get you a permanent card, otherwise your card will expire in September.

What if I forgot my library card number or my PIN?

You can contact us through the Ask A Librarian form or our chat widget – located in the bottom right corner of the screen on our website – and we can look your card number up.

Your default PIN is the last four (4) digits of the phone number you used when registering for a library card. If you don’t remember what that was, ask us and we can reset it for you.

Stay in touch

For up to date information regarding the library and our status, please follow us on Facebook @jefflibrary or on Twitter @JTPLtweet. Library staff will be on hand to answer your questions on social media.

Older updates below

Older updates

UPDATE 3/24/2020:
Due to the continuing health and safety concerns surrounding novel coronavirus COVID-19 and Governor Holcomb’s stay-at-home orders, both locations of JTPL will remain closed until April 8. This means that staff will no longer be working in either building and thus will not be on hand to answer phone calls or check our book returns.

PLEASE do not return any materials to the library during this period!

Due dates on all materials have been extended. This also means that we have to suspend our Curbside Pickup service at this time.

Our library WiFi network is still available from outside the building and you are welcome to bring your own devices to use it. We just ask that you remember to maintain social distancing by keeping at least 6 feet apart from others.

However, you are still able to use the library from home! You can view a full list of our online resources at https://jefflibrary.org/resources. All resources accessible from home are marked with this     symbol. Many of these services will ask for a PIN; the default PIN is the last four (4) digits of the phone number you used when registering for a library card.

For up to date information regarding the library and our status, please follow us on Facebook @jefflibrary or on Twitter @JTPLtweet. Library staff will be on hand to answer your questions on social media.

UPDATE 3/17/2020:
Effective Wednesday, March 18 both locations of the library will be CLOSED for the safety of our patrons and to help contain the spread of COVID-19. The library will reopen on Monday, April 6.

Our staff will still be on hand to answer questions and help you over the phone from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday – Friday: call the main library at (812) 285-5630 or the Clarksville branch at (812) 285-5640.

We encourage you to follow CDC guidelines and self-isolate as much as possible, especially patrons in high-risk groups such as those over 60, are immunocompromised, and/or with chronic medical conditions like diabetes. The library has lots of great resources available to you from home!

UPDATE 3/15/2020:
To help contain the spread of COVID-19:

• ALL library programs and ALL meeting room reservations are CANCELLED through April 5, 2020
• Study rooms will be limited to a maximum of 2 people per room
• The Makerspace and Recording Studio are closed
• Computer labs are reduced to use of alternating computers to encourage social distancing
• There will be no more InterLibrary Loans (ILL) requests
• All toys will be put away at both Jeffersonville and Clarksville locations

Please check back to this page for further updates.

ORIGINAL POST: 3/14/2020:
Please read the following update from the library administration:

Regarding upcoming programs at your Jeffersonville Township Public Library: As of right now, we have no plans to cancel any of our upcoming programs. But, we are aware that things could change. We will be monitoring updates related to Coronavirus or COVID-19, from the following resources:

• Indiana State Department of Health
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Clark Country Department of Health

If anything changes, we will certainly let you know via our website, our Facebook page, and our Twitter Account. In the meantime, we are taking all precautions to make sure the library is as germ free as it can be. Besides encouraging our patrons and staff to practice good hygiene, we have been disinfecting public surfaces daily and have hand sanitizer available at all our public desks. We encourage anyone who feels ill to avoid using the library for the greater good of the community. Thanks!

We suggest consulting the following trusted sources for reliable information about this topic:

• World Health Organization:
  • Coronavirus (health topic) – Information about the Coronavirus family of viruses with links to more information about the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Advice for the public – Includes how-to videos, myth-busters, and more.
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC):
  • Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) – landing page for all CDC information about COVID-19, including symptoms, what to do if you are sick, and how to minimize spread of germs.

Remember, your library card gives you access to all sorts of great digital content from home for free! Click here for a list of our downloadable and/or streaming services, or check out all of our online resources.