Library Reopening Safeguards

All Jeffersonville Township Public Library employees are required to take their temperatures at home before reporting to work at the library.
Employees will report to their manager their status of the following questions:
1. Do you have fever?
2. Do you have a cough, sore throat or headache not caused by allergies?
3. Do you have other symptoms of COVID-19, such as shortness of breath, chills or a new loss of sense of taste?
4. Are you caring for someone with COVID-19 or suspected of being exposed to COVID-19?
Staff will not report to work if they are feeling unwell, have any of the symptoms, or are caring for someone sick with COVID-19 or suspected of being exposed to COVID-19.

Library Materials

Library materials will be quarantined for 72 hours when returned to the library.
After the quarantine period, library materials, will be cleaned with disinfectant before being returned to the shelves or put on hold for another patron.

Frequently Used Surfaces

All frequently used areas such as counter tops, keyboards, mice and phones will be cleaned with disinfectant after each transaction and/or each staff use.
Surfaces such as door handles, drawer pulls, and tops of sanitizer bottles will be wiped down with disinfectant every hour.

All library employees will maintain a 6 foot distance at all times.
Contactless transactions will be conducted with the public including pick-up service, drive-up service, contactless delivery, and online and phone reference.

All library employees are required to wear mask in the library unless in their own department space.
All library employees may wear gloves when handling materials.
All library employees are required to practice frequent handwashing and use of hand sanitizer.
Hand sanitizer and boxes of tissues will be made available for public use.