Libraries to Add Hours and Services
Library News
Hours Effective Aug. 3, 2020:
Warren-Trumbull County Public Library to Add Hours and Services Aug. 3 at all Locations
(07/29/20) - Libraries in the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library (W-TCPL) system will be adding more hours and additional services at all locations beginning Aug. 3.
Following a two-and-a-half-month shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the six libraries in the system reopened June 1 with limited hours and services but are now able to offer more.
Jim Wilkins, W-TCPL Director, said now that social distancing guidelines and protocols are well established and cleaning and disinfecting supplies are more readily available, the libraries are able to resume some of their previous services.
“Balancing staff and patron safety with needed services is our overall goal,” Wilkins said. “In addition to the books, videos, and other materials customers borrow, the library plays an important role in making public computers and printing services available to the community.”
“We know our customers are looking forward to being able to access more library services once again, and we are happy we can add these additional hours to make it even more convenient to visit the library,” Wilkins said.
New evening and Saturday hours will be added. The first hour of each day continues to be reserved for library customers at higher risk for severe illness, including adults age 65+ and people of any age who have serious underlying medical conditions.
To facilitate the additional hours and services, 28 W-TCPL staff members who were furloughed in May are being recalled.
The Adult Computer Area at the Warren Library will reopen with nine public computers available. Additional computers will be added for public use at each branch library. Library cardholders may use a computer at no charge for a one-hour session each day. Due to the limited number of available public computers, it is suggested that a reservation be made by calling any library location.
Printing, copying, and FAXing will be available for a fee at all locations.
Single-use tables will be placed in each library. Customers will be asked to limit visit time in the library to no longer than 1 hour.
Library cardholders will be able to borrow items through the Interlibrary Loan and the SearchOhio services, which are both resuming.
All books, DVDs, and other library materials that are borrowed and then returned will be quarantined for 72 hours and then cleaned and sanitized prior to being put back on W-TCPL shelves. Customers are asked to return all library materials in the drop boxes located outside each building.
Bookmobile service remains suspended at this time, however, the Mobile Library Express service maintains three stops in northern Trumbull County.
The Local History & Genealogy Center in the Warren Library will remain closed to visitors. Genealogy research requests may be submitted through the Research Request Form or by emailing the Center librarian at glasgowe@wtcpl.org.
No library meeting rooms will be available for public use through the end of the year.
Although no in-person programming or events will take place in the libraries, a variety of online events are being scheduled. Upcoming events will be posted to the library website calendar.
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For more information, contact: Cheryl Bush, Marketing & Public Relations Manager, at bushc@wtcpl.org.
