Starting today circulation staff will be working to get “caught up” on check-in. We will not be quarantining items for 72 hours going forward, although we are giving ourselves until February 22nd to work through the piles of materials in the quarantine room so there still will be a delay between when items are returned and when they are checked-in.
We will not advertise this change to library users, but starting February 22nd, we will remove the language stating that we quarantine materials for 3 – 5 days from our emails and the website.
Until February 22nd, we will still empty the book return in the meeting room and label the tables with the date and time.
Currently, the only change to the process is that we may be checking in items sooner than 72 hours.
Please let me know if you have questions.