From August we started the work to make significant changes to our IT and computer systems. For full details please see our library news page. This work continues and there is still some disruption to some IT services such as: computer access, access to online resources only available from Public computers, printing and scanning.
Please see individual library pages for details about your nearest library. We have a brilliant online offer at Surrey Libraries with over 30, eBooks, eAudio, eMagazines and eComics available to access for free. These can be read online or downloaded using the Libby app and Pressreader. We are still offering a few events on our Facebook page. We also have an extensive back catalogue of over videos on our YouTube channel featuring rhymetimes, storytimes, STEM activities, crafts and much more.
We are committed to keep you and our staff safe, so we have a number of measures in place to enable us to operate in COVID secure way. Libraries are open for browsing, in addition to the return of books and the order and collect service.
We are no longer quarantining returned stock, so you should notice both an increase in the amount of stock immediately available, and that your library account is updated on the same day. From Monday 16 August we will increase the number of library computers available in some libraries, which users are still encouraged to book in advance to ensure availability.
Printing and photocopying are also available. For community managed libraries, please see the details below. Please be aware that if you need to print from a PC, you should first book a PC in advance by telephone to ensure availability. Printing from the public access PCs must be managed during the one-hour time slot that you have been allocated.
The charge can be added to your library account or a payment can be taken during your visit. Libraries are open for the use of a limited number of library computers. Customers will be limited to one hour per day at specific times and will be allocated a specific computer to use.
Computers should be booked in advance by phoning or e-mailing the library direct. Please use the direct number for the library and not the contact centre number, so that local staff can allocate a time slot for your visit.
Please inform the member of staff of your library membership number and PIN when making the booking. If you need assistance with your blue badge or bus pass application or renewal, please contact our customer service team on Some libraries are able to offer working space for customers who wish to study or bring their own devices to use the Wifi facilities.
This space needs to be booked in advance by phoning the library direct. Ventilated meeting rooms will be available for hire, subject to Risk Assessments — please contact the library direct for more information There will be access to toilets for customers who have booked the use of a meeting room and in emergencies.
As of Thursday, New York City had seen more than , cases and 17, confirmed deaths. More than 2 million people in the U. New York, too, is likely to stick to a phased approach, Marx said, beginning with minimal-to-no-contact book pickups, possibly in July. John F.
E-book and audio borrowing is up. Libraries are even coming up with creative ways to hold social distancing and virtual summer camps for children. I mean, we've got thousands of people going to webinars on how to save their businesses or start businesses. In St. They also started giving away free meals, diapers, feminine products and books in their parking lots three times a week. She also grabs extra meals for her neighbors, who are out of work because of the pandemic.
Elizabeth Dunnebacke says she and her family miss their local library terribly. New Orleans, where the year-old lives, was one of the hardest hit in the early days of the pandemic. Dunnebacke said it seemed like libraries in New Orleans closed too late on March Now she worries they could be opening too soon.
They've been less than impressed by the reopening plan. Libraries there are doing contactless lending for now, but Wilson said leadership has been vague about what comes next.
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