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March 23, 2022 ITEM 2 1 of 1
Meeting Date: March 23, 2022
To: Library Board of Trustees
From: Suzanne Smithson, Library & Cultural Arts Director
Staff Contact: Suzanne Smithson, suzanne.smithson@carlsbadca.gov
Sheila Crosby, sheila.crosby@carlsbadca.gov
Katie Nye, katie.nye@carlsbadca.gov
Subject: Library Services during COVID-19
District: All
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Executive Summary/Discussion
Staff will update the Board of Trustees on Carlsbad City Library’s services and programs and
related adjustments during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Next Steps
None.
Fiscal Analysis
None.
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Exhibits
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LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Staff Report
Library Services during
COVID-19 -update
Katie Nye and Sheila Crosby
Deputy Library Directors
March 23, 2022
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TODAY’S PRESENTATION
•Current guidelines and status of services
•Future changes
•Collections Project
•Questions
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Current Guidelines and Status
of Services
•Masks optional for staff and patrons, regardless
of vaccination status
•Meetings have returned to in-person*
•In-person programs have resumed*
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Future Changes
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COVID Report
Library hours and services
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Dove Oversized Books
Interfiling Project
lill 40,000
Total number of c.... books handled
100% • illi ED
4500 35,500 Percent of the adult non-fiction
collection books moved in the
process Oversized at start of Non-fiction Books
~
How long it took:
4 months
While still doing
regular work functions
project
Number of people on the
C&TS Team
1500
l Places that Dove patrons and staff have to
go to look for adult nonfiction subjects
rl, £i 1 Location Shelves shifted
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Any questions?
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