Peterborough Public Library Reopening Its Doors August 25th

The Peterborough Public Library has announced it will be gradually reopening for regular in-person service on Tuesday, August 25th.

Community members will be able to visit the library, browse the entire collection, pick up holds, and check out items. High-touch and shared touch areas—including children’s play areas and gathering places like study desks and meeting rooms—will remain closed at this time. 

Curbside Pickup will end on Saturday, August 22nd and the library will be reopening with new, temporary operating hours on the following Tuesday. 

THE TEMPORARY HOURS WILL BE:

• Sunday and Monday – closed

• Tuesday – 10 am to 8 pm

• Wednesday – 10 am to 5 pm

• Thursday – 10 am to 8 pm

• Friday – 10 am to 5 pm

• Saturday – 10 am to 5 pm

File Photo courtesy Peterborough Public Library

The DelaFosse Branch (729 Park St. South) will remain closed at this time, and visitors will only be able to enter and exit the library through the main entrance on Aylmer St.

SAFETY MEASURES AT LIBRARY

-> Only 50 people will be permitted inside the facility at any time in accordance with the capacity limits in the Stage 3 guidelines as set out by the Province.

-> Visitors will also be asked to self-screen before entering the library and to wear face coverings, if possible. The library respects that not everyone is able to wear a face covering but they are an additional measure that can help us protect each other.

-> Numerous health and safety measures have been put in place at the library, including providing staff with personal protective equipment, increased cleaning protocols, additional hand sanitizing stations, and physical distancing protocols with plexiglass barriers installed where physical distancing cannot be maintained.

-> Library material will continue to be placed in a 3-day quarantine before being reshelved, as it has been since Curbside Pickup started on June 3rd. 

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