This Week at Your Library

Monday, June 1, we will be open BY APPOINTMENT ONLY for patrons to enter. Our hours will go back to 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Please call 283-1006.

Our guidelines:

• Maximum of five people (non-staff) will be permitted in the library at one time.

• At-risk populations only will be allowed in the library the first two hours of each day.

• Maximum length of stay in the library shall be limited to 30 minutes.

• Children under the age of 13 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

• Hand sanitizer stations and sanitizing wipes will be made available throughout the libraries.

• Patrons who are visibly ill or coughing excessively may be asked to leave the facility.

• Patrons will be strongly encourage to use cloth face masks while using the library facility. These would not be provided by the library.

• The public will be encouraged to wipe down their areas before use (internet computers and seating areas) using the wipes provided. Staff will also be wiping down Internet computers.

• Patrons and staff will follow social-distancing guidelines.

• Number of chairs will be reduced throughout the building to accommodate social distancing.

• All fabric chairs will be temporarily removed.

• Number of public computer terminals will be reduced throughout the building to accommodate social distancing guidelines.

• All items being returned by customers in-person, through the book drop or through the mail will undergo disinfecting and quarantining prior to re-shelving.

• Staff will sanitize high traffic areas on a regular basis, including the service desks. Internet computer stations will be wiped down after each use.

• Interlibrary loan services will remain suspended.

• Meeting rooms will NOT be available for public use.

• Curb-side delivery of materials will be provided if requested.

• Virtual storytimes will continue to be created and made available on the private Facebook page.

Library Programming: ALL PROGRAMMING IS SUSPENDED FOR NOW. Meetings scheduled for now: CROOK COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD meeting Thursday, June 4, at 1 p.m. in Sundance. CROOK COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION BOARD meeting Wednesday, July 15, at 5:30 p.m. in Sundance.

New Non-Fiction: WHEN TIME STOPPED: A Memoir of My Father’s War and What Remains by Ariana Neumann. Just a few of the titles donated by local artist Sarah Rogers and now residing in the Sarah Rogers Collection: THE ART & LIFE OF GEORGIA O’KEEFFE by Jan Garden Castro.

FLOWERS by Irving Penn. PORTRAITS OF TROPICAL BIRDS by John S. Dunning. SESSIONS! by Norman Seeff. MAPPLETHORPE PISTILS by Robert Mapplethorpe. BASIC DRAWING TECHNIQUES edited by Greg Albert and Rachel Wolf. COMPENDIUM OF WATERCOLOUR TECHNIQUES by Robin Berry.

New Young Adult: SUPERNOVA, Renegades #3, by Marissa Meyer. Donated by Debbie Proctor and Rose Zella and Richard Proctor in memory of Dana Proctor.

New Junior Fiction: THE FORTY THIEVES: Marjana’s Tale by Christy Lenzi.

New Picture Books: LLAMA LLAMA MESS, MESS, MESS by Anna Dewdney. Donated by Debbie Proctor and Rose Zella and Richard Proctor in memory of Dana Proctor. ONE FOX: A Counting Book Thriller by Kate Read. THE HUNDRED-YEAR BARN by Patricia MacLachlan. HEY GRANDUDE! by Paul McCartney.

New Easy Reader: PINKALICIOUS: Dragon to the Rescue by Victoria Kann.

Submitted by Kim Heaster