Update on the Grande bibliothèque
Following our discussion on libraries: the hall at the Grande Bibliothèque is still being used as a day refuge for the homeless but that arrangement will end on June 1. After that, the library needs time to sanitize its books and its whole building, and possibly change aspects of its operations, before its proposed reopening a month later.
Faiz imam 19:09 on 2020-05-28 Permalink
My local library (brossard) is opening next week. The process will be pretty convoluted though.
You have to call or order books online, and after a few days they’ll call you back to tell you they have it prepared. Then you’ll go and they’ll hand it to you in a safe way at the front. No entering inside.
And when you return the books, they will be quarantined for 72 hours.
Kate 10:23 on 2020-05-29 Permalink
City libraries had been branching out into lending musical instruments and other objects as well as books, but the pandemic may make any form of lending less appealing, for a long time.