COVID-19

Library Services

Research/reference interactions will take place in person, via instant chat, Zoom, and email.
Librarians will provide in-person library instruction, per faculty request.
When possible, librarians will be available to provide real-time library instruction for all classes via Zoom.
Library card registration will occur online. Checkout will occur at the library's front service desk located to the right of the library's entrance, or at the self-check kiosk near the library's entrance.

Library visitors must sanitize their hands upon entering the library. Hand sanitizer is available.
Library visitors are asked to observe social distancing.
Library visitors should not rearrange the library's furniture as it is spaced to allow for social distancing.
Library visitors may disinfect computers and study areas after use.
Library visitors may disinfect computers and study spaces before use.
Library visitors should disinfect hands before and after using time-sensitive materials such as periodicals, course reserves, or display items. These items will not be subject to a quarantine period.
Library visitors who are sick with a fever or who are experiencing a cough or other COVID-19 symptoms are asked to stay at home.

Staff will be restricted to the use of their own work stations, computers, and phones.
Staff will wash hands often, not fewer than 4 instances per 8-hour shift.
Staff will maintain social distancing between each other and library visitors.
Staff will enforce the health and safety protocols put into place by the library and by Western.