Yorks biggest libraries are set to reopen early next month and a new reading caf will open its doors for the first time too.

The libraries at York Central, Acomb, Clifton and Tang Hall will open from Tuesday, 7 July, but on a pre-booked basis only.

Explores brand new caf in Hungate will open for the first time on the same day.

The reading cafs at Rowntree Park and Homestead Park open on 6 July. All will be serving drinks and snacks to take away and enjoy outside.

The mobile library will be back too, but the rest of the smaller libraries will remain closed during this first stage.

Opening hours at the libraries will be from 10am to 4pm, Tuesday to Saturday. For mobile stops and caf opening times see the Explore website for more information.

We cant wait to welcome people back to our physical buildings, said Gillian Holmes of Explore York Libraries and Archives.

We will be operating a little differently for a while though. Some libraries will be open, books will be available using a click and collect system, computer and printer use will be by appointment only, and opening hours will be shorter.

All venues will have safety measures in place to protect customers and staff.

Borrowing books using click and collect is simple. You can collect books from Acomb, Clifton, York, Tang Hall and the Mobile Library.

Books may also be returned by pre-booked appointment. Staff are happy to accept returns, and all loans have been renewed until 30 September.

Computers and printing will be available for pre-booked slots. You can book online or contact your nearest open library by phone or email after 7 July.

Gillian said: Explore customers now have even more choices than before because while we were closed we took the chance to enrich and expand what we offer online.

As lockdown is lifted we encourage everyone to carry on using these online services as well as coming into libraries.

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HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - TheTrustees of the Free Public Library of Hasbrouck Heights discussed the current online offerings to community members as well as the future of a phased-in re-opening.

According to Mimi Hui, Library Director, Governor Phil Murphy signed an Administrative Order last Friday allowing libraries to begin offering curbside delivery on Monday, June 15. The order was officially signed by New Jersey State Police Superintendent Patrick Callahan on Saturday. The Hasbrouck Heights Library is in the process of establishing curbside service while making "safety a number one priority."

Hui also noted that the library continues to interact with the public through its website,social media accounts, and issuing new digital library cards. She explained that registration for the summer reading program has opened and already has over 100 participants, including children, teens, and adults. She said that Youth Services Librarian Maureen Herman is planning special events in July and August, including a virtual escape room based on J.K.Rowling's "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them." In addition, the adult book club will continue throughout the summer.

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Looking ahead to re-opening, Hui said the Library is looking to guidance from two task forces working with libraries throughout the state. She said those guidelines will be adopted and tweaked specifically for Hasbrouck Heights needs. She said that returned items are quarantined for 72 hours.

A possible protocol for when the library re-opens is a self-check out process, which could take one of two ways. One way would be for a patron to check out with an app on their cellphone, while a second would be a dedicated ipad to scan books and items at the front desk. The Trustees voted to explore both methods.

Trustee Rose Heck lauded the Hui and her staff for their continued efforts during the shutdown and recommended the group formally commend them for their servicein "going above and beyond."

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Sixty years after its inception atop Koshys cafe on St. Marks Road, British Council Library in Bengaluru, which later moved to Kasturba Cross Road, has shut its doors. It will now be available only online.

Earlier this week, British Council announced that five of their eight libraries in India will be made exclusively digital. It informed library members that its physical libraries in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Hyderabad and Pune will now become fully online services.

More recently, we have started online English language learning courses for adults and young learners, and we want to ensure that more people in more cities can access our wide range of digital learning resources, the announcement read.

The library will be converted into a centre to conduct International English Language Testing System (IELTS) tests and other United Kingdom examinations operated by BC Examinations and English Services India Pvt Ltd.

It isnt the end of the library, technically. British Council has said, We will be launching the mobile app version of the digital library at the end of June for both Android and iOS platforms.

But perhaps as S. Narayanan, 67, a retired English professor, says, It wouldnt be the same as reading a book. He was a member of the library from 1984 to 2011. You get a sense of joy when you search for a book and find it. Sometimes, you end up discovering new books that are interesting.

Narayanan recalls the time when hed visit the library when it was above Koshys. The library used to be open on Sundays. So, I used to go there from Yelahanka, meet my friends over coffee and snacks at Koshys. I really miss the experience.

According to Santosh Koshy, a third generation owner of Koshys, there were many like Narayanan. My grandfather facilitated the British Council library to be set up above the cafe. A lot of our customers used to visit the library or vice versa.

He recalls Prince Charles visit to the library in 1991. Only a few people were allowed to meet him. My dad could go in. And, the rest of us, who waited outside, shook hands with [Prince Charles] outside.

Writer C.K. Meena, who used to visit the library in her college days (late 70s), says it largely comprised books for studying rather than light reading. Journals, foreign papers I used to go there for literature books. I even had a copy of a Shakespeare folio with the old English spellings. But once literature books decreased drastically, I stopped going there.

Now, British Councils online library will have thousands of ebooks, audio books, magazines, journals, movies, music among other things. But many from professor Narayanans generation will miss the serendipity of stumbling upon a new book.

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Washington D.C.'s Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library is one of the libraries trying to accomodate patrons' different needs during the pandemic.

If you find yourself scrambling for a good novel to escape the novel coronavirus, you're not alone. Across the country, libraries have seen demand skyrocket for their electronic offerings, but librarians say they continue to worry about the digital divide and equality in access not to mention the complicated questions that must be answered before they can reopen for physical lending.

"Since the library closed on March 16, we've had about seven thousand people register for library cards," says Richard Reyes-Gavilan, Executive Director for the District of Columbia Public Libraries. "We've had over 300,000 books borrowed since mid-March, which is astounding considering that our collections are limited."

By the library's accounting, that's 37% higher than the same period in 2019, and DC isn't alone in an uptake in digital usage: Weekly library e-book lending across the country has increased by nearly 50 percent since March 9, according to data from OverDrive, a service used by many libraries to let patrons check out media for e-readers, smartphones and computers. Audiobook check-outs are also up 14% not quite as large a shift, likely because fewer people are in their cars commuting to work.

How pandemic reading has (and hasn't) changed

Nationally, there's been a jump in titles checked out virtually across topics, but demand for children's e-books has more than doubled during this period.

By comparison, e-book checkouts for adult fiction across the U.S. have grown by more than a third, and young adult fiction by more than 50 percent. There have been more checkouts of children's books than adult nonfiction on weekdays since the week of March 22.

"The big change we've seen is within juvenile fiction," says Susan Gross, a data analyst with OverDrive. "Typically adult non-fiction is the second most popular type of title that's read, but now on certain days juvenile fiction surpasses adult non-fiction, which we haven't seen before ... our thought on that is that parents are probably trying to enrich their kids' during the school week when they would typically be in school."

Our thought on that is that parents are probably trying to enrich their kids' during the school week when they would typically be in school.

Susan Gross

So patrons seem to be reading more, but are they reading differently? At the macro level, the answer appears to be no. While adult nonfiction hasn't increased at nearly the same volume in total checkouts as fiction has, it started out much lower, and its relative rate increase is still proportional.

Library categorization is notoriously messy, but OverDrive's rankings of the top national checkouts by genre (using the industry's standard BISAC codes) indicate that readers aren't radically shifting their tastes on the grim/fluffy axis. The top categories have remained remarkably stable through 2020, led by thrillers, romance, "women sleuths," and literary fiction.

That said, some sub-sub-genres are showing signs of our collective psychological strain: Within the self-help category, "motivation" and "happiness" titles have seen an increased number of checkouts, says Gross. Reyes-Gavilan notes that he's seen greater interest in books on pandemics and race relations, although the latter is no doubt boosted by a program that made many titles available for instant checkout.

Libraries have also reacted to the closures by transitioning events to virtual spaces. DC's libraries added a chat service allowing readers to ask a librarian questions over the phone or the web. It also launched its "one city, one book" program online by offering free digital access to Elizabeth Acevedo's With the Fire On High, including a virtual talk by the author at the end of the campaign. And it's been holding Facebook-based storytimes with hundreds of participants.

"More than just their buildings"

Of course, while we typically think of libraries in terms of books, that's not all that they do: They're also a de-facto community center for access to services, which are now increasingly hard to deliver.

Since closing physically, DC library buildings have kept their wireless access on, and have seen almost 20,000 devices connecting for more than 60,000 sessions.

Since closing physically, DC library buildings have kept their wireless access on, and have seen almost 20,000 devices connecting for more than 60,000 sessions. "One of the things that's extremely important in our libraries is the ability for people to print wirelessly from our copiers, for people who are printing out resumes, health forms, job applications, you name it," says Reyes-Gavilan.

Across the country, while physical lending remains closed, five of Seattle's library buildings have been opened for restroom-only access since late April, in part hoping to slow the spread of COVID-19 by making handwashing easier for the homeless.

Seattle's library system also runs a wi-fi hotspot lending program, which reserves 250 devices for high-need populations, like the homeless or poorer families without access. After the pandemic began, existing checkouts were extended, and Seattle's library foundation funded 75 additional hotspots to bring the total number to 325. The library has been installing these in weatherproof enclosures at homeless encampments around the city or assigning them to shelters and relief organizations.

"The conditions that we're living in now kind of exaggerate or accentuate the digital divide," says Andrew Harbison, assistant director of Collections and Access for Seattle Public Library, "and so we also have teams working on figuring out ways to reach people outside the digital sphere."

Reopening and recovering

How libraries will adapt in the long run is still unclear. Digital titles are often three to five times more expensive than physical books, and unlike physical books (which can be borrowed hundreds of times) e-book licenses are typically capped at a short time period or limited number of checkouts (or both) before they must be renewed.

As a result, if this burst in digital lending is sustained, it could be a financial problem for cash-strapped libraries. Seattle's libraries have been able to transfer funding to e-books while branches are closed for in-person borrowing, at some point they'll need to start repurchasing print materials again.

Physical lending entails an entirely different set of challenges. Currently, many libraries plan to isolate returned books or media for 72 hours before they can be picked up by a librarian and reshelved. As a result, circulation may be slower than usual when service resumes.

We'll be offering socially-distant services the likes of which the city has never seen from a public library.

Richard Reyes-Gavilan

However, the hope is that official guidance from the CDC, and a study by the Institute for Museum and Library Services, will be able to reduce those delays if typical surfaces like cardboard, paper, and mylar are not shown to be a significant transmission vector for the novel coronavirus.

Harbison notes that in some ways, programs like restroom access provide a way to anticipate potential challenges when libraries fully reopen offering curbside pickup, providing protective gear for staff, and adapting the space to enforce social distancing by moving furniture and enforcing occupancy limits.

In DC, Reyes-Gavilan is excited about being able to physically open the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, which has been closed for renovation since 2017, especially given the current background of race-related protest. "We'll be offering socially-distant services the likes of which the city has never seen from a public library," he says.

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Yasmin Ofekwill now be offering her previously-scheduled gentle fitness and balance classes for the Scotch Plains Public Library live online via Zoom!

The first session will be held on Friday, June 26 at 10am, with additional sessions following in July and August.

When you develop better awareness of your body through exploring a variety of gentle movements, you can increase your range of motion and achieve better and safer movement in your daily activities.

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Yasmins classes integrate principles from the Feldenkrais Method, to help create a better connection between the brain and bodywhile also strengthening the muscles that keep the body upright.

The class will involve sitting and standing alternately, so please have a chair available and wear good sneakers. Registration is required for each session.

Registration for the June 26 session is now open at http://www.scotlib.org/events. Registered participants will receive a Zoom link via email a day or two in advance.

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CHAMBERSBURG The Grove Family Library in Chambersburg has taken its children and adult programs online and has been receiving praise from patrons on the move.

In late March, the library at 101 South Ragged Edge Road began using social media to host programs which would have normally been held in person prior to restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Its been a bit difficult, but we rose to the challenge and have been reaching out to the community, said Joan Peiffer, library director. We have been mainly focused on Facebook and on Zoom meetings.

"On March 23, we started with childrens programs and then added adult story times and a virtual walk somewhere everyday.

Locations for the virtual walks include Caledonia State Park at Pine Run Reservoir, Mercersburg Academy and South Mountain.

What we do varies, Peiffer said. Sometimes its mainly nature shots on the trail.

"Some walks include a brief history of the location and other times it is more of a led walk with an introduction.

In addition to the walks, Grove Family Library posts a multitude of additional content for its patrons to engage in online.

Our summer reading programs started on June 1, and there is plenty of material on our Facebook for people to go on and look back over," Peiffer said."We post at least four posts per day.

Last week we had 3.2-thousand engagements on our library Facebook page. Usually our engagements are around 1.3-thousand," she said. "People are now starting to realize all that we have to offer online.

"We know its different, but this is a great way for our community to engage with us at the library and encourage people to like, comment and share what they enjoy.

Peiffer added that for those individuals who are used to coming into the library to check out and return books, the online e-book selection has been updated with many new titles.

Our online resources are available 24/7 and is available to the community," she said.

For those looking for more engagement during these times, Grove has also taken its book club online via Zoom, an online webcam meeting service.

We did a Zoom meeting with the book club meeting last week and it went really well, Peiffer said. We were excited that we had 17 people that were able to join us.

"We are even looking to grow that club more for the future.

For more information on Grove Family Library visit http://www.fclspa.org/locations/grove-family-library/ or find it on Facebook.

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The West Tisbury library offers virtual events throughout the week. Heres what is coming up: Thursday, June 18, at 10:30 am, Little Bird MVs Laura Jordan will continue her virtual music class for kids through Zoom. Classes include seasonal songs and movement. Email mlawson@clamsnet.org for the Zoom invitation to join.

On Friday, June 19, at 8 am, Jason Mazar-Kelly will continue teaching an all-levels Kripalu Flow Yoga Class via Zoom. Please contact wt_mail@clamsnet.org to sign up. Also on Friday, at 11:30 am, Kanta Lipsky will lead her weekly Balance Class through Zoom. You will need a chair for some of the movements. Kanta will be leading her class on both Mondays and Fridays at 11:30 am. Email wt_mail@clamsnet.org to join.

Saturday, June 20, at 10 am, Jen Burkin will lead an online painting class for kids ages 5 to 12. Burkin will continue teaching online kids painting classes on Tuesdays at 4:30 pm and Saturdays at 10 am. Email lhearn@clamsnet.org to sign up. Also on Saturday, at 11:30 am, education consultant Bob Gilpin will lead a virtual class for parents and teens titled The Gap Year: Things to Consider. Email lhearn@clamsnet.org for the Zoom invitation.

On Monday, June 22, at 11:30 am, new childrens librarian Mikaela Lawson will be hosting a virtual Social Justice Storytime. These storytimes will bring popular social justice issues to the level of children through reading books on anti-racism, the LGBTQ community, Pride Month, and acceptance and kindness. Email mlawson@clamsnet.org for the Zoom invitation. Monday at 5 pm, join the library for virtual Sci-Fi Book Club with librarian and lifelong sci-fi nerd Alexandra Pratt. Email apratt@clamsnet.org to join. Also on Monday, at 6:30 pm, the library presents an online talk with Dr. Magdalena, documentary filmmaker and Ph.D. in the field of consciousness and transformation. Magdalena will discuss how it is possible to consciously improve ones life and co-create a better future through specific lifestyle choices, such as how and where we focus our energy and thoughts, diet, and the use of ancient and modern techniques for health and well-being. Email wt_mail@clamsnet.org for the Zoom invitation.

Tuesday, June 23, the library will host an online conversational ESL class with instructor Jonah Kaplan-Woolner. Classes will meet weekly. This class is open to all levels. Time of the class meeting will be determined. Email wt_mail@clamsnet.org if you are interested. Also on Tuesday, at 3:30 pm, Heather Capece will lead an online Watercolor Class for teens and adults. Email lhearn@clamsnet.org to sign up. Tuesday, June 23, at 5:30 pm, Jen Burkin will teach a beginners drawing class for adults and teens. Email lhearn@clamsnet.org to sign up.

On Wednesday, June 24, at 3 pm, Val Estabrook will teach an online painting class for ages 7 to 10. Email mlawson@clamsnet.org to sign up. At 8 am on Wednesday, Jason Mazar-Kelly will lead a weekly Chair Yoga and Meditation class on Zoom. Email wt_mail@clamsnet.org to join.

Beginning on Wednesday at 3 pm, Elliott Bennett will lead an online book discussion about White Fragility: Why Its So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo. This group will meet every other week. Email wt_mail@clamsnet.org to join. Also on Wednesday, at 5 pm, Tom Dresser will give an online talk to discuss his newly released book, The Rise of Tourism on Marthas Vineyard. Email wt_mail@clamsnet.org for the Zoom invitation.

Curbside pickup will be underway starting June 15 at the West Tisbury library. There are lots of details posted here on the librarys website: westtisburylibrary.org/update-on-library-services.

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Vineyard Haven library is now accepting returns at its curbside book drop. Due dates for all currently checked-out items have been extended through June 30, and there is no need to return items immediately, according to the librarys press release. Items may only be returned at the curbside book drop; the book return slots at the entryway will remain closed. Returned items will be quarantined before being checked in, so there will be a delay of up to 10 days between the date of return and when the item is removed from your CLAMS account. Marthas Vineyard libraries are fine-free, and no late charges will accrue. If you would like more time to return materials, let the library know, and they can extend the due date.

The library is unable to accept any book donations at this time, so they ask that you do not place any donated items in the book return.

You can now request books, movies, magazines, and audiobooks, and safely pick them up in the librarys entry vestibule.

To request local items, including books, movies, and audiobooks, place a hold online through the CLAMS catalog or Capira CLAMS app, or call 508-696-4210 to speak to a librarian, Mondays through Saturdays, from 10 am to 5 pm. You may also remain your request to vhpl_mail@clamsnet.org.

To pick up your items, visit the library during your scheduled time slot, wear a mask and maintain social distance of six feet, and be prepared to show your CLAMS card or other ID.

The library will contact you to schedule pickup when your hold is ready. Requests will be filled in the order they are received, the release says.

Library staff can only pull library materials that youve put on hold in advance; they cannot fill walk-up requests at this time. Until interlibrary delivery resumes, staff can only fulfill requests that are physically located at the Vineyard Haven library. Hundreds of materials are at other libraries, or still out in the community. The library thanks patrons for understanding that not everything will be available when you want or need it.

If you place holds on items located at other libraries, you would need to arrange to pick those items up at the library where the item is currently available.

More information, including a helpful video, can be found at the librarys website at vhlibrary.org/contactless.shtml.

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Hampshire County Councils Library Service has continued to offer digital services throughout the Coronavirus pandemic and is now taking steps to get physical book loans started once again

Councillor Sen Woodward, Executive Member for Recreation and Heritage at Hampshire County Council, said: Not only has the Coronavirus pandemic seen an explosion in use of digital library services; but our staff have been working creatively to ensure that customers continue to enjoy a range of services beyond books and magazines from online workshops and activities, to phone calls with our most vulnerable customers.

Given that library buildings are not due to reopen until July, we are pulling out the stops to bridge that gap by offering paperbacks and hardbacks for loan once again, with Ready Reads. This is a new book collection service where our staff select books according to your preferences, for you to collect from your local branch.

How Ready Reads works:

Councillor Woodward continued: We began taking orders for Ready Reads last week, and the initial response from customers has been overwhelmingly positive, with lots of feedback welcoming this new way to broaden your reading. Our staff are experts at choosing good books being so often asked for advice by library customers and they are making the most of this opportunity to use their experience and knowledge to help customers get the best from their library, and their love of reading, even while the library buildings remain closed.

Ready Reads is free and can be accessed by completing this online formhttps://bit.ly/2A7yi0hor bycalling 01962 454747. Customers can choose how often and how many books they would like. Also, specific books can be chosen through the paid reservation service which has been restarted. You can reserve here:https://www.hants.gov.uk/librariesandarchives/library/reserve

Councillor Woodward added: Looking ahead, we are really looking forward to welcoming all of our customers back into libraries in July. We will publish these details soon.

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PIERCE COUNTY, Washington Welcome back to some Pierce County Library System services. Staff is eager to serve Pierce County residents with limited services from the library buildings, while the buildings remain closed to the public to help reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic 2019 (COVID-19).

Book drops are now open at eight of the Library Systems 20 libraries: Fife, Gig Harbor, Lakewood, Parkland/Spanaway, South Hill, Summit, Sumner and University Place Pierce County Libraries. In the coming weeks, the Library will open book drops at its other locations. The Library thanks people for holding onto library books, movies and other items for the past several months.

Also, given the ongoing economic burden brought on by the pandemic as well as the overall disruption to library services, the Library System will not assess fines for overdue books and materials for the remainder of 2020.

Now free Wi-Fi service is available for use outside of all of the library buildings in parking lots, with a continued emphasis on social distancing.

Staff is also making plans to offer curbside service for people to pick up books, movies and other materials, as well as copies of prints people may send remotely to printers in the libraries this summer.

For now, staff will be checking in safely the thousands of books and movies people will return to the libraries. At the same time, staff is processing thousands of new books that will be ready for readers.

Librarians and other staff are preparing the library buildings to offer more learning and enjoyment services for Pierce County communities. The Library is reimaging services for the public and starting with limited services, as it readies its operations and offerings to bring more services safely in the coming weeks and months.

The buildings will ensure social distancing for the safety of the public and staff. The safety measures the Library is taking will allow people to use and enjoy libraries with spacing between public computers, queuing areas for checking out books and materials, and other actions to help keep the public and staff safe.

Pierce County Library encourages people to continue checking out e-books, audiobooks and magazines online. It also recommends people check out many research and enjoyable online resources. From resources to help people learn new languages to finding out the price of the antiques and other stuff they are discovering as they have been cleaning out their closets and attics during the states Stay Home, Stay Healthy order.

In June, the Library launched its Virtual Library with online classes and events for people of all ages. Using platforms such as Facebook Groups, Zoom and Microsoft Teams, the virtual library features story times for young learners and their parents, STEAM Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math events for school-age children, and book discussions and other events for adults.

While working remotely, staff produced videos from home to bring a variety of services directly to peoples computers, phones and mobile devices. From early learning story times and school-age science experiments to crafts and a variety of other topics, the videos support learning and bring enjoyment.

Also, in the coming days the Library System will launch its Summer Reading program for people of all ages. For the most part, the Summer Reading program will be an online program with activities and live events.

The Pierce County Library is committed to safe and welcoming libraries for the publics use and a safe work place for staff, and it will offer further services in the coming weeks and months.

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