{"id":1646,"date":"2020-03-15T18:07:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T18:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/southnewberlin\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2020-03-15T18:07:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T18:07:37","slug":"library-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/southnewberlin\/index.php\/2020\/03\/15\/library-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"Library Closed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The South New Berlin Free Library will be closed March 16 \u2013\n29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a difficult decision in response to the COVID-19\n(Coronavirus) pandemic. The Unadilla Valley Central School has announced an\nextended closure. The New York Library Association has recommended that public\nlibraries suspend public operations.\u00a0The Four County Library System has suspended\ninter-library loans as of March 17. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause to our\npatrons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the steps we are taking to minimize the impact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Free Wi-Fi will be available 24\/7.<\/li><li>Fines for overdue items will be waived.<\/li><li>Our outdoor book drop will remain open for\nreturns.<\/li><li>Please consider the free selection of eBooks and\naudiobooks available with your library card through the <a href=\"https:\/\/fourcounty.overdrive.com\/\">Overdrive<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.overdrive.com\/apps\/libby\/?utm_origin=lightning&utm_page_genre=toast_note&utm_list=meet_libby&utm_content=libby_sitemessage_05012018\">Libby<\/a>\napps at <a href=\"https:\/\/fcls.ent.sirsi.net\/client\/en_US\/fcls\">4cls.org<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/daybydayny.org\/\">DayByDayNY<\/a>\nis a great free source of learning activities and a daily story for families of\nyoung children.<\/li><li>Access Flipster from <a href=\"https:\/\/fcls.ent.sirsi.net\/client\/en_US\/fcls\">4cls.org<\/a> for free\naccess to full-page e-magazines with your library card. <\/li><li>We will have a public meeting before March 29<sup>th<\/sup>\nto re-evaluate and decide how to proceed. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Director will be monitoring the library voicemail daily.\nIf you have questions or have difficulties accessing the library\u2019s online\nresources, please call (607) 859-2420 and leave a message. Calls will be\nreturned within one business day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For updates on the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, please\nchoose reliable sources offering accurate scientific information. We recommend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/index.html\">www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus<\/a><\/li><li>New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) <a href=\"https:\/\/health.ny.gov\/diseases\/communicable\/coronavirus\/\">health.ny.gov\/diseases\/communicable\/coronavirus<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>From all of us at SNBFL, be safe and stay informed. We hope\nto resume serving our community as soon as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South New Berlin Free Library will be closed March 16 \u2013 29. This was a difficult decision in response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. The Unadilla Valley Central School has announced an extended closure. The New York Library Association has recommended that public libraries suspend public operations.\u00a0The Four County Library System has suspended inter-library &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/southnewberlin\/index.php\/2020\/03\/15\/library-closed\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Library Closed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-1646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-closing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/southnewberlin\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/southnewberlin\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/southnewberlin\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/southnewberlin\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/southnewberlin\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1646"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/southnewberlin\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1648,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/southnewberlin\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1646\/revisions\/1648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/southnewberlin\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/southnewberlin\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/southnewberlin\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/southnewberlin\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}