FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Patricia Spencer, Public Information Officer
406.459.0614 or pspencer@lclibrary.org
A Message from Lewis & Clark Library Director John Finn Regarding Suspending Services
January 16, 2021 (Helena, MT)—Due to a staff member’s positive COVID test, the Main Branch of the Library will close until further notice. For the safety of staff and patrons, it is necessary to close our Main Branch and follow the protocol approved by the Library Board. The positive staff member had no contact with the public.
Online resources are still available, including access to downloadable books, music, and movies. All other in-person services are temporarily unavailable at the Main Branch in Helena, including Phone-a-Librarian, Holds Pick Up, and Bookmobile services.
The Library is already scheduled to be closed on Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr Day. Staff have been working in the building providing holds pick up, answering reference questions on the phone, and preparing materials for holds pick-up. Those services will be suspended temporarily.
All online Big Read events will occur as scheduled.
Branch libraries in East Helena, Augusta, and Lincoln remain open for non-contact holds pick up. All of the Library’s book drops remain open and are being emptied.
The Library has and will continue to take steps to ensure the health and safety of our patrons, employees, business partners, and their families. We are proud of our workforce and offer our whole-hearted support of, and continued commitment to, everyone’s health and safety in these unprecedented times.
For more information on the Library’s COVID protocol, visit https://www.LCLibrary.org and click on “Road to Reopening.”
John Finn, Director, Lewis & Clark Library, can be reached via email at jfinn@lclibrary.org
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