[Michlib-l] library as a comfort station

[Lisa Waskin]

Perri,

I was working on this exact same thing after the recent outages here at
Christmas.  Normally we would be open, but of course, it happened on the two
days we were closed for the holiday.  I would like to implement something in
the future that would at least open up our community room and public
restrooms (they are separate from the main library), and have it be a place
like you said, to charge phones, warm up, get some water.  I am thinking we
could set up the laptops in there for people who don't have their own
technology as well.  Also, we have a strong Friends group that may be able
to provide some snacks, or perhaps local businesses could be set up ahead of
time for emergency situations.  I would like to develop an entire protocol
and playbook for future emergencies too.  I am thinking this might be a huge
opportunity to set up a network across the state of resources between
libraries as well.  Perhaps there is even grant money in something like
this?

Anyway, let me know if you get any good advice from someone that may already
be doing this.

Thank you,

Lisa

 

Lisa Poignant Waskin

Director

Superior District Library

541 Library Drive

Sault Sainte Marie, MI 49783

906.632.9331 v

906.635.0210 f

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From: michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org] On
Behalf Of Perri Saunders
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 1:52 PM
To: michlib-l
Subject: [Michlib-l] library as a comfort station

 

As winter weather approaches, we've talked about offering our library as a
"comfort station", where patrons can charge phones/devices, use the
computers, get warm, etc. if their power is out.

Does anyone offer this service to their community?  We're trying to
establish some guidelines of what to offer and when to open our doors, and
I'd love to hear input from those who do this already.

Thanks for any advice you can offer!

 

Perri Saunders, Director

White Pigeon Township Library

102 N. Kalamazoo St., P.O. Box 399 

White Pigeon, MI   49099

Phone  269.483.7409

Fax  269.483.9923

 <mailto:perri at monroe.lib.mi.us> perri at monroe.lib.mi.us  

 

Brighten the corner where you are.

 

 

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