[Michlib-l] library as a comfort station

[Michael Mccaffery]

Perri

The city has designated our libraries as emergency heating and cooling
centers for our municipality. We do not usually stock food/blankets as we
are not a shelter but should an emergency require them, our emergency
manager would co-ordinate with us to make those available as needed.

Good luck.

MPM

On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Lisa Waskin <lisaw at uproc.lib.mi.us> wrote:

> 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
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> 541 Library Drive
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> Sault Sainte Marie, MI 49783
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> 906.632.9331 v
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> 906.635.0210 f
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> lisaw at uproc.lib.mi.us
>
> http://joomla.uproc.lib.mi.us/SDL/
>
>
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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*
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> *102 N. Kalamazoo St., P.O. Box 399*
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> *White Pigeon, MI   49099*
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> *Phone  269.483.7409 <269.483.7409>*
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> *Fax  269.483.9923 <269.483.9923>*
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> *perri at monroe.lib.mi.us* <perri at monroe.lib.mi.us>
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Michael Mccaffery
Director
Dearborn Heights City Libraries
24590 George St.
Dearborn Heights, MI 48127
313-791-3800
mmccaffery at ci.dearborn-heights.mi.us
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