[Michlib-l] COVID-19 Closure Question

[Debbie Mikula]

It is our understanding that Dan Hurley, CEO of the Michigan Association of State Universities (MASU) has been in contact with the Governor's office and clarified that Executive Order 2020-9 does in fact include Academic Libraries.


On 3/16/20, 3:31 PM, "michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org on behalf of Stacy Nowicki via Michlib-l" <michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org on behalf of michlib-l at mcls.org> wrote:

    Hi Oscar. Kalamazoo College Library closed at 3pm today. I interpreted the EO to say that the "public" means "people who are not library employees," so our faculty and students are the "public." The whole point of the Order is to restrict group congregating, and it would  defeat the purpose to let non-employees (including students and faculty!) stay in the building. 
    
    Further, all our library staff are now working remotely. We will check in with each other via Microsoft Team Sites, email, text, and Zoom.
    
    Stacy
    
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    Stacy Nowicki, Ph.D., J.D.
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    Library Director, Kalamazoo College Library
    1200 Academy St.
    Kalamazoo, MI 49009
    (269) 337-5750
    stacy.nowicki at kzoo.edu
    
    Elected OCLC Global Council delegate representing libraries on Americas Regional Council
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org <michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org> On Behalf Of Oscar DeLong via Michlib-l
    Sent: Monday, March 16, 2020 2:34 PM
    To: michlib-l at mcls.org
    Subject: [Michlib-l] COVID-19 Closure Question
    
    I have been asked to check with other Michigan Library Directors, especially those from Community Colleges, to find out how you are handling your response to COVID-19.  Our response is being handled by the President’s Advisory Council (PAC), of which the library is not a part.  As such, they have no input for how libraries are handling the process during their meetings.  I have been emailing my supervisor updates that I find from MLA, information about suspected cases in our area and summaries of responses that I am finding (especially from the survey that has been circulating).  Now I have been asked to explicitly find out what all of you are doing.  I know that Governor Whitmer has issued an order No. 2020-9 today, that states Libraries and Museums in it, but PAC believes that it does not apply to community colleges if they restrict access to only students.  As such, I am asking all of you what your take is and what you are doing in response.  
    
    Thank you,
    Oscar
    
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