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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">If at all reasonably possible, I would
stay open. <br>
Do you have portions of the library that can be safely navigated
using just natural light from windows or the like? <br>
<br>
Here about half of our building can be used safely during the
daytime without electric, the other half cannot. In a power
outage situation we would evacuate the portion that has no windows
(a basement level) and when the public wants materials from that
section, staff go to retrieve the material using flash lights. As
nobody is cataloging, processing ILLs or other useful things that
require computers, there are usually plenty of staff on hand to do
this. <br>
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So, if it were me, unless the building is windowless and
completely un-usable without electric, I would stay open and close
at dusk if the outage persists into the evening. <br>
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Best of luck. <br>
<br>
Joe<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Joseph Knueven
Director
Germantown Public Library
51 N. Plum St.
Germantown, OH 45327
937-855-4001
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:knuevejo@oplin.org">knuevejo@oplin.org</a>
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On 10/9/2014 11:23 AM, Heidi Voelzke wrote:<br>
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<div>We received a notice that on an upcoming Friday, the power
will be shut off for "Approximately" 30 minutes in the morning
and "approximately" 30 minutes again in the late morning or
afternoon to repair switches village wide. Our library is
small and when the power goes out we have an evacuation plan,
etc. but knowing this is coming... I am wondering if we should
open at all. open with limitations, or just treat it as any
other power outage as it happens. Does anyone have any input,
recommendations or dealt with a similar situation. <br
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Thanks in advance <br>
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<div><strong>Director</strong></div>
<div><strong>Monroeville Public Library</strong></div>
<div><strong>34 Monroe Street </strong></div>
<div><strong>Monroeville, Ohio 44847</strong></div>
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