[OPLINLIST] input need on power outages

[Joe]

If at all reasonably possible, I would stay open.
Do you have portions of the library that can be safely navigated using 
just natural light from windows or the like?

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.

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.

Best of luck.

Joe


Joseph Knueven
Director
Germantown Public Library
51 N. Plum St.
Germantown, OH 45327
937-855-4001
knuevejo at oplin.org

On 10/9/2014 11:23 AM, Heidi Voelzke wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> 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.
> Thanks in advance
> -- 
> *Heidi Voelzke*
> *Director*
> *Monroeville Public Library*
> *34 Monroe Street *
> *Monroeville, Ohio 44847*
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