By Mark Bialczak
LPL Communications Specialist
The physical doors of the Liverpool Public Library are closed, with an anticipated reopening slated for regular hours on Wednesday, April 1.
The virtual doors to the LPL are always open.
“The mission of the Liverpool Library is to connect the community, and our goal is to keep fulfilling that mission even during this time of closure,” said Director Glenna Wisniewski. “To help you weather this storm, we are encouraging our cardholders to use our online resources to access movies, eBooks and audiobooks, and stream music as well. If you have questions, you can ask through our social media, and we will do our best to answer.”
Librarians and communications staffers have been in touch with patrons who call up LPL.org and go to the library’s social media platforms on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram since Wisniewski made the decision to close the library to the public the night of Monday, March 16, following guidelines released by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon.
Think of it as us poring over online resources to discover and highlight points of interest that might educate or entertain you.
“This is an opportunity for the community to engage with us in a new way,” said LPL Community Engagement Coordinator Maggie Foster. “We’ve been doing live story times, virtual tours, interactive games and even have started a special edition of our online reading clubs titled LPL @ Home.”
And if you still itch to get a hard copy of a different book in your hands, we’ve set up Little @ LPL under the pavilion on the Dinosaur Garden lawn. It’s stocked with books donated and culled from the collection. They’re free during the closure. Be respectful; the next patron to visit wants a chance to take a book, too.
And for those of you who’ll be coming back when the doors reopen, Wisniewski has some reminders:
Items that are due during the closing will not generate fines. Ignore any automatic “items overdue” texts, emails or phone calls during this time.
Items returned to the Tulip Street book drop, which will remain open during the closure, may remain on your card for several days but will not generate late fines.
Items on hold, even if you receive a phone call during the closure, will still be waiting when the library reopens.
