Suburban libraries are preparing major changes before they eventually reopen: ‘It may not be the same way that it was’ – Pioneer Press

All agree that the many uncertainties surrounding the pandemic and what health officials will next recommend has hampered their abilities to form specific reopening plans. “It’s really tricky to give people access to the collections and the building and not have it be a place where germs are spread,” noted Susan Dove Lempke, of the Niles-Maine District Library. “We are trying to bear public and staff safety in mind.”