Library Adds Online Resources, Extends Due Dates

(April 1, 2020 10:33 AM) The Jackson District Library has added new online resources and extended due dates on all library materials.

JDL has added three online resources in the wake of the “stay home, stay safe” order: Tumblebook Math, Audiobook Cloud, and Romance Book Cloud (swoon).  Ancestry.com can now be accessed from home.  Temporarily, this genealogy website is available to everyone with a JDL card from home computers.  Hoopla has “Bonus Borrows” that don’t go against your checkout cap, check out their list of free borrows here.

The library asks patrons to NOT return materials until they reopen.  The stay at home order currently runs through April 13 but is subject to change.  JDL has extended the due dates on all materials checked out to April 30. All fines that may have accrued during closure will be waived, and they will make changes to the due dates depending on any updates to the stay at home order.

If  If you have an item on hold, your place in the queue is frozen, and if you have a hold item ready for pick up, it will be there for you when we reopen.

MeLCat statewide interlibrary loan service has been suspended, with no ability to place holds or deliver material.

Although the library buildings are closed, the Wi-Fi is on 24/7 at all locations. However the signal strength outside JDL locations may vary.

All meeting room reservations have been cancelled until May 30, regardless of when they reopen to the public.

The library has been planning to help residents with the Census.  JDL notes the timeline to self-respond to the Census has been extended until August 14. Those with the ability to do so can take the census online at this link.

While the buildings are closed crews are taking the opportunity to give the facilities a deep clean so everything is sanitized before reopening. JDL says you may see cars in their parking lots as a small group of staff takes care of ongoing essentials.