Staff guidelines for outdoor outreach / temperature

[Adriana Blancarte-Hayward]

Hi everyone,

Do you have guidelines for staff re: canceling outreach when the weather is too extreme (too hot, cold, snow, etc). Can you share please?

Thank you,

~ Adriana

Adriana Blancarte-Hayward, MLIS

she / her / ella

Senior Manager, Community Outreach and Engagement

Branch Programs and Services

Support Our Libraries: InvestinLibraries.org 

The New York Public Library

Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

476 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018

212.592.7555 | x27555

nypl.org

[Whitney Hyde]

Greetings!

Here is our policy document. It does include emergency situations & inclement weather, including heat. If you have any questions, please let me know!

Thanks,
Whit

 

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Whitney Hyde

Head of Circulation & Bookmobile Services

Midland County Public Library

301 W. Missouri

Midland, TX  79701

432-688-4338

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[Adriana Blancarte-Hayward]

Thank you so much Whit!

I am also interested in guidelines for staff, in addition to Bookmobile staff.

~ Adriana

Adriana Blancarte-Hayward, MLIS

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Senior Manager, Community Outreach and Engagement

Branch Programs and Services

Support Our Libraries: InvestinLibraries.org 

The New York Public Library

Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

476 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018

212.592.7555 | x27555

nypl.org

[Mary Beth Adams]

Attached is our policy.

 

Mary Beth Adams (she, her)

Community Engagement Librarian

Alamance County Public Libraries

(336) 570-6981

 

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[Elly Roberts (LIB)]

I wrote our weather guidelines after surveying folks here! This is what we ended up with. I compiled and loosely organized responses from other systems in this document to inform ours.

We act with a little more flexibility than these guidelines imply, but we have some location partners with fairly draconian cancellation policies and needed to be able to communicate and enforce our limitations with them more directly in order to maintain staff safety. We also bought Wet Bulb thermometers to use on-site for our outreach; I found that the ambient temperature at events last year (frequently in unshaded and asphalt environments) and the temperatures reported via the NWS didn't match. 
We use these for both tabling/booths and for our Mobile Library, since it's not a boardable vehicle. It's been really nice to essentially automate some of these decisions! Our staff is very motivated to see all of our commitments through, but I've found that providing them with this document has been a good reminder that our safety always comes first.

Best,

Elly