Today, the Sharjah Public Library, which is affiliated with the Sharjah Book Authority, is reopening its doors to readers, in addition to its two branches in Dhaid and Dibba Al-Hisn, as a first stage, to provide its services gradually, after taking precautionary and preventive measures, in line with efforts to limit the spread of the Corona virus. The newbie.
The Sharjah Public Library announced that it would receive its audience between eight in the morning and nine in the evening, while the Al Dhaid and Dibba Al-Hisn Library will receive the audience between eight in the morning until eight in the evening, provided that all the halls are available to readers except for the children's halls.
Preventive measures taken by libraries include a comprehensive sterilization program for all their locations, the return of employees to their workplace with a capacity of no more than 30% of the total number, the reception of the public at 30% of the capacity of libraries, and the availability of a visit to the adult age groups between 18 and 59 Young adults between 13 and 17 years old, while children under 12 years old and elderly over 60 years will be denied entry, and visitors will not be allowed to stay for more than two continuous hours inside the library.
The procedures include the provision of library services gradually during the current period, whereby external borrowing of books was stopped, and only internal borrowing is allowed, in addition to allowing internal office services, self-return services, and computer based on device availability, as well as the availability of self-copying services.
In order to maintain the specific capacity of the readers inside the libraries, the visit mechanism was approved by telephone reservation, so that the member or visitor calls the reception department in each library to book the available visit hours, and accordingly the employee concerned sets the date, then informs him when he comes to the library of the approved preventive measures And the date of the visit ends.
For its part, Director of Sharjah Public Libraries Department, Iman Bushalibi, said that “the opening of public libraries in Sharjah, Dhaid and Dibba Al-Hisn comes in an effort to enrich readers’ knowledge and increase their cultural achievement in various disciplines, taking into account all preventive measures to maintain safety and health Visitors, staff and library workers, ”she emphasized that the library management puts public health and community safety at the top of its priorities, and reassured readers that libraries are highly prepared to receive them, and called on them to adhere to preventive measures and guidelines issued by the library management, such as social spacing, sterilization, and specific dates for the visit . Buslebee indicated that public libraries in Kalba, Khor Fakkan and Wadi Al-Helou will be opened to readers, after completing the maintenance work currently underway.
Receiving the public within 30% of the library capacity.