Public and scientific libraries may make collections available on the condition that social distancing is ensured and the limit of people is maintained depending on the area of the premises – informed the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. On Monday (November 30), the Provincial Public Library in Krakow, the Jagiellonian Library, and most of the Krakow Library branches were reopened.
Theaters, philharmonics, operas, museums, cinemas, community centers, and art galleries remain closed to the public until December 27, 2020
Until then, libraries can make their collections available to readers again, they only have to meet the condition of ensuring social distancing and guaranteeing adequate space (1 person per 15 square meters, excluding librarians).
Lending rooms reopen in Krakow
The Ministry included the possibility of opening libraries in the regulation of November 26, but the decision on the date and conditions of the return of the library and the reading room was left to the directors of the institutions. As indicated, it is they who should take into account the conditions of the premises, the time spent in reading rooms, and the local epidemic situation. The directors of Krakow libraries decided to reopen the lending room from Monday, November 30.
The Public Library on Rajska 1 is OPEN!
Provincial Public Library in Krakow at ul. Rajska, together with the opening of the library, decided to additionally allow free access to the book collection. Returns of materials are again made on individual agendas, and they are again available to readers also legible. The largest of them, located on the third floor, has 30 spaces available. The management of the rental shop at Rajska also stipulates that only people with a body temperature below 38 degrees Celsius and no other symptoms of coronavirus infection may enter its premises.
Other branches open their doors as well
Most of the branches of the Krakow Library are also open to users. Due to renovation works, the branches at ul. Brodowicz, Radzikowski, Opolska, Żywiecka, Bohaterów Września and Zachodnia, but in the remaining ones, readers can borrow selected titles again. As Piotr Wasilewski, spokesman of the Krakow Library, emphasizes, it is recommended to order books by e-mail or by phone.
The current sanitary and epidemiological restrictions are still in force, i.e. no access to library shelves, closed reading rooms, inaccessible computer stations.
Piotr Wasilewski
From Monday, October 30, reading rooms and lending rooms of the Jagiellonian Library are also open to external users. After entering the building, temperature measurement and hand disinfection are required, and readers moving around Biblioteka Jagiellonska must wear a mask or a visor, also after taking a seat in the reading room.
Article in Polish language can be read here, in Gazeta Krakowska.
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