If your library needs to be temporarily closed, notify GPO and the regional by submitting a contingency plan. Include the following in the plan:
- Name of your institution,
- Expected beginning and ending dates of the renovations,
- Name of a contact person at your institution for depository questions,
- A plan of how you will continue to check-in new materials,
- The extent of the curtailment of service,
- Details about how the library will fulfill Government information requests
- How the library will notify its users and other libraries (both depository and non-depository) about service and access changes. Methods for informing users include:
- a web page notice,
- telephone greetings,
- library signage,
- emails and automatic replies,
- the renovation's impact on interlibrary loan services
- a description of the renovation's possible impact on the library's ability to process new materials and how the library will address the issue after the project is completed.
