Covid-19

Keep Yourself and Your Community Healthy

Cover your mouth with a tissue or your upper sleeve when coughing or sneezing.
Discard used tissues immediately.
Wash your hands often for at least 20 seconds with soap and water or use hand sanitizer that is 60–90% alcohol-based.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth with unwashed hands.
Practice social distancing. Try to keep an optimal six-foot distance from other people.
Stay home if you are not feeling well or experiencing flu-like symptoms. Contact your doctor. Call 311 if you need connection to a medical professional.

Look to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for some of the most comprehensive information available regarding the coronavirus outbreak.

Other Resources

Stay Safe MN - https://staysafe.mn.gov/
World Health Organization – www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses
CDC – www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html
MN Dept of Health – www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/index.html
MN Department of Education – https://education.mn.gov/MDE/dse/health/covid19
ALA – www.ala.org/tools/atoz/pandemic-preparedness
March 13 ALA Statement: www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2020/03/ala-executive-director-tracie-hall-releases-statement-covid-19
Johns Hopkins map – coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
Libraries and Pandemic Preparedness – www.nlm.nih.gov/dis_courses/coop/index.html

Website Accessibility Statement

Hoyt Lakes Public Library is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Hoyt Lakes Public Library has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

Call us at 218-225-2412

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

Hoyt Lakes Public Library has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Hoyt Lakes Public Library regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at 218-225-2412.

Report a Website Accessibility Issue

We are committed to your ability to access all content, and we will respond to all requests as soon as possible.