Healthy Together @ Your Regional Libraries: Home

Before entering any library locations, please conduct a quick health self-assessment. If you feel ill, and especially if you’re experiencing any symptoms of COVID-19, the best thing to do is stay home and contact your primary care provider or Miami’s Student Health Service.

Common symptoms of COVID-19 include:

• Fever or chills
• Cough
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• Fatigue
• Muscle or body aches
• Headache
• New loss of taste or smell
• Sore throat
• Congestion or runny nose
• Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea

Throughout the library, we’ve made spray bottles with disinfectant and paper towels available for you to use. We’re encouraging everyone to spray and wipe down their tables and chairs before and after use — just like you would clean exercise equipment at a gym.

Please do not attempt to clean or sanitize any library materials or equipment like books, printers, laptops, cameras, calculators, etc. Library and custodial staff have increased cleaning throughout the day and after the buildings close.

Masks are only required in classrooms during instruction, laboratory or other research settings, and in healthcare settings. Masks are recommended in other indoor spaces, particularly if you or people you interact with are known to be immunocompromised or at high risk for severe illness, or as a kindness if others request it of you. If you are wearing a mask, please ensure it covers your entire mouth and nose.

Face coverings are a simple and extremely effective way of protecting others from potential infection. Even if you aren’t experiencing symptoms, you can still infect others with COVID-19. Face coverings are a key part of how we will protect one another this semester.