TAL COVID 19 Update

As concerns with the COVID-19 outbreak continues to intensify, The Alberta Library (TAL) wants to assure you that we are closely monitoring the situation and are taking actions based on guidance and recommendations from public health agencies. Considering the most recent news and recommendations, we have made the decision to have employees of TAL who can perform their jobs remotely, work from home for the near future. And we’ve temporarily suspended business travel. 

With many members of our community undergoing a drastic shift in their operations, we also wanted to reach out to communicate TAL’s current operational status. TAL staff will continue to deliver the services you rely on. 

• Services such as the following are operating at normal capacity:  
• Licensing 
• TAL Online 
• Ezproxy 
• ORC (Online Reference Centre) 
• Listservs 
• Find a library 

Additionally, to assist our members in seeing a fuller picture of the operational status of all TAL member libraries, we have now have a directory on the TAL website indicating the operational status for all TAL members libraries: http://thealbertalibrary.ca/MemberOpenStatus 

If you have any questions or require any support, please do not hesitate to contact any of our staff here: http://thealbertalibrary.ca/about-tal/our-team