ROCHELLE – The Flagg-Rochelle Public Library will begin offering curbside pick-up service to current library card holders in the coming weeks.
The pick-up service will begin Monday, June 15 but patrons can begin placing holds on items they want to check out as early as Wednesday, June 10. Patrons can place their orders via phone at 815-562-3431, by emailing rochellereaders@gmail.com or online through the Prairie Cat Library Catalog at www.prairiecat.info and choosing the Flagg-Rochelle Public Library.
Patrons will need their library card number when placing items on hold to check out and all items checked out will be completely fine free. Library staff will email patrons when their items are ready for pick-up and patrons will call the library to follow instruction when they arrive.

“Please tell us that you have arrived, what parking stall number you chose and your library card number,” library director Sarah Flanagan wrote in a press release. “Staff will check out the materials and bring them out in a bag while wearing a face mask for protection.”
The library will be offering pick-up service Monday and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. As another safety precaution, all returns must be done through the book drop to limit staff contact.
After being returned, library staff will also quarantine all material for one week before sanitizing it to be checked out again. The library would also like to inform its patrons if their library card expired in either March, April or May, it has automatically been renewed through July 1.
While the library is not offering any additional services at this time, it is still offering Axis 360, Tumble Books and Free Wi-Fi that can be accessed without a password in the parking lot or any of the benches surrounding the building. While the pick-up service may take some time to get used to, the library is very happy to be serving the community once again.
“We are so excited to see our library patrons,” Flanagan wrote. “Please bear with us as we navigate through these challenging times, behind every great library is a great community.”