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CEL closed from Saturday 26th February – Friday 11th March

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We will be closed for the Fasching school holidays from Saturday February 26 and we will reopen on Friday March 11th.

During this time period a new library system will be installed.
All books currently on loan will be moved over to new system and renewed.

Please bear with our volunteers as they get to grips with the new system.
If you are not yet trained as a volunteer and are interested in joining our team please let us know.
Please remember that it is your responsibility to renew your books – the loan period is 4 weeks. We are not quite certain how the automated overdue notices will work with the new system so please try and remember to request that your books are renewed by e-mailing renewals@celstuttgart.de

CEL reopens the Friday …

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Happy New Year to all of our CEL members.

The library reopens this week after the holiday break with our regular opening hours. Please check our website before coming to ensure the library has a volunteer and is open.

All libraries in Baden-Württemberg remain at the 2G+ level with the requirement of a FFP2 mask for ages 18 and older.

The exceptions to the testing requirement are as follows: a booster, fully vaccinated/recovered in the last 3 months, children under the age of 5 or up to 7 if they haven’t started first grade yet, school age children up to age 17 if they are tested in school and show a school ID.

Best wishes for the New Year and we hope to see you all at CEL soon!

Our 3rd annual CEL Children’s Book Drive was a huge success!

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Our 3rd annual CEL Children’s Book Drive was a huge success! 📚❤️📚
We collected around 800 books and most of those have been delivered to the various Children’s homes and Child Help Organizations in our region. We have two small deliveries left for next week and then it will be finished for the year.
Today, we delivered books to the two largest Children’s homes in the area and both of the directors mentioned that since the pandemic began the number of donations has decreased significantly and they were beyond grateful to receive so many good, quality books for their children.
A huge thank you to all of you for donating books, telling your friends and neighbors, and for dragging them up those stairs.
It makes a difference and it really spreads joy and sends love to a lot of children that aren’t having an easy start in life.
A heartfelt thank you from me and my family for honoring the memory of Henry with this book drive. ❤️
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The rules have changed once again!

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The rules have changed once again.
There are new exemptions to testing for 2G+: in addition to having had a booster, you are also exempt if your recovery has been in the last 6 months, or if you have been fully vaccinated for 6 months or less.
This will hopefully make it easier to volunteer and for people to visit the library.

New Corona Regulations – Libraries are now 2G+

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In accordance with the newly announced Corona Regulations libraries are now 2G+

This means that adults over 18 will need proof of vaccination or recovery AND a negative corona test to choose books at CEL.
Those who have had their booster vaccination are exempt.

A bag of books for return may be passed through the door without a test.

Please help our volunteers by having your proof of status ready for inspection on arrival at CEL.

We hope that following these rules mean CEL will be able to stay open.

Stay safe and well,

The CEL Team