I was reminded today that libraries are places where people work – not just places where people come to hang out, find information, relax and meet friends, use a wireless connection, attend a story time, or much more.

A message came across my computer screen today from the Oregon library email discussion list, Libs-Or, posted by Jane S. Kirby. The message pointed to the the Oregon OSHA web site which recently updated its information on Pandemic Influenza/H1N1 Influenza, http://www.orosha.org/subjects/pandemic.html.

It includes Guidelines from Oregon OSHA and the Oregon Public Health Division Information for Employers on 2009 H1N1 Flu in the Workplace, http://www.orosha.org/pdf/notices/fluguidelines.pdf, which may be of particular interest to employers. Here’s hoping for a healthy work environment in Washington libraries. It will take all of us working wisely to make that happen.