Deschutes Public Library adds something new: Curbside pickup If someone can text, they can use this service
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) Deschutes Public Library customers have a new way to pick up their library materials without having to enter a library. With a cellphone and a few text messages, library staff can now retrieve customers’ holds and deliver them curbside.
“Our new Curbside service makes it easy for customers to pick up their holds without having to enter their library,” said Library Services Manager Holly McKinley. “If someone can text, they can use this service. It’s really user-friendly.”
To use the new service, customers simply need to be at the library where their materials are being held and parked in one of the designated Curbside parking spaces.
Deschutes Public Library Launches New Way to Pick Up Materials Curbside: Texting!
December 15, 2020 (Bend, Oregon) Deschutes Public Library customers have a new way to pick up their library materials without having to enter a library. With a cell phone and a few text messages, library staff can now retrieve customers’ holds and deliver them curbside.
“Our new Curbside service makes it easy for customers to pick up their holds without having to enter their library,” said Library Services Manager Holly McKinley. “If someone can text, they can use this service. It’s really user-friendly.”
To use the new service, customers simply need to be at the library where their materials are being held and parked in one of the designated Curbside parking spaces. Each of the six libraries has a unique number customers will text when they arrive to pick up their holds; these numbers are prominently displayed at each designated parking space at all library locations. Curbside service