The Muskingum County Library System announced Friday that it will be closing all locations beginning Monday, March 16 at 8 p.m.

The libraries will remain closed through at least Tuesday, March 31.

“This is an unprecedented but important measure to keep everyone in our community and on our staff healthy as long as possible,” the MCLS told its patrons.

Anyone with materials checked out can keep them until the libraries reopen.

Materials such as ebooks, audiobooks, movies and music are available for free online in the MCLS digital collection.