diff --git a/groups/new-homepage-3/homepage3-js-css.html b/groups/new-homepage-3/homepage3-js-css.html
index 5639e84..98ae9a0 100644
--- a/groups/new-homepage-3/homepage3-js-css.html
+++ b/groups/new-homepage-3/homepage3-js-css.html
@@ -25,6 +25,20 @@ body {
         margin-left: 16px;
 }
 
+/* style dismissible alert */
+
+#covid-alert {
+        text-align: center;
+        max-width: 500px;
+        margin-bottom: 30px !important;
+        font-size: 1.5em;
+}
+
+#covid-alert a {
+        color: #6c4a00;
+        text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
 /* style jumbotron */
 
 .onesearch-jumbotron {
diff --git a/groups/new-homepage-3/homepage3-template.html b/groups/new-homepage-3/homepage3-template.html
index acb360d..9f9ede8 100644
--- a/groups/new-homepage-3/homepage3-template.html
+++ b/groups/new-homepage-3/homepage3-template.html
@@ -176,6 +176,18 @@
                         </div>
                 </div>
                 <div class="container">
+                        <div class="row ">
+                                <div class="col-xs-1 col-sm-2 col-md-3">
+                                </div>
+                                <div class="col-xs-10 col-sm-8 col-md-6">
+                                        <div class="alert alert-warning alert-dismissible" role="alert" id="covid-alert">
+                                                <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span></button>
+                                                <strong>Alert:</strong> <a href="">Library Services during COVID-19</a>
+                                        </div>
+                                </div>
+                                <div class="col-xs-1 col-sm-2 col-md-3">
+                                </div>
+                        </div>
 			<div class="row">
                                  <div class="col-sm-8">
 				         <form class="form-inline yamm onesearch-jumbotron" name="searchPrimoForm1" role="search" method="get" action="https://cuny-kb.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search" onsubmit="addPrimoQuery();" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=utf-8" id="formToAppendInputsTo">
@@ -194,7 +206,9 @@
                                                  <h1 id="onesearch-header">OneSearch</h1>
                                                  <div class="form-group">
                                                          <div class="dropdown input-group zero-margin">
-                                                                 <button class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" type="button" id="dropdownMenu1" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="true">Define Your Search <span class="caret"></span></button>  <!-- keep this as one line, because the JS relies on an exact match -->
+                                                                 <button class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" type="button" id="dropdownMenu1" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="true">
+                                                                         Define Your Search <span class="caret"></span>
+                                                                 </button>
                                                                  <ul class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="dropdownMenu1">
                                                                          <li>
                                                                                  <div class="yamm-content yamm4">