Walter Circulation

I am Jack's lateral intraparietal area. I control Jack's sense of time. In an hour, I will tell Jack to take the gate counts. In another hour, I will tell Jack to take the gate counts again. All in all, Jack will take the gate counts once an hour from 8am to 12midnight every day from Sunday, May 12th, to Saturday, May 18th.

If you are at working at Walter Library on those days, will you remind your human to take the gate counts every hour? I hope you will! Thanks!

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Attention student staff!

Walter Great Hall and Walter room 208 will be open 24 hours starting today, Friday, May 3 at 8am and going through Saturday, May 18 at 6pm. Levels B, S, F, 204 (SMART LC) and 206 (Reference) will not be open 24 hours, no matter how many times the students ask.

There is an alarm door between room 208 and room 206 that needs to be armed at midnight and disarmed at 8am. Full-time staff will handle this Monday-Friday, but we need your help doing this on Saturdays and Sundays.

If you are opening or closing the 2nd Floor desk on Saturday and Sunday from now through May 18th, this is your duty. The key you use is the W1 key (on the key ring at the second floor desk).

If you are working the 2nd floor till close Saturday or Sunday night:
At midnight, please use the W1 key to arm the security door into room 206. Turn the key clockwise. The light should flash and there should be one very loud beep.

If you opening the 2nd floor desk Saturday or Sunday morning:

At 8am, please use the W1 key to disarm the door into room 206. Turn the key counterclockwise. Depress the bar to make sure it is unarmed.

If you need help, the security monitors can assist you.

Please contact me (march026@umn.edu or 612-624-3535) or Tim (engel356@umn.edu or 612-624-3897) if you have questions.

Thanks! (And good luck with finals!)

The following message is brought to you by Nikki Marchand, East Bank Operations Manager:

Good morning,

For all of you on mail duty, please note that the mail procedure has changed (as of today).

Mail bins will now be dropped off and picked up in a locked room --- Walter 108A. If you go through the doors past the time clock (heading toward the mail area), you will see the room. I've added a key to the circulation key ring (in the locked "black box")--the key is marked SS2.

Please contact me (march026@umn.edu; 624-3535), Lynn (l-tran@umn.edu); 624-8317) or Tim (engel356@umn.edu; 624-3897) with any questions or concerns.

Thanks,
Nikki

Over 3,000 high school students will attend the Minnesota State FFA Convention. The convention begins Sunday, April 28 and will run through April 30. Students sometimes need to use computers to work on their presentations, and if they need printing you might want to recommend they visit the Copy Centers on campus (St. Paul Student Center, Coffman), as they can pay cash for their copies, rather than pay for a Gopher GoldPass.

Feel free to contact me with an additional questions or concerns.

Respectfully,
Kristen Mastel

Hey guys!
I am in desperate need of someone to work the first half of my evening shift on Thursday from 6-9 and Wednesday from 6-9. Let me know if you can work either of these shifts. Thank you!
-Caitlin

Hello all, I have a required in-person orientation I need to attend next Wednesday in order to study abroad in Spain this summer. The orientation is from 3-5 pm, so my current schedule is presenting a bit of a conflict. If anyone could pick up my shift from 3-6 next Wednesday, it would be a big help! It's just 3 hours at the 2nd Desk, so it's very easygoing.

Emily

Hi All,

Just a reminder in the busy time of the semester to make sure you are checking out RESERVE items to students. All items that leave the RESERVE shelf must be checked out to students even if they will be "not even be leaving the library!" (that's kind of the point).

What with midterms and the end of term coming up, we need to know what RESERVE items have been checked out and what is available right now. We also need to make sure the items are coming back within two hours. All RESERVE items need to be checked out to students, otherwise we are asking for them to be stolen. Also please note, due to the high demand for these items, please do not check out an unreasonable number of RESERVE items to one patron. Students cannot read five books and watch three videos in the allotted 2 or 3 hours.

Thanks!
Tim

Gophers, Countrymen, Lend Me Thine Eares!

The Census of Thine Noble Scholars is Nigh. As a Member of the Realm of Honourable Librarians, it is Thine Duty, Nay! Thine Honour, That thy Taketh Thine Gate Counts Not Upon the Rise and Fall of the Noble Sun! but Upon Each Strike of the Smaller of the Hands of Big Ben.

Do Ye Taketh Upon Thine Self to Serve the Realm True? Do Thine Do Great Service Upon Thine Kingdom By Taking Up the Position of Honourable Gate Keeper? If Thee Beareth the Aforementioned Tasks Upon thy Yoke of Great Scholarly Burden, Great Accord and Riches Will Surely Await in Thine Promising Future! Ye can Beginneth Thine Task Upon This Sunday, 31st of Marche, Anno Domini MMXIII.

There are SERU (Student Experience in the Research University) bookmarks at the desks. Please place a bookmark inside a book when you check-out. On the bookmarks is a link for undergraduates to take a survery to help improve the U of MN experience.

The direct link to the survey is: z.umn.edu/seru