Strength in Reserve (and Periodicals too)

A incident report was filed on May 14th concerning a group of noisy patrons in Walter Library.

We have also received reports concerning patrons praying in staff areas, as well as patron complaints concerning other patrons praying in the stacks. There have also been anecdotal reports of issues involving foot washing in restrooms.

On Wednesday, May 23, Linda DeBeau-Melting [attended] a meeting with other campus representatives to get an understanding of the issues involved and possible solutions.

There were two incident reports filed last week.

On 5/15, in Wilson Library, a staff member discovered a patron in the library after closing. The staff member escorted the patron out of the building. The patron reported that he had not heard the closing announcement.

On 5/24, a water leak was reported in the Vet Med Library. Staff notified facilities and began the recovery process immediately.

UMPD Chief Greg Hestness sent an all-staff campus safety alert on 5/25. The alert reported an armed robbery at University Village Apartments, on the eastern edge of the Minneapolis campus. Chief Hestness reminded staff to call 612-624-WALK (9255) if any one would like an escort on campus. For more information, see Escort Service

~ Matt Bowers, Library Safety/Security Coordinator

Posted by Elena Carrillo at 04:40 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Before you all dash away for the summer, please let me know, in writing, your schedule for the Fall 2007 semester.

Indicate all days and hours you will not be available to work. Include weekends, and also, if there's a number of hours and/or times of day that you prefer to work, please indicate that as well. Obviously things may change before you return in the fall, but I'd like to get a preliminary sense of what kind of hours you're hoping to work.

As always, we can't guarantee that we will be able to set your schedule exactly as you would like it, but we will try to accommodate you as much as we can.

Finally, please make sure we have up-to-date phone numbers and addresses from all of you (to mail final checks).

All students please comment that you have reviewed this post.

Thanks!

Posted by Elena Carrillo at 01:35 PM | Permalink | Comments (9)

I've tried to catch most of you on the fly to find out whether you have conflicts for finals week and it seems by and large that most of you will be able to work your regular shifts. Some notable exceptions are:

Still available:

Darin V. still needs a sub for Saturday the 12th, 12:00-2:30 (desk)

Adam: needs a sub for Saturday the 12th, 1:30-3:30

Darin V.: needs a sub for Thursday the 10th from 4:20-7:00 (desk) Marge will be taking this shift ~ thanks, Marge!;

Marge: needs a sub for Friday the 11th 1:00-5:00 Maggie will be taking this shift ~ thanks, Maggie!

Justin: needs a sub for Monday the 7th, 1:30-3:30 Daryn C will be taking this shift ~ thanks, Daryn!

The reserve desk is open regular hours all week. We are closed on Sunday the 13th. I will be posting a tentative schedule for May-Summer hours soon. Anyone who wants to work through May term (after May 13th), but won't be here during the summer, please let me know. Available hours may be quite limited.

Good luck preparing for your finals, everybody!

Posted by Elena Carrillo at 06:54 PM | Permalink | Comments (6)