CHEMISTRY LIBRARY

Swipe your UMD ID card, and enter the Library via the ‘EXIT’ door.

If necessary, DISARM the Alarm System by entering our 4 digit security code (0911). The alarm will buzz if it needs to be disarmed.

Turn on lights in the backroom, desk area, main and lower floors.

Unlock the entrance door at the scheduled opening time.

Turn on desk monitors – LAN login information is located under the monitor on the monitor stand.

Unlock cabinet containing computers – the key is located in the cabinet beneath the bulletin board.

Check statistics clipboard and record attendance if it was not done the night before.

Check main floor and circulation desk printers for paper and toner.

‘Sweep’ main floor and lower floors – push in chairs, remove journals and books from tables, etc. Place any unclaimed items in the Lost and Found box near Ms. Balannik's Office. 

Shelved journals/books from yesterday.

Pack in-transit books for shipment to other libraries (M-F only).

​15 minutes prior to closing, flick the lights 3 times to alert patrons. Flick the lights by the telephone for the main floors, and the two switches on the left for the lower floors.

Shelve journals from displays to Current Periodicals shelf (M-Th, shelve Friday’s arrivals on Sunday)

‘Sweep’ the main floor: shelve books and journals, straighten chairs and tables, pick up trash, etc.

5 minutes prior to closing, flick the lights 3 times again.

Lock the entrance door at the exact closing time. Use the key labeled Door Key. Wait at the desk until all patrons have exited the library.

‘Sweep’ the lower levels to ensure all patrons have exited. CHECK THE GROUP STUDY ROOM as patrons may not have noticed that the library has closed.

Check that all 5 keys are in the back room (3 elevator, 1 photocopier, 1 door key)

BE SURE to the lock the computer cabinet and return the key to the cabinet beneath the bulletin board

Record attendance in pen on the statistics clipboard. (Obtain Person/Alarm Count from the display at the bottom of the security grid at the exit door).

In addition to the clipboard, record the statistic on the Gate Count electronic Form - the Data-entry Libraries shared Google interface for keeping track of the gate count. This is bookmarked on Chrome, as well as at the bottom of the screen.

At the circ. Desk, exit ALEPH.

Turn off lights on the main floor, lower floors, desk area, and backroom (10 switches in all).

ARM the ALARM SECURITY SYSTEM by entering the 4 digit security code. You have 30 seconds to leave out the door!

Leave via the EXIT door. The exit door will lock automatically. Once outside, double check to see that both front doors are locked.