After hours policy recognizes that:
- the safety and security of staff and security of collections is paramount;
- Library faculty need after hours access to the building in order to meet research and publication requirements and to fulfill their responsibilities in librarianship and service;
- some faculty and staff may need entrance after hours for emergency access to their offices (e.g. leaving for a conference and forgot conference materials in office);
- some faculty and staff may need entrance after hours to carry out job responsibilities that can only be carried out after hours (e.g facilities monitoring, server maintenance, etc.)
- some units (e.g. Rare Book, Oak Street) may require further restrictions on access not delineated here.
Policy
Main Library Building
- No library faculty or staff in building from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. anytime with exception of no. 3 and 4 above
Grainger Engineering Library and Undergraduate Library
- No library faculty or staff in building from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m. anytime with exception of no. 3 and 4 above
- On evenings when library closes prior to 3 a.m.. no library faculty or staff in building from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. with exception of no. 3 and 4 above
Libraries that are located in other buildings will follow the same guidelines as indicated for the Main Library building.