Policies/Procedures

Authentication Loads in Orono
As of 2/12/2013 Albert Dunn at system office reports that they load student records once or twice per week (Tuesday and Friday) at the beginning of the semester and once per week later in the semester. Times are not set. These loads put new patrons (faculty/staff/students) into the Millennium system.

For oddball semester dates such as Winter semester and the eight week terms in fall and spring, we may need to create a ticket to make sure students are loaded. Tickets can also be created for new patrons who missed one load and need to be in before the next.

Also, database access now depends on the patron record getting updated each semester. Patrons who no longer take classes, work, or teach at a system campus will not have an updated extract date (v) in their record for that semester.

Extract date formulas:

Think of the fiscal year we are in and consider the number. We are in fiscal year 2013. So: last two numbers of the year and 1 for fall, 2 for spring, and 3 for summer. The numbering would continue as 141, 142, and 143 in fiscal year 2014.

Library Closing procedure (specifically referring to Powell):

When we close at 4:30pm (or other early closings):
Staff is responsible for locking the doors between Powell and the Archives going to the outside (the Powell parking entrance), the wooden doors between this area and the library, the wooden doors between this area and Powell, and the wooden doors going from new section into the library. Staff is also responsible for the Powell classroom (123) and the Powell polycom room (124). The IT department will lock the IT/elevator Powell entrance unless we are told otherwise.

Evenings and Sundays staff work:
At 9pm staff is responsible for locking the doors between Powell and the Archives going to the outside (the Powell parking entrance), the Powell classroom (123), the Powell polycom room (124), and the IT/elevator Powell entrance. Exception to this is when the Powell classroom is still in use.

Work Study:
Work study students will lock remaining doors between library and Powell as part of their closing procedures including the Powell classroom if necessary.

Serials Checkout Procedure:
Found at: X:\Library Circulation Desk\Circulation Related\Serials Checkout Materials