Frequently Asked Questions
Closing procedure
McCabe Library Closing Procedure
45 Minutes Before
- Neatly wrap up chargers
- Neatly wrap up headphones
- Turn off all laptops
- Put cases on DVDs with “Lock” stickers
- Turn on Friends Library light (on big light switch panel)
30 Minutes Before
Buzzer
15 Minutes Before
- Buzzer
- Uncover outside book drop (flip up canvas cover to expose slots)
- Lock all six front doors, but leave the Handicapped Accessible door unlocked
- Coffee Area:
- Unplug coffee urn, switch it off, and return it to the closet behind the coffee & snack counter
- Close and lock the two wooden shutters of the coffee & snack counter
- Put basket of creamer in the fridge
- Lock closet door
10 Minutes Before
- Buzzer
- Turn off floor lamps in lobby, desk lights over computers, table lamps in lounge
5 Minutes Before
- Buzzer
- Turn off two light switches to the right of the big light switch panel (for ceiling lights over circ & ITS desks)
- Lock all electronics drawers by the reserve desk using Reserve Desk Drawer keys (kept in cash drawer)
- Put these keys in cash drawer
- Remove cash and Circ Desk Drawers keys from cash drawer
- Lock cash drawer and locker key cabinet with Circ Desk Drawers key
- Put these keys and cash in safe by sliding them through the slot at the top (safe is on bottom right of the wooden built-in bookcase by User Tech Support staff’s desk)
Closing Time
- Buzzer Buzzer Even More Buzzer
- Lock Handicapped Accessible door
- Walk through lower level, 2nd floor, 3rd floor
- Turn off all room lights and lamps
- Check all rooms for stragglers – even restrooms!
- Check behind closed stacks on lower level
- After the walk through, turn off light switches on big panel for lower level, 2nd floor, 3rd floor, and atrium
- Call Public Safety at (8281). Tell them (1) your name, (2) that you are closing McCabe, and (3) whether an EVS (cleaning) person is in the building
- Lock Handicapped Accessible door behind you on your way out
- Drop Building keys into outside book drop