Available shifts as of Wednesday 2/11

In the next week:

• Saturday 2/14: 5PM-9PM
• Sunday 2/15: 5PM-8PM; 9PM-11PM
• Friday 2/20: 10AM-7PM

Further away:

• Friday 2/27: 11AM-7PM
• Spring Break 3/9-3/13: Let me know if you're going to be around - hours are TBD
• Friday 4/3: 11AM-7PM
• Monday 4/20 (Patriots Day/Marathon Monday): 10AM-6PM

The 9PM-11pm shift on Sunday is open as a regular shift, if you're interested in picking up some more hours each week.

Let Kyle know if you're interested!

Available shifts as of Friday 2/6

Hi everyone, there are some shifts available in the upcoming weeks. If you will be able to fill them, please let Kyle know!

This week:
Saturday 2/7: 11AM-3PM
Sunday 2/8: 3PM-11PM
Monday 2/9: 7:30AM-11AM
Wednesday 2/11: 2PM-3PM

Next week:
Saturday 2/14: 3PM-9PM
Sunday 2/15: Noon-3PM; 9PM-11PM
Monday 2/16 (President's Day): 10AM-6PM *Also need a supervisor for this shift

Further away:
Friday 2/27: 11AM-7PM
Spring Break 3/9-3/13: Let me know if you're going to be around - hours are TBD
Friday 4/3: 11AM-7PM
Monday 4/20 (Patriots Day/Marathon Monday): 10AM-6PM *Also need a supervisor for this shift

Exam hours (it's alive!)

Hi guys - I am going to post the available hours here on the blog throughout the exam period. I will try to update twice daily. Likewise, please let me know if you need/want to make any changes to your own schedule.

Current time of update: 11:30AM on Monday 12/1

Available hours:

Pre-exam week (12/1-12/5):

Friday 12/5:

• 7:30AM-noon


• 2:30PM-11PM

Exam week (12/6-12/12):

Saturday 12/6:

• 7:30AM-11AM
• Noon-2PM
• 4PM-11PM

Sunday 12/7:

• 5PM-11PM

Monday 12/8:

• 7:30AM-11AM
• 5PM-7PM

Tuesday 12/9:

• 7:30AM-11AM
• 4PM-11PM

Wednesday 12/10:

• 7:30AM-10AM
• 6PM-9PM

Thursday 12/11:

• 7:30AM-9AM
• 8PM-11PM

Friday 12/12:

• Noon-5PM

Happy Presidents Day! Also, there are shifts available this weekend

This coming weekend is a long weekend, hurray! If you're going to be out of town, first of all I'm consumed with envy (sorry, reading/watching lots of Jane Austen lately and it's making me write/talk funny), and second of all please let me know ASAP!

Likewise, if you usually work on Mondays, let me know if you will be in on February 18th or if you need to move your hours. Also we will need a supervisor or supervisors to work from 10AM to 6PM that day.

Finally, if you will be around this weekend and want to pick up some extra hours, let me know because there will be some available.

Thanks!

Happy New Year!

Hope everyone's had a nice relaxing break! Or if not relaxing, productive. I've made a tentative schedule for next semester, which I'm sending out to everyone. If you don't receive an email from me with the schedule, let me know.

Good news for everyone: the Massachusetts state minimum wage went up again on January 1st, which means everyone gets a raise (not just those of you making minimum wage)! Your pay rate is determined by your year in school:

First Year: $8.00/hr (Minimum Wage )
Second Year: $8.25/hr (Minimum Wage +$0.25)
Third Year: $8.50/hr (Minimum Wage +$0.50)
Fourth Year: $8.75/hr (Minimum Wage +$0.75)
Fifth Year: $9.00/hr (Minimum Wage +$1.00)
Sixth Year: $9.25/hr (Minimum Wage +$1.25)
Graduate students: $9.50/hr
Supervisors: $10.50

Hope that makes your holidays a little happier! These pay rates are the same whether you're work study or paid directly by the library.

This has been edited -- we had some confusion in the office over what the new minimum wage was. Sorry!

Circ desk hours during exams.

During the exam and reading period the circulation desk is staffed from 7:30AM to 11PM seven days a week. Please sign up for extra hours if you can, and especially please let me know as soon as possible if your exam and study schedule will prevent you from working your regular hours. If you know when you want to work next semester, let me know ASAP -- see this blog post for details.

All exams hours have been worked!

Thanks to all who worked during exams!

How to evacuate the library, in a few easy steps.

Do you know what to do in case of fire in the Matricaria building?

Here's a quick summary of what you should do if you're working in the library during an emergency that requires you to evacuate.

1. If the fire alarm goes off in the library, encourage students to exit through the fire exits at the corners of the library. There is one fire exit located behind the last row of shelves in the quiet study area, and another at the end of the aisle with the librarians' offices.


2. If you are working after 4PM or on the weekend, we will need your help to clear the library. When the fire alarm goes off, the supervisor will ask you to walk out through the exit at the librarians' offices end of the library (behind you as you sit at the circulation desk). As you walk, tell anyone studying that they need to get up and leave through the fire exit at the end of the library. If someone is refusing to leave, tell your supervisor if possible, or tell a member of the security staff or a firefighter after you leave the building. Make sure the study rooms and the corner conference room are empty.
   
   Alternately, your supervisor may ask you to stand outside the main library entrance and encourage people to exit through the White Building. If you notice the door alarm going off, encourage students to leave reserve and reference materials behind, but in an emergency getting people out of the library is much more important than keeping books in.


3. If students exit through the front library doors, they should cross over to the White Building and exit from there -- no one should use the elevators, and the main Matricaria lobby stairs should be kept clear if possible.


4. Upon exiting the building, proceed to the Boston Latin parking lot on Palace Road or the Brigham and Women's Lying-In Hospital parking lot on Longwood Ave. Do not stand around the building and/or block the entrances, exits, and street. Do not re-enter the building until the Fire Department issues an all-clear.

A few more helpful tips:

1. Stay calm! Although it is part of your job to help clear the library in case of an emergency, we do not expect you to do anything that would put you at risk. If you are concerned that you might not be able to execute the emergency procedures detailed above, talk to Kyle or Marcie and we will find a way to accommodate you.


2. Know your safety equipment -- there are three fire extinguishers and two pull boxes (where you can manually set off the fire alarm) in the library, and two emergency exits. Learn where they are and, if possible, how to use them (MCPHS runs occasional classes on how to use fire extinguishers -- learn important safety information while making a big mess and lots of noise!).


3. Learn what the fire alarm sounds like. Fire alarms in the White Building are audible in the library, but we don't need to evacuate for these alarms (in fact, usually we close the library doors so that the alarm doesn't disturb studiers). If the library needs to be evacuated, horns and strobe lights in the library will activate, and a loudspeaker will say something (I've never actually heard the loudspeaker, so unfortunately I can't tell you what it has to say).

Marcie and Kyle will be giving "Safety Tours" of the library over the course of the next week or so. Make sure you get one! We are always happy to show you all the library's exciting safety landmarks.

Stay tuned next semester for info on how to deal with non-evacuation emergencies, from fainting students to leaking ceilings!