Monthly

• Submit time records between 1-15th of the month (better to do it earlier in the month): Employee Self-Service
• Record your stats for instruction, outreach, and research consultations

Beginning of Every Semester

• Update your LibCal calendar appointment availability
• Set up your standard "office hours" to meet with students/faculty (if you need them)

Yearly

• Update your CV/resume and send it to Andrea Rost to post on the SharePoint site

Do you do some sort of outreach event or communication every year? Add it here & note your name.  

January

• MLK Day (Day of Service - https://mlk.uiowa.edu/)

February

March

• Spring Break
• Freedom of Information Day - annually March 16 (https://nationaltoday.com/freedom-of-information-day/) - Government Information

April

• National Library Week
• National Library Workers Day (the Tuesday of National Library Week)

May

• Finals De-Stress events
• Graduation

June

• Becoming a Hawkeye (New student) information fair

July

• Becoming a Hawkeye (New student) information fair

August

• New faculty orientations
• Library Welcome Table (first two days of Fall semester - usually on the north plaza)

September

• Outreach Event - Constitution Day (Ellen Wrede)
• Outreach Event - National Voter Registration Day (usually, but not always, the 3rd Tuesday of September) (Ellen Wrede)
  • 9/28/2021 (Cathy Cranston)

October

• Banned Books Week (October 1-7, 2023 - sometimes falls in September)

November

• Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) altar in the Main Library, group area D, November 1-2  https://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/DOD
• National First Gen College Celebration Week (usually first week in November)
• Fall break / Thanksgiving Week

December

• Finals de-stress events
• Graduation

In Outlook

Who owns the calendar?

These are the names of the Outlook calendars that may be handy for you. Please add to this list if I'm missing anything.

Classrooms: 

• RES-LIB1015 (this is the calendar for the 1015A classroom)
• RES-LIB2012-Training (can be used for classes, consultations, zoom meetings)
• RES-LIB2032-ConfRm (can be used for classes BUT is prioritized for library meetings)
• RES-LIB4037-Training
• RES-LIB-Perch - Perch

IM Shifts for HSS/UED

• RES-LIB1101B

Consultation space next to the IM station

• RES-LIB1101C 

Conference Rooms

• RES-LIB5028-ConfRm
• RES-LIB-1031-ConfRm
• RES-LIB-1015G

One Button Studio in Main Library

• ERM-lib-obs

Learning Commons Spaces

• ERM-lib-opend (across from Food for Thought)
• ERM-lib-openc (across from consultation station)
• ERM-lib-opena (near the south entrance by the booths)

Undergraduate Engagement specific

• UED Instruction