Sunday Supervisor Duties

1. Make sure all the students who are scheduled to work are in the building, and clocked in. Make sure you have a SLIS student. Check to make sure the SLIS student gets their 15-minute break. You should make yourself easy-to-reach, by letting the SLIS student know where you are, and how you can be reached (office phone, or e-mail if you are working away from your desk).

2. If you are short one student (which happens frequently): you will still have two students to work the two desks. If one of the two Circulation students calls in sick, then you can assign the other Circulation student to the 1^st floor desk. If the SLIS student calls in sick, then you can assign one Circulation student to the 1^st floor desk, and one student to the 3^rd floor desk. The students will not need to carry out their off-desk tasks. It is especially important to make yourself easy-to-reach, if you have a Circulation student covering the 3^rd floor desk, as the Circulation students are trained in handling circulation issues but are not trained on handling reference transactions. You may also be contacted if a patron is having difficulty in finding a book or print journal volume, since you would need to retrieve the item for the patron.

3. If you are short two students (this seldom happens but it is a possibility): you will need to call in somebody to help. You can put out a notice over the Hardin student listserv (hardy@list.uiowa.edu); you can try to call students on the student phone list attached to the bulletin board in Helen and Mark’s office (your best bet would be the students scheduled to work the next shift); or you can contact Cassie Reed Thureson (319-341-9573). If you are unable to contact anyone, then you will need to sit at a service desk (3^rd floor desk, if the absent student is a SLIS student; 1^st floor desk, if the absent student is a Circulation student). At some point, the 1^st floor desk will need to be closed for 15 minutes, so the student can take a 15-minute break; if the other student is the SLIS student, then you will need to close the 1^st floor desk and take over the 3^rd floor desk while the SLIS student takes their break.

4. At some point, you should do a walk of the building. Walk around the perimeter of all four floors and look for anything which might appear irregular or out-of-place. If it is raining outside, then keep an eye on the ceiling, and see if there are any water leaks (especially the ceiling tiles above the book collections). Keep an eye out for patrons which appear to be in distress, or in need of either library or medical assistance.

5. If you need to contact the Department of Public Safety, then you can contact them at 911 (if there is an emergency) or 335-5022 (if it is not an emergency). If you need to contact Facilities Management, then you can contact them at 335-5071.