Section 5: Opening Procedures

Opening Procedures / Turning On Patron Stations (OPACs)  // Front Page

Shatford Library

Circulation Department

Policy & Procedure Manual

Opening Procedures

 Start 15 min. before Library opens.

1. Turn on all Circulation Desk computers, printer, and security camera monitor.
2. Turn on 2^nd floor copy machines (There are two power switches; both are on the right side of the machines. One is towards the front. The other is small and black and is towards the back of the machine.)  
3. Turn on self-check machine.
4. Turn on the left computer station of the Reference Desk (The one on the left if you are sitting at the desk as a librarian would.). You will need to log in. Once you log in, there will be a shortcut on the desktop for the program that turns all of the patron stations on or off remotely. See  Patron Station Program for screenshots and more information.
5. Take money drawer from Circulation Office locked cabinet and bring to Circ. Desk
6. Unlock North doors (Colorado side) first
1. Doors – use Emergency Exit Alarm key
2. Automatic opener – use “NO./SO. ENT./EXIT, ON/OFF SWITCH” small key (A126), turn to AUTO
3. Flip latches on inside of doors—where they meet—(top latch goes up and bottom latch goes down)
7. Unlock South (campus side) middle doors
1. Doors- use Emergency Exit Alarm key
2. Automatic opener – use small “ON/OFF SWITCH” key, turn to AUTO
3. Flip latches on inside of doors—where they meet—(top latch goes up and bottom latch goes down)
8. Unlock South side doors with Emergency Exit Alarm key