Branch Libraries

Full-Time Employee Substitute Policy

When the full-time Branch Library Manager is unable to work, the responsibility for staffing the Branch Library will follow the sequence indicated below.

A. Unanticipated Absence

(e.g. sickness, death...)

The Branch Library Manager will notify the supervising Librarian as soon as possible. The Librarian will either work in the branch library personally or:

1. Contact the student workers that normally work in that branch library.
2. Contact Reference Associate III.
3. Contact student workers from other branch libraries. For this purpose, lists of names, phone numbers and schedules will be exchanged among the branch staffs.

If the supervising Librarian is unavailable, the Branch Library Manager will contact the Associate Director who will follow the above procedure.

After exhausting the above resources, and no one is able to work, the branch library may be closed.

B. Anticipated Absence

(e.g. vacation, workshops, classes, meetings...)

The Branch Library Manager will clear the anticipated absence with the supervising Librarian and inform the supervising Librarian of arrangements.

Revised Branch Task Force 06-04-96 (previously 10-07-94)
Reviewed Circulation Coordinating Team 7-17-96\\ Reviewed Library Council 7-23-96
Revised Branch Task Force 11-06-98
Revised Branch Task Force 05-24-00