These reduced services will include circulation and information, but not necessarily reference. The divisional and branch libraries will determine the skeleton staffing level necessary to keep public areas open and will arrange with appropriate staff who live nearby to rotate skeleton staffing duties.

Other public service units (i.e., Document Services, Institute Archives, and the RetroSpective Collection) will be closed, as will Serials and Acquisitions Services, Bibliographic Access Services, the Systems Office, and Administrative Offices.

Support staff who are designated to work when the Institute is closed will be paid in accordance with Institute policy. Specific details will be announced by the Personnel Office after each closing. Support staff who are not part of the designated skeleton staff are not eligible for premium pay and should not come to work.

If the bad weather which caused the Institute to be closed worsens, the appropriate branch or divisional librarian may choose to close his or her library and send the skeleton staff home.

Reviewed by Library Council 03/14/84
Approved by Steering Committee 03/15/84
Updated by Steering Committee 02/01/96

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