Emergency Access to the Health Sciences Library

Hospital personnel requiring emergency access to the Health Sciences Library should contact the Director-on-call; the policy and procedure for access is kept in the Director-on-call book.

The Director-on-call verifies the emergency nature of the request and terms of access:

1. Access is only for immediate medical emergencies for UNC Hospitals' personnel with picture identification.
2. Emergency access to the library is for retrieval of specific item(s) (books, journals, or reference materials). Materials may be taken from the library, but must be returned one hour after the library opens.
3. The information needed must be identified before requesting emergency library access; no Health Sciences Library equipment (computers, photocopiers, etc) is available for use.

The Director-on-call contacts the University Police Dispatcher and requests emergency access to the Health Sciences Library for the specific requester.

The requestor meets the campus police officer at the front door of the Health Sciences Library

The Campus Police officer will note:

1. the requestor's UNC Hospitals picture identification; and
2. the requester's name, phone number, and university address on campus police call card.

The Campus Police officer accompanies the requester into the library to retrieve materials.

On the EMERGENCY INFORMATION log sheet at the User Services Desk, the requestor records:

1. his/her name, university phone number, and hospital department/work unit; and
2. call number and name of book; or name, volume, issue and year of journal.

Campus Police officer escorts requestor from library and secures building.