Study Rooms

 The three group study rooms on the lower level are being re-opened. They will have signs indicating that:

1. There is a room capacity limit of ONE.

2. They are reserved for students who are connecting to an online class.

When you are at the Periodicals Desk, you do not have to monitor whether or not the students really are connecting to an online class. However, do keep an eye on the room capacity! If you see more than one student in a room, please call upstairs (x5715) and ask a staff member to come down to speak to the group.

Emotional Support and Service Animals in the library

 Desk staff have been made aware that a student who regularly uses the library has been bringing her emotional support animal (a puppy) with her. According to Mindy Diaz, the college's Student Disability Services Director:

Emotional Support Animals are not covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act, they are only covered under the Fair Housing Act. ESAs are allowed in the residence halls, but they are not allowed outside of the students living space. Service animals are allowed anywhere on campus.

 

There are only two questions a person with an animal can be asked: 1) is the dog a service animal required because of a disability? and (2) what work or task has the dog been trained to perform?

 

Comfort is not a task.

Mindy is working with Campus Safety to develop policies and procedures for how to address the presence of emotional support animals outside of their approved spaces. For the moment, she is asking the campus community to note and observe if the puppy makes any more appearances. Please contact me (enicholson@noctrl.edu) if you have any additional sightings (or hearings - the puppy is a barker).   

Thanks, 

Elizabeth

Issues with printing from personal devices

The issues many students are experiencing with printing from their own devices are due to an ITS update that has not been completed.

ITS has suggested that until they complete this update, students that are having printing issues will need to login to a networked computer for their printing needs.