There have been a couple of complaints made about safety in the Library Warehouse.

One aspect has been that people have been eating and drinking in this space, this area is not an area in which food and drink is to be taken into. The majority of the resources that are stored in this area are there for perpetuity and greasy choclatey finger marks and coffee or tea stains are not aceptable. Also rodents do get into this area and if there is an infestation of these wee beasties caused by delicious food smells, this will be detremental to the preservation of the resources held in this area.

Another issue has been that books have been replaced on top of the books on the very top shelf. This is a very dangerous practice. If you see an instance of this either rectify it if you can do so safely or report it to me, as I am ultimately responsible if a Library Research and Information Services staff member is injured. I spent a small amount of time in the Warehouse today and have filed a number of items away safely.

This is a shared storage area and right at this moment in time it has to be admitted that is a shambles, however with all the various projects that are currently being undertaken, tidying up of this area has a lower profile. It will not reamin in this category for long. There are boxes of items that require shelving, and they may well be blocking access into some of the map cabinets, they were stored in order, however if they need to be moved please do so safely, and the items will be shelved as soon as staff are released from the other projects.