The UC Learning Resources health and Safety committee, which includes the library, met last week. There are a few things that will be of interest.

The emergency flip chart outlining what to do in various situations is being updated and any suggestions can be sent through to jacqui.lyttle@canterbury.ac.nz

Security are keen to keep people aware that if there is a medical emergency then they should be called first on ext. 6111. They will respond immediately with first aid equipment and a defibrillator. If necessary the Health Centre will be called and Security will also call an ambulance. Security will coordinate the arrival of the ambulance on to campus as quickly as possible. This is the most effective way of getting the ambulance as there have been cases in the past where the ambulance crew have spent fifteen minutes driving around campus looking for the emergency.
In the unlikely event of a power cut the university has generators which  will keep essential services such as locked doors and crucial fridges running but the emergency generator system can not run the whole university. The library has emergency closure guidelines here: K:\LIBR-Library\Health-Safety\Emergency-closure-guidelines

Tim O’Sullivan