The Library Health and Safety Committee is working on getting all library equipment tested and tagged according to the UC protocol. This is scheduled for the week beginning Monday 13th August with the exact day to be confirmed.

Many of the electrical items in the library have been noted to have no tag or out of date tags. The UC IT department arrange to test and tag all computer equipment and photocopiers before installation but the library has to ensure that all other electrical equipment is tested, eg laminators, electric staplers, urns, multi-boxes, fridges, fans, heaters, etc.

If you have personal items that you plug in at work, the UC protocol also requires that they are tested and tagged before they are brought onto campus. This applies to all items connecting to the power supply with a standard NZ three pin plug or adapter.

In the UC  libraries the following people will be contacts for the process:

MB: Swee Hoon

EPS: Dave Lane

Central (L2): Tim O’Sullivan

Central (L5): Helen Thomas

As far as I know there should not be equipment in our storage areas that needing testing but there may be extension cords or other items like that lying around that will need to be tested.  If there is a small number of items in the storage areas then the reps will collect them and have them done when the main areas are done. If not then I will arrange with the tagger to visit the storage areas.

If you can think of items that need to have tagged please add a comment to this post or let the Reps know.

Tim O’Sullivan.