Why are photocopy rooms closed 15 minutes before the building closes?
Copy rooms close when the circulation desk closes. Anyone making copies at the time may finish the single item being copied, and must then clear the room. This gives library patrons time to collect their belongings and leave the building by closing time. It enables staff to complete their work, secure the building, and leave at a reasonable hour. Prior to 1996, we kept copiers operating until it was time to lock the building. This proved to be unsatisfactory. On occasion, library users continued to copy 10, 15, even 20 minutes after the library front door had been locked. After this happened a few times during the fall semester of 1996, the library established an early closing time for the copiers.
