Students - Things You Need to Know about After-Hours Access to the UAMS Library

A portion of the first floor of the Library is now available to students and residents for studying when the Library is closed. Anyone wishing to remain in the the after-hours area after closing must present a valid UAMS Student ID and sing in at the Circulation Desk. After closing students and residedents can enter the After Hours area through the Library door in the CoPH south lobby between 1st floor CoPH and the Library. The After Hours access door can only be used when the Library is closed.

Safe and Secure

Everyone has to:
• swipe their ID badges as they enter the area and shut the door behind themselves immediately
• take their badges with them to the restroom (or any time that they leave the area) as they will need to swipe them to get back in (there are no restrooms in the After Hours area of the
Library)
• watch out for their own property
• press the green button (on the right) to go out the After Hours door

For safety reasons, nobody should:
• open the door from the inside to let someone in
• hold the door open for anyone (we need to count every person coming in)
• prop the door open (the Police Dept. is notified and will respond if the door is open for more
than 30 seconds)

If you do not follow these rules, you will jeopardize the safety of everyone in the area.

Panic buttons and RED phones go directly to the Police Dept. and are treated as an emergency!!

Four panic buttons (east and west walls, silent room, vending room/lounge) will send alarm to Police. To talk to the police, use one of the two RED phones located by the elevator and outside the silent room.
A BEIGE phone by the Library elevator may be used for very brief outgoing calls. Occupants may use this phone to call the UAMS Police Escort Service (686-7777) for escorts to cars after dark. It’s part of their job and they don’t mind. Call ahead as it may take a while for them to arrive.

Emergency Exits
In an emergency, students may go through the double doors in the glass partition or the door in the vending/lounge room and then through the exit door in the front of the Library. Exiting any of these doors will alert the Police to come immediately as well as set off a shrill alarm that shrieks for two minutes. The doors are clearly marked and should not be used except in an emergency. The north After Hours door may also be used in emergencies, but will not alert the police.

Last updated October 25, 2007