Employees and student employees should not eat, smoke, and/or vape around books or paper. This includes eating candy and chewing gum. (See Pest Management section for a more in-depth discussion about eating and drinking). Students are allowed to eat in our circulation libraries, but the food should not be messy or smelly. It should be packaged food and candy. Students are not allowed to smoke and/or vape.
Employees should not keep, make, or eat their lunches and/or snacks at their desks or in their offices if collection items are regularly on their desk or in their offices. Foods should only be kept and consumed in break rooms away from collection items. Bagged, fully sealed items can be stored in offices, but not opened and/or consumed. Employees who regularly eat in their offices should make their offices available for regular cleaning by facilities.
Anyone bringing snacks, like baked goods, for their teams should not leave these foods out in areas that occasionally have collection items in them. Again, these communal snacks should be placed in break rooms for people to snack on as desired. If the library branch does not have a break room that separates food and collection items, create a space somewhere in a communal area that is only for food and not for collection items and this area should be immediately cleaned after the food is gone. Again, preservation can help sort out issues of this nature.
Water bottles can be used around library materials, but they should be kept on the floor or away from the materials as much as possible. These bottles should have a secure cap that avoids spilling. Bottles and cups with straws on the top can spill so transfer liquid from these types of containers to more secure containers immediately before coming into your work areas. Avoid any containers that cause condensation on the outside of the bottle. Only make drinks in break rooms--keep all drink making machinery in break rooms.
See the section The Building Environment: Integrated Pest Management for more information.
Garbage containers in areas where students are studying should be changed out regularly due to food-related waste.
Employees should discard food packaging and/or waste in break room garbage cans only. Avoid throwing food-related packaging and waste anywhere else in employee areas. This includes any drink containers.
Conference rooms should have their waste bins cleaned out immediately after a library event involving food.
See the section Building Environment: Integrated Pest Management for more details.
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