LibGuides: Administrative Services: COVID-19

Emergency Management Team Messages

Full text of emails
Full text of all emails from the Emergency Management Team can be found here.

MIT Libraries Public Information

MIT Libraries COVID-19 Updates - for services updates on our public page
Expanded & Free Resources During COVID-19 Closure

Libraries Visitor Access Policy

Library access is limited to:

MIT faculty, students, and staff in compliance with MIT's campus access policies;
Visitors who have been issued a TIM Ticket.

Please note: MIT Libraries do not sponsor users in Covid Pass or issue Tim Tickets for access to Libraries' general collections or study spaces. However, if an MIT community member issues a Tim Ticket to a visitor, that person can access Libraries spaces in accordance with Tim Ticket policies.

All Libraries users must be in compliance with MIT's campus access policy, including our Mask Policy.

See semester hours and locations.

You can find the policy here on our public web page: MIT Libraries Visitor Access Policy

Staff must use the following procedure to bring Visitors to campus:

For events that are open to Visitors:

Notify the DMC of the date, time, and location of your event, and a brief description
Issue a one-day Tim Ticket for the date of the event to all Visitors
Use the Tim Tickets events feature to scan all participants into the event
It is the responsibility of the event planners/hosts to ensure that the event complies with all MIT COVID regulations. Contact tracing or other follow-up will be handled by the Institute.

Visitors to DDC:

Individual researchers to DDC may follow existing DDC workflow

To bring Visitors to campus for other purposes:

Visitor access
- Identify whether you escort the Visitor or issue a Tim Ticket
  - Issue a Tim Ticket or
  - Plan to escort the Visitor while on campus
Communicate with the Visitor
- Suggested email language for Escorted Visitor
- Suggested email language for Tim Ticket Visitor
Follow-up
- If any COVID policy violation has occurred during the visit, the staff member must report to the MIT Hotline and to the DMC

Libraries Response Teams

As of September 1, 2020, our responsive structure includes the following teams, both of which report to Senior Leadership Team (SRLT):

Emergency Management Response Team
- Avery Boddie
- Chris Bourg
- Alexia Hudson-Ward
- Erin Stalberg
- Heather Yager
- Nina Davis-Millis
- Mohamed El Ouirdi
- Brigham Fay
- Melissa Feiden
- Jeremiah Graves
- MF Gydus (MIT Press)
- Lisa Horowitz
- Shannon Hunt
- Sue Kriegsman
- Mikki Simon Macdonald
- Howard Martin
- Kim Maxwell
- Alex McGee
- Amy Nurnberger
- Greg Padilla
- Pat Page
- Tina Pappas
- Karrie Peterson
- Maria Rodrigues
- Stephanie Richardson
- Cassandra Silvia
- Felicity Walsh
- Email contact: emgmt-lib at mit dot edu
Department Monitoring Committee
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Avery Boddie
- Nina Davis-Millis
- Mohamed El Ouirdi
- Kim Maxwell
- Alex McGee
- Stephanie Richardson
- Maria Rodrigues
- Felicity Walsh
- Email contact: lib-dmc at mit dot edu
Service Restart Project Team

Compliance and Resources

All members of the MIT community must comply with all of the requirements set forth in the Institute’s Covid-19 Return to Work on Campus policy, and any other related rules and requirements.

Covid related issues (lack of masks, distancing or doors propped open) should be reported to the MIT hotline: https://hotline.mit.edu/
Incident reports (Behaviors that threaten personal safety or the security of personal or Institute Property)
- form: shorturl.at/tGJ26
- documentation: https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/LIBPUBSVDOC/Incident+reporting
Facilities issues
- Submit an Atlas Ticket, or
- email facilities-help-lib@mit.edu, or
- http://web.mit.edu/facilities/services/txtdof.html (copy Maria Rodrigues)
Collections Emergency issues: shorturl.at/ejxCI