food/beverage policies

[Alice Carli <ac013e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At the Sibley Music Library (Eastman School of Music, University of 
Rochester) we get a surprising amount of cooperation with a policy of no 
food or beverages except in the staff lounge (student employees are 
welcome, but not general student population) and the seminar room. I very 
seldom find evidence of food or drink in the student carrels, and the 
staff simply bring work to the lounge when they want to work and have 
coffee.
	It may be easier to maintain such policy than one would think, 
and I do think its worth it. We're in a new building, with the library 
occupying floors 2-4, access only by 2 elevators and one staircase. Even 
so, yesterday a German (can live in air-conditioned environment, 
likes food) cockroach was found at Circulation. The intruder was probably 
a lone back-pack hitch-hiker, but does show that they can infiltrate even 
new buildings like ours, so we don't want to offer any sort of 
inducement! We will be using his visit for PR purposes respecting our 
current food policy.

Alice Carli
Conservator
Sibley Music Library