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December 7, 2001

UNM ANNOUNCES HOLIDAY HOURS

The winter holidays at UNM officially begin Friday, Dec. 21 at 5 p.m., and will extend through Wednesday, Jan. 2, 8 a.m., giving most University employees 11 consecutive days off. Regular University hours resume on Wednesday, Jan. 2 at 8 a.m.

Certain critical facilities and departments, such as police and those involved in patient care, will remain open during the holidays. Other major campus departments and facilities have listed special holiday hours.

The University libraries have announced holiday hours. They include:

Zimmerman, Centennial Science and Engineering Library, Parish Memorial Library, the Fine Arts Library: Closed Sunday, Dec. 16, open Dec. 17-21 from 9 a.m.- 6 p.m., except Zimmerman which will be open from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. All branches of the General Library will be closed Dec. 22-Jan. 1.

Law Library: Closed Dec. 16, open Dec. 17 - 23 from 9 a.m.- 6 p.m.; closed Dec. 24-26; open Dec. 27-29 from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.; closed Dec. 30-Jan.1.

Health Sciences Center Library: Closed Dec. 16, open Dec. 17-21 from 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed Dec. 22-25; open Dec. 26-29 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed Dec. 30-Jan. 1.

The CIRT building will close Sunday, Dec. 23 at midnight and reopen on Wednesday, Jan. 2 at 7 a.m. All systems will be available to CIRT clients but will be unattended by operators during the closure. Jobs that require tape mounts will not be run.

The UNM Network, TSM and Oracle will be available during this period.

CIRTDEV and CIRTPROD will be available. If file servers do not respond, report the problem to the command center voice mail (operators will check messages on a regular basis).

IDMS will be available for I-TEL-UNM inquiries.

No printed output will be available during the closure. All printed output will be available upon reopening on Wednesday, Jan 2. Staff will be on call for system or network problems.

The UNM Bookstore will be open regular hours through Saturday, Dec. 22; closed Dec. 23-26; open Thursday-Friday, Dec. 27-28 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.; closed Dec. 29-Jan. 1. Regular hours will resume on Wednesday, Jan. 2.

The Student Health Center will be closed Dec. 24 - Jan.1 and will reopen on Wednesday, Jan. 2 at 8 a.m.

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