Student Employee Dress Guidelines

As a student employee you are a public face and represent the University Libraries to our patrons. Student employees are expected to dress in appropriate attire and observe proper hygiene.

Allowable dress and grooming

• Clothing that includes both a shirt with clean pants, appropriate-length shorts or a skirt or dress.
• Shoes or sandals. Students that are operating book carts or other equipment must wear closed-toed shoes. This requirement is for your safety!
• Shirts, pants, shorts and dresses must have fabric in the front, back and on the sides.
• Clothing must cover undergarments.
• Fabric should cover all private parts and must not be see through.
• Hats and other headwear must not interfere with the line of sight to any patron.
• Moderate cologne and other scents. Other staff and/or patrons may be allergic.

Non-Allowable dress

• Clothes that display nudity, profanity, hate speech or offensive text or pictures.
• Tops without straps.
• Pajama-type clothes.
• Swimwear.

August 2018