However, staff are not required to help guests outside of office hours. Helping the guest would be the nice thing to do, but staff don't have to be nice all the time. Staff must be subscribed to the Media Lab listserver. Staff members are responsible for keeping the lab clean and for watching over the equipment. Report broken equipment or software to the lab administrators.
Staff are also responsible for maintaining lab security.
Staff are responsible for ensuring that the computers remain virus-free, by scanning suspect files and disks with antivirus software. Lab staff agree to follow these regulations, and any other instructions issued by ML administrators. WSO Staff - Because the Media Lab also serves as a WSO workspace, the lab administrators can grant the priviliges of an ML staff member to members of the WSO staff. They are the final authority on lab matters. On the other hand, respect other people's files.