Today's library access will be restricted

[alt_percy]

His Excellency the Lord Protector will spending a few hours at Hogwarts today. There will be a period when student access to the library will be restricted. Madam Pince will be stationed at the library entrance, and she and a few Prefects (I am one of them) may be able to retrieve books from the library's collection which are urgently needed today on a case-by-case basis. This will not, however, include any books from the Restricted Section. All of the Professors have been notified, however, and of course no one will lose points for work that a student was not able to complete due to today's restricted library access.

The students who ordinarily meet in the library for study purposes will need to find other locations today. The Great Hall will be opened for extended hours to accommodate.

His Excellency will not be available for questions in any way. Please do not embarrass his security staff by having the temerity to attempt to interrupt Him or anyone else in his entourage in order request an autograph.