A fire alarm in Booth Library malfunctioned around 6:30 p.m.; evacuating everyone in the library. Electricians were called to the scene immediately to find the source of the problem and people were allowed back in at 7:30, said David Bell, a reference librarian.

Bell said the library suspected it was a malfunction and not a fire, but no one could be allowed back into the building for safety reasons.

“(We had to) ensure a functional fire alarm system while people were in the building,” he said.

Though there could be many possibilities for the malfunction, Bell said electricians suspect that because the system is so new a censor in the building probably went off. The fire alarm system was part of the library renovations.