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ABOUT THE LIBRARY - Policies

General Operations

Policy #: 400-1

Effective Date: 10/98

STATEMENT:
The Red Jacket Community Library will follow general operating guidelines.

PURPOSE:
To put down in writing the general operating guidelines of the Red Jacket Community Library.

POLICY:

1. Staff members and Trustees are subject to the same rules that are set forth in this section as the public in the use of library policy, including fines.
    
2. Smoking is not allowed in the Library. Eating or drinking is not allowed in the Library except when included as part of a programming activity.
    
3. Community Library hours shall be:

   SCHOOL YEAR HOURS:

   Monday thru Thursday.....3 pm to 9 pm

   Friday...............................3 pm to 7pm

   Saturday......................... 10 am to 5 pm

    

    

   SUMMER HOURS:

   Mon, Wed, Friday.....9 am to 4 pm

   Tues and Thurs..........1 pm to 8 pm

   Saturday.................... 9 am to 1 pm

    

    

   Special holiday hours will be posted in the Library.

4. All Library programs are free and open to the public. Whenever possible, programming modifications will be provided for those with disabilities upon proper notification of need.
    
5. The Red Jacket Public Library will close on national and traditional holidays, specified by the Board of Trustees at the annual meeting, to include the following:

   New Year’s Day

   Labor Day

   Martin Luther King Day

   Columbus Day

   President’s Day

   Veteran’s Day

   Memorial Day

   Thanksgiving

   Independence Day

   Christmas

6. EMERGENCY CLOSING: The Red Jacket Community Library will close during any emergency situation such as fire, snow, bomb threat, etc. that causes the school to close, with the exception that if circumstances change and there is no longer a public safety issue, the Red Jacket Community Library Director will have the authority to make the decision to keep the Community Library open.
   
   The Red Jacket Community Library Director will notify the Community Library Board President or designee of any emergency closing or decision to stay open if there is no longer a public safety issue.
    
7. If persons displaying inappropriate behavior, behavior threatening or disturbing to other library users or staff, or don’t respond to a request to behave appropriately, they may be asked to leave the Library by the Librarian, designated staff members, or law enforcement authorities.
    
8. All posted materials will be pre-approved by the Library Director.
    
9. Only Library staff members and persons authorized by the Library Board will have keys to the Library.
    
10. As a member of the Pioneer Library System, the Red Jacket Community Library will abide by the Pioneer System’s rules and regulations.
     
11. Use of the Library meeting rooms by community groups is at the discretion of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Education.
     
12. As a non-profit, tax funded operation the Community Library does not support fund raising requests with money donations.

Reviewed: 4/99; 1/02; 5/02; 5/07

Revised: 4/99; 1/02; 5/02; 5/07

Adopted at the 10/7/98 Red Jacket Community Library Board Meeting.