Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Policies and Circumstances: Public Library Policies For The 21 Century
Policies and Circumstances: Public Library Policies For The 21 Century
Library Policy Documents for Effective Library Operations (SCLS workshop by John DeBacher, 2007):
http://www.scls.info/ce/program/documents/policies0607.ppt
ALA presentation:
http://www.bannedinwestbend.info/west-bend-wi/documents/alahandout.pdf?attredirects=0
“Florida Man Sues Two Libraries for Religious Discrimination” (American Libraries, 2010):
http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/02172010/florida-man-sues-two-libraries-religious-
discrimination
Pfeiffer vs. the City of West Allis: http://www.lc.org/misc/pfeifer.htm (the official legal decision)
Privacy/Confidentiality Policies:
“Lock the Library! Rowdy Students are Taking Over!” (New York Times, January 2, 2007):
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/02/nyregion/02library.html?
pagewanted=1&ei=5088&en=727b5addd89e9db1&ex=1325394000&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Unattended Children in Libraries and Recreation Centers (Virginia Beach’s administrative directive):
http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/files/ll-VaBeachUnattended.mht
Guidelines for Developing a Policy on Unattended Children in Libraries (New Jersey Library
Association): http://www.njla.org/statements/children_libraries.html
Glendale (CA) Public Library (Why are cell phones allowed in the library?):
http://library.ci.glendale.ca.us/feedback_faqs.asp
Cheryl Becker
South Central Library System
[email protected]
608-246-7973
sclscheryl