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Acceptable Use of the Library
Adopted 4/3/06
Revised 6/5/06, 2/5/07
The Sullivan County Library is available to all persons. While everyone has an equal right to access library services and facilities, no person has the right to interfere
with the ability of others to use and enjoy library resources, services,
and facilities. The library
cannot tolerate poor public conduct. The purpose of this policy is to
ensure a safe, orderly, and comfortable atmosphere in which all library
patrons can use the library's materials and services most effectively.
OBJECTIONABLE BEHAVIORS
- Being under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs
- Defacing or otherwise damaging library property
- Smoking, chewing and other tobacco use
- Eating and/or drinking, except in designated areas at selected
locations
- Lying down or sleeping on any floor, table, or seat in the library
- Soliciting or conducting surveys not authorized by the library
- Making loud noise
- Running, pushing, shoving, or throwing objects
- Using restrooms for bathing or shampooing, doing laundry, or
changing clothes
- Using cell phones and pagers in a manner that disturbs other
visitors. Cell phone and pager audible ringers must be turned off.
- Entering the library barefooted, without a shirt, with offensive
body odor or personal hygiene so as to be disruptive to the library
environment.
- Bringing pets into the library, other than service animals for the
handicapped
- Illegal activities, including the use of the library’s electronic
resources for illegal or criminal purposes
- Viewing or downloading any explicit sexual material in violation
of Title 18 PA Crime Code – Sect. 5903
Library staff will intervene to
stop prohibited activities and behaviors.
Depending on the severity of the offense, the Library will institute discipline ranging from a verbal
warning, through denial of specific privileges to finally a denial of
the right to use the Library for a specified time period. Any patron,
whose privileges have been denied, may have the decision reviewed by the
Board of Trustees. The patron must put his/her request for Board review
in writing. Each offense will be treated on an individual basis.
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