disruptive behavior policy

Disruptive Behavior Policy
Three points of information from Marian:

• If a coworker witnesses a violation of the Disruptive Behavior Policy a second person or librarian does not have to see it themselves to act.  That applies only when we have patron complaints that need to be substantiated.
• Branch associates have the authority to ask patrons to leave or ban patrons within the guidelines of the Disruptive Behavior Policy.
• If someone is viewing child pornography that is a violation of the law.  Tara should be contacted at HQ and at the branches call the police.  If Tara is not there a librarian should call the police.

reminder about the macs

Quick reminder about the Teen Mac Lab...  These computers are for teens with cards in good standing (fines below $2.00).  If a teen needs to use a computer but has fines exceeding $2.00, he or she must pay $1.00 and obtain a guest pass for the adult computer lab (if fines still exceed $2).

updated computer policy at HQ

From Melody--
Greetings! The Management Team has discussed the fact that there are times now when many computers are available and persons who would like more time don’t have that option.

Beginning today the two hour time limit for computer use at Headquarters has been removed. This change brings all locations under the same guidelines for computer use.

The patron’s first session consists of 60 minutes. When that time is close to being exhausted, the patron is given the option to extend their time in increments of 15 minutes.

This allows others who want to use computers to make reservations without having significant wait times, as any computer that had been used by one person more than an hour would be available in fifteen minutes or less.

In order for this to work, patrons should extend the time themselves; staff should not extend time for them. The exceptions would be a class or a job application that the patron needed more than an additional fifteen minutes to complete.

Thanks for your help in educating our patrons about this change by letting them know that they can extend their time on their own and that we have removed the two hour time limit for computer use. And thanks to Edward for working with IT to accomplish this.

Thanks, everyone. Melody