Library and Employee Policies

SECTION I. Board of Trustees

  1. 1.1 Bylaws
    1. 1.1.1 Appointment of Trustees
    2. 1.1.2 Officers
    3. 1.1.3 Standing Committees
    4. 1.1.4 Annual Organizational Meeting
    5. 1.1.5 Regular Meetings
    6. 1.1.6 Special Meetings
    7. 1.1.7 Quorum & Voting
    8. 1.1.8 Conduct of Trustees
  2. 1.2 Public Participation at Board Meetings
  3. 1.3 Statement of Ethics for Library Trustees

SECTION II. General Library Administration

  1. 2.1 Mission Statement
  2. 2.2 Library Bill of Rights
  3. 2.3 Ohio Library Children's Bill of Rights
  4. 2.4 Freedom to View
  5. 2.5 Hours of Operation
    1. 2.5.1 Normal Library Hours
    2. 2.5.2 Holidays
    3. 2.5.3 Emergency Closing
  6. 2.6 Collection Development
    1. 2.6.1 Standards of Selection for Library Materials
    2. 2.6.2 Disposal of Library Materials
    3. 2.6.3 Donation of Materials
    4. 2.6.4 Other Donations
  7. 2.7 Incident Reports
  8. 2.8 Records
    1. 2.8.1 Public- updating
    2. 2.8.2 Patron
    3. 2.8.3 Personnel Records
  9. 2.9 Patron Conduct
  10. 2.10 Computer Use
  11. 2.11 Internet
    1. 2.11.1 Internet and OPLIN User
    2. 2.11.2 Internet Safety Policy
  12. 2.12 Liquor Policy
  13. 2.13 Non-Library Materials
  14. 2.14 Solicitation & Petitions
  15. 2.15 Concealed Weapon Carry

SECTION III. Budget and Finance

  1. 3.1 Investments
  2. 3.2 Investment Interest Allocation
  3. 3.3 Retention and Disposal of Records
  4. 3.4 Credit Cards
  5. 3.5 Petty Cash
  6. 3.6 Electronic Funds Transfer and Online Banking Activities
  7. 3.7 Deposits
  8. 3.8 Fraud Prevention

SECTION IV. Circulation

  1. 4.1 Acceptable Use
  2. 4.2 Circulation Limits
    1. 4.2.1 Time
    2. 4.2.2 Number of Materials
    3. 4.2.3 Non-circulating Items
    4. 4.2.4 Renewal of Loans
    5. 4.2.5 Wi-Fi Hotspot lending Policy & Agreement - suspended
  3. 4.3 Fines
  4. 4.4 Library Cards
    1. 4.4.1 Registration and Use
    2. 4.4.2 Educator Cards
    3. 4.4.3 Forgotten
    4. 4.4.4 Lost
    5. 4.4.5 Damaged
  5. 4.5 Interlibrary Loan
  6. 4.6 Overdue Notification
  7. 4.7 Emancipated Minors
  8. 4.8 Pest Control Procedure

SECTION V. Employee Policies

  1. 5.1 Equal Employment Opportunity
    1. 5.1.1 Employment at Will
    2. 5.1.2 Background Check- updating
    3. 5.1.3 Nepotism
  2. 5.2 Ethics Statement
  3. 5.3 Conduct of Employees
    1. 5.3.1 Social Media Use
    2. 5.3.2 Information Technology (IT) Policy
  4. 5.4 Employee Dress Code
  5. 5.5 Employee Benefits and Compensation
    1. 5.5.1 Insurance Coverage
    2. 5.5.2 Sick Leave
    3. 5.5.3 Leaves of Absence
    4. 5.5.4 Bereavement Leave
    5. 5.5.5 Jury Duty
    6. 5.5.6 Military Leave
    7. 5.5.7 Vacation
    8. 5.5.8 Personal Leave
    9. 5.5.9 Compensatory Time and Overtime
    10. 5.5.10 Continuing Education- suspended 2008
    11. 5.5.11 Employee Compensation
    12. 5.5.12 Employee Performance Review
    13. 5.5.13 Remote Work Policy
  6. 5.6 Equipment and Facilities
    1. 5.6.1 Equipment Use
    2. 5.6.2 Facilities Use
    3. 5.6.3 Digital Video Surveillance
  7. 5.7 Travel Expenses
    1. 5.7.1 Sales Tax Exemption
  8. 5.8 Drug Testing- updating
  9. 5.9 Counseling, Discipline, Suspension, and Dismissal
  10. 5.10 Political Activities

SECTION VI. Facilities and Equipment

  1. 6.1 Parking Lots
  2. 6.2 Vehicles, Use of Library
  3. 6.3 Buildings and Equipment, Disposal

SECTION VII. Other Services

  1. 7.1 Programming
  2. 7.2 Exhibit Space
  3. 7.3 Facsimile Services
  4. 7.4 Meeting Rooms
  5. 7.5 Bulletin Boards
  6. 7.6 Photocopy Services
  7. 7.7 Microfilm Photocopy Services