Policy for Appropriate Behavior in the Library
Madison-Jefferson County Public Library’s Board of Trustees and staff wants to create an atmosphere that is welcoming and conducive to learning and recreational reading. Quiet, conversational tones are encouraged. Quiet study areas are available on lower level for times when library activities (for example, meetings and programs) are underway.
The library director and staff are responsible for seeing that standards set forth in these policies are maintained. Parents are asked to keep children with them at all times and to keep children’s behavior under control. Disruptive behavior is not acceptable. The library implements an Unattended Children Policy.
Unacceptable behaviors under this policy include, but are not limited to:
* Loitering * Sleeping * Gambling * Using obscene language * Solicitation * Public Intoxication * Smoking * Theft or destruction of library property * Leaving unattended children * Displaying unwanted attention toward another person * Carrying of any kind of weapon or facsimile of a weapon * Indecent exposurePatrons in violation of the guidelines in this policy will be asked to leave or may be subject to arrest under Indiana Code Section 35-43-2-2 entitled “Criminal Trespass.”
Approved by the Madison-Jefferson County Public Library Board of Trustees 11/9/00.
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