Albany County Public Library (WY) shares their social media policies. These policies were developed by the Public Relations Coordinator, Caitlin White, and approved by the board. Thanks to Public Services Librarian, Kathy Marquis, for sharing.

Stephanie Lamson, Preservation Librarian at the University of Washington, shares procedures for dealing with beg bugs and other library pests found in returned books.

Summary of CIPA

CIPA or no CIPA, the San Francisco (CA) Public Library won't be filtering public access computers for adults and teens--a city ordinance prohibits it from doing so.

Since the use of filtering software for library computer terminals has become a subject of debate, the pros and cons of incorporating this software within library technology must be closely examined and weighed along with the traditional responsibility of the library professional for selecting materials.

A Virginia Library's patron behavior policy.

A friendly and informative handout helping staff support wireless patron computing, from a suburban Maryland library.

Policy for staff's use of electronic communications of any kind, including email, IM, telephone, cell phones.

This sample gift acceptance policy for a library foundation board was created in conjunction with the webcourse 'WebJunction's Fundraising for Libraries,' or it can be used for your own foundation board.

This policy covers public computer, internet, and wifi network use by patrons.