• Lending/Circulations Policy
• DVD/Videocassette Policy
• Lost or Damaged Items
• Internet Use Policy
• Guidelines for Library Behavior
• Unattended Children Policy

Lending/Circulation Policy

• Most materials are checked out for three weeks and may be renewed twice by telephone, in person or on the internet via your patron account.
  
• Current issues of magazines do not circulate, but are available for in-library use. Back issues may be checked out and renewed twice.
• Puppets may be borrowed for three weeks but only two per card because they are in high demand. These items may be renewed twice as well.
• Audiocassettes and CDs circulate for three weeks and may be renewed twice. 
• Videos and DVDs circulate for seven days and may be renewed twice. 
• Paperbacks on the south wall are available for a three week period based on the honor system. Please let the circulation staff know the number of paperbacks you are taking as it adds to our circulation statistics.
• Projectors may be borrowed on a daily or weekend basis and must be reserved. The following fees are charged for Slide Projector and Overhead Projector.
  $3.00 per day
  $5.00 per weekend (check out on Friday, return on Monday morning)
• Items on a waiting list may not be renewed. 

Book Return: To accommodate our patrons' busy schedules we have provided two book returns. The outdoor book return is located on the island in our parking lot. There is also a book return, located on the outside of the building to the left of the main entrance. Both book returns are open continuously for the convenience of our patrons. In addition, inside the Library, a drop slot is located at the lower end of the Circulation desk to secure your returned items. 

When returning our items inside the library please feel free to ask a staff member to discharge your materials when you return them, and provide you with a receipt.

Reserves: We will be glad to place a Reserve on any item within the county at no charge. Reserves can be placed for you at a circulation terminal. As a courtesy, please call the library if you want to cancel a reserve because other patrons may be waiting for the same materials. 

Interlibrary Loan
If a needed item is not located within the county, we will place an Interlibrary Loan request for you. Audio-visual materials and items added to a library’s collection within the previous six months generally cannot be requested through Interlibrary Loan. 

Please note that items borrowed from outside the county may not have three week loan period and must be returned on or before the lending library’s due date. There may be a charge for this service depending on the lending library’s policy. 

Patrons will be notified when materials arrive, and they will be held for one week. The Library must charge $1.00 to patrons who do not pick up a requested item. 

At this time we cannot request items from out of state via Interlibrary Loan.

Overdue Charges:

Books: $.25 per item per day
Audiocassettes: $.25 per item per day
CDs: $.25 per item per day
Puppets: $.25 per item per day
Pamphlets: $.25 per item per day
Magazines: $.25 per item per day
Videocassettes: $1.00 per item per day
DVD’s: $1.00 per item per day
Interlibrary Loan items: $1.00 per item per day
Projectors: $1.00 per item per day

DVD/Videocassette Policy

• Anyone with a valid library card may borrow videocassettes.
• There is a limit of 10 videocassettes per patron per card. (The number of videos includes all items checked out at Lebanon County libraries). Those videos must be returned before borrowing others.
• Videos are loaned for 7 days. There is a $1.00 charge for each day a video is overdue. 
• Videos may be renewed twice for an additional 7 days (per renewal), by telephone, in person or on the internet via your patron account.
• Videos may be returned in the circulation desk drop box or in either outside book return. 
• All videos are inspected before being reshelved. If a video appears damaged, please notify the library; do not attempt to use it. 
• If a video is damaged while on loan, the borrower will be charged for the replacement cost. 
• Remember to adjust the tracking on your videocassette player if the picture appears fuzzy.
• The heads on your videocassette player should be cleaned as recommended in your owner’s manual. Dirty equipment can cause poor picture quality and possible damage to the videocassette.
• The library is not responsible for any damage that might occur to your videocassette player when using a video borrowed from the library.

Lost or Damaged Items
If items checked out to you are lost or damaged beyond repair, you are responsible for their replacement costs and any overdue fines incurred. Accounts can be settled at the Circulation desk, where arrangements can be made for payment. 

The card you have received creates a permanent record in the Library’s database. Please let us know as soon as possible if your name, address or other information changes, or if your card is lost or stolen.

Internet Use Policy
The Lebanon Community Library aims to develop collections, resources, and services which meet the cultural, informational, recreational, and educational needs of the community it serves. It is within this context that the Lebanon Community Library offers access to the Internet.

Resources available on the Internet supplement and compliment the collections of the Library. The Library does not monitor and has no control over the information accessed through the Internet and cannot be held responsible for its content. All Internet resources accessible through the Library are provided equally to all Library users. Parents or guardians, not the Library or its staff, are responsible for their children’s use of the Internet through the Library’s connection. 

The Internet is not under one governing body. Each site controls its own content. The Internet is a reflection of society, therefore, whatever exits in the real world, exists on the Internet. Since the Internet is an unregulated medium, it enables access to materials that are personally, professionally, and culturally enriching to individuals of all ages, as well as materials which some may find offensive or disturbing.
By using a public Internet workstation at the Lebanon Community Library, you agree to the following guidelines.

Sharing the Net:
Public access to the Internet is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Users must register with the Library staff and provide a valid Internet identification card. When others are waiting to use the Internet, usage is limited to 30 minutes. 

Getting Help:
The Library’s staff will assist patrons with Internet use as time permits but cannot offer personal instruction. Reference staff is always available to help patrons locate books, periodicals, and videos about the Internet. 

Downloading:
Downloads to disk must be made on a virus-free library purchased disk. If the disk leaves the premises, it cannot be used again in library computers. Users may download information providing the downloading time does not exceed the scheduled time slot. 

Printing:
Printing costs are the same as the Library’s photocopier costs ($.25). Users may print information from the Internet providing the time used to print does not exceed the scheduled time slot. 

E-mail:
The Library does not directly provide electronic mail or access to news and discussion groups, in part because other resources on the Internet provide these services, as well as commercial vendors. Patrons may use the Library’s Internet computers to access accounts obtained through these services as long as they do not require any alternation of the computer’s resources or files.

Use of the Internet is a privilege, not a right, and inappropriate use will result in a suspension, and eventually cancellation, of this privilege. Examples of inappropriate use include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Violation of computer system integrity;
• Unauthorized tampering with computer hardware or software;
• Storage of data to anything other than a Library purchased diskette;
• Violation of software license agreements and copyright laws:
• Violation of another user’s privacy;
• Use of sound or visuals which might be disruptive to others;
• Viewing sexually explicit materials; 
• Use of personal software;

Use of Library Internet workstations for commercial use;Users are responsible for damage to equipment beyond what occurs through normal usage. The signature on the Internet Use Policy Registration Card is legally binding and indicates that the party who signed has read the terms and conditions of this policy and understands their significance. Children under age 18 MUST have an accompanying signature of a parent or legal guardian on the card. The Lebanon Community Library’s Internet Identification Card must be visible at all times. 

Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the 
Lebanon Community Library October 1997

Guidelines for Library Behavior
Patrons of the Lebanon Community Library deserved to find our facility a peaceful, comfortable, pleasant and safe place to read, study, browse or work. Our goal is respect for the rights of all users, so we ask your cooperation with the following guidelines. 

• Shirt and shoes must be worn.
• Food, beverages and smoking are prohibited.
• Noisy, rowdy or otherwise disruptive behaviors – including running, fighting and roughhousing – are unacceptable.
• Tables and chairs may not be rearranged. Sitting on tables or placing feet on tables or chairs is unacceptable. 
• The Library’s telephones are for staff use only. For your convenience, a public pay phone is located just outside the front door for patron’s use. 
• Destruction or defacement of library materials or property, or any other disturbing, threatening or potentially criminal behavior will be referred to the police.

The Library’s security guard or any staff member has the authority to enforce these policies. Failure to follow these rules will result in expulsion from the library. If anyone refuses to leave the library after being requested to do so, the Lebanon Police Department will be contacted.

Unattended Children Policy
To parents (or legal guardians)
We welcome your children in the library, but feel we must establish guidelines for their safety while in the building. 

• Every child has the right to use the library and is assumed to be a patron in good standing unless proven otherwise. 
• Orderly behavior is required or the child will be asked to leave. 
• Children age six and under must be accompanied by an adult or responsible teenager.
• The library takes no responsibility for children left unattended, except in the case of library-sponsored programs, and then only for the time the children are actually attending the program.
• If the child cannot be picked up as planned, please make other arrangements and notify the library.

The library tries hard to provide a safe environment for your children. We need your cooperation in the making their experience a pleasant one.