Racine Public Library Policies & Procedures
Click through the PDFs below to learn about the library’s policies, procedures, rules and guidelines. Want to know how long you can check items out for? Or how you can access the items in the library’s history room? The answers are below!
Policies and Procedures for Visitors
- Circulation Policy
Who can borrow from the library? What are the rules for doing so? - Collection Development Policy
How does the library decide what to collect? How can the community make requests or complaints? - Confidentiality and Privacy Policy
How does the library protect your privacy, and what information do you have access to? - Equipment Use Policy
How can visitors use the library’s computers, 3D printers and other tech? - Equipment Use Rules and Regulations
What rules are there for using library technology? - Exhibit Space and Posting Policy
How does the library decide what community information and exhibits to display? - Freedom to Read Statement
Where does the library stand on visitors’ freedom to make their own choices about what to read? - Freedom to View Statement
Where does the library stand on visitors’ freedom to view films and other viewable media?
- Internet Access and Wireless Network Policy, Rules and Regulations
How can visitors use the library’s internet and other electronic services? - Lost and Found Procedures
How does the library handle visitors’ lost items? - Patron Behavior Policy
What rules do library visitors need to follow? How does the library handle serious concerns? - Programming Policy
How does the library plan programs? What can participants expect? - Social Media Policy
What does the library use its social media channels for? What should users expect when engaging with library accounts?
Equity Policies
- Equity, Diversity, Inclusion: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights
What are some of the ways the library builds equity in its work? - Hiring Policy
How does the library build equity and diversity in its hiring, training and promotion? - Inclusive Services Statement
What are some of the ways the library remains inclusive?
Policies for Library Services
- Bus Pass Procedures
Who can we give bus passes to, and what do they need to do to receive them? - Home Delivery Service Policy
Who can use the library’s home delivery service? How does it work? - Public Use of Rooms Policy
How can visitors use the library’s study, meeting, history and other rooms? - Sensory Room Policy and Procedures
How can visitors use the sensory room, and what can they expect?
Policies and Procedures for Donors
- Donation Procedure
What kinds of book and item donations can the library accept? - Gifts and Donations Policy
How does the library handle different donations? What can donors expect? - Naming Rights Policy
How does the board decide what to name library spaces? When can a space be named after a donor or library supporter?
Staff Policies and Procedures
- Data Privacy Policies
How do we protect information we collect about our visitors? - Furniture and Equipment Disposal Policy
How does the library get rid of furniture and equipment it doesn’t need anymore? - Records Retention Policy
How does the library care for its records, and how long does it keep different documents? - Staff Use of Equipment and Information Technology Policy
How can staff’s work computers be used?
Board of Trustees Policies and Procedures
- Bylaws of the Racine Public Library Board of Trustees
What rules does the library’s board follow? Who is on the board? - Executive Director Annual Review
How does the board review and assess the library’s executive director? - Fiscal Policy
How does the board handle the library’s finances? - Trust Fund Investment and Use Policy
How does the board manage the library’s trust funds?
Racine Public Library Foundation Policies and Procedures
- Racine Public Library Foundation Bylaws
What rules do the Foundation and its board have to follow?