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Home My WebLink AboutRESOLUTION 1991-26Suggested City Librarian ILBBOLUTXON g~-~6 A RESOLUFION OF THE COUNCIL OFT HE CITY OF KENAI, RATIFYING AMENDMENTS TO CITY OF KENAX. LIBRARY REGULATIONS AND INCLUDING THE CITY LIBRARY POLICIES.- WHEREAS, the Library Regulations require modification including, among other things, ~hecurrent Librar~Policies; NOW, THEREFORE, BE ZT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF to the Library Regu~aclons aaa approvuu ~- -~-- Library Policies to the Kenai Municipal Code, as follows: LIBRARY ~EGULATIONS 1. Borrowers' Cards: ae Ce Ail transactions will require the presence of a valid library identification card which will be issued to a resident filing an application, and accepting · responsibility for the usage~hereof. No card will be issued to a minor under eighteen years of age unless the application, and acceptance of responsibility, is signed by the minor and also by a parent or person standing in place of parent'willing to assume the responsibility for the minor' for misuse or abuse of the privileges of library usage. Upon application.for .a card, the borrower will be pernXttedto check out one'kook. 'After the'card received-throuqhthe mail, the borrower may check out as many as four books each library'visit t£ all materials preVi°Usly loaned have been returned and no fines, charges, or penalties are lIN ARREARS] ~_~_~on library records. uriv[leoes have been Suspended on a car~ o~ a__ ~~ fan~lv~rOUp, privileges on all oar~s.!n =ne notice o£ suspension to a paren~ E~gure ac ~ne a on the libra~reCord, and'will rena~n so until ~e overdue materials.have ~en'ret~ed, or ~he t~nes,' charges, or penalt~eson .~e susPended-card have been 0 . e : a. Five cents be ($.05) per day on fourteen-day books. Ten cents ($.10) per day on seven-day books and/or other library materials such as maps, period'icals, newspapers; phonodiscs or cassettes. ollars $5.00) per day on non-book materials such Five D ( ro ectors[, as ~ cassette.~l~[~.~eens['] AND INCLUDING ALL S~Fvice charaes: a, Ih. ars $1o.00) handling charge for books or other Ten Doll ( r'. This d re ai ..,.~al that are lost or damage~ bey?n ~_._ ~_. out-of-print books are as follows= [(i) FORTY DOLLARS FOR ALASKA BOOKS~] ~45.O0 for_Alaskana.- · [(ii) THIRTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR NON-FICTION BOOKS,] 35 0 for non-fiction books~ 5.0 fo t~o ILE~NOTICE OR TELEPHONE FOR EACH~A Two DOLLARS ($2.00) ~ CALL THAT IS NECESSARY TO EFFEC- RETUR~ OF OVERDUE BOOKS AND/OR OTHER LIBRARY MATERIALS OR SETTLEmeNT OF OTHER CHARGES.] o '-- '~-' -'" ~' 5 0 c o bo 2 0 o e c e ct ce o e - ~eDlace~eEt Charaes: a. [$.50 FOR F~CH POCKET MISSING OR DEFACED.] $1~0...for_each Docke~. [$.25 FOR FACH ITEM RETURNED WITHOUT DATE CARD.] $2..00 for l~st library ID~ C .D. [~! $. 50 FOR D~GED OR MISSING e ~ nn ~n~ n~GED OR MISSING ~CO~ ~v~. ~ontainers~ o 0 a. bo $2.00 per page for torn or defaced pages or covers. (Pages or covers containing scribbling, writing or pages that have been mended With scotch tape or like material are considered defaced.) .. I£ library materials are damaged tot he extent that any part o£ it is.illegible, charges under paragraph 2(a) above. Will be aPPlicable. · i~ed-4ate past six months. ~ will be ~nposed i£ the book drop. Limited c!rculati.om -..- Books designated "Limited Circulation". are to be loaned· only to borrowers with responsible librarYusage £or.the A [FIVE-UOLUmFIHE] an~ suoh book is deposited through · Books and/or other library materials may be renewed person or by t~lephone once i£ not reserved. KEHAX COMMUNITY LIBRARY POLICIES THE KENAI COHHUHITY LIBRARY WILL ENDEAVOR a. To prOVide free serVice ~o every resident in the co munity. To support the Library Bill o£ Rights and the American L~brary Association Freedom to Read Statement. .~o assemble.,~preserve,.and.administerboeks and/or ...... other library materials. To serve"~e-communitYas a center of reliable infornation. ~o provide non-residents the Sane services. ~o have the library, open $ da~s a week £or at least a 'total of 63,5 hoUFs. MATERIALS Books and other library Oriented materials will be added to the present, oolleotion' to provide informati°n, entertain~entr, ~ntellectUal. development and' enrichment to' ' all the people of the oommunit¥. PERSONNEL Salary schedule, holidays, vacation and sick leave shall conform to those rules outlined in the Personnel Regulations of the City of Kenai. BUDGET, OPERATIONAL The budget shall be presented to the City by the Librar~ staff. BUDGET, CAPITOL IMPROVEMENTS The initiation of a budget for Capitol Improvements shall be done by the Library Commission and the Library Staff. BOOK SELECTION The board of the Library recognizing the pluralistic nature of this community and the varied backgrounds and the needs of the citizens, declares as a matter of book selection policy that~ a. Books and/6r other library material selection is and shall be vested in the librarian. Any book and/or library material so selected shall be held to be selected by the Commission. b. Selection of books and/or other library material shall be made on the basis of their value of interest, information, and enlightenment of all the people o£ the community. No book and/or library material shall be excluded because of the race, nationality or the political or social views of the author. c. This Commission believes that censorship is a purely individual matter and declares that while anyone free to reject-for himself-books of-which approve, he cannot exercise this right of censorship to restrict the freedom to read'tO otherS. d. This Commission defends the principles of the freedom to read and declares that whenever censorship is involved no book and/or library material shall be removed from the library save under the ordersOf court or competent Jurisdiction. This Commission adopts and declares that it will adhere to and support= 1. The Library Bill of Rights, and 2. The Freedom to Read Statement adopted.bythe American Library Association, both of which are made a part hereof. Gifts will be accepted with provisions as to addition tO.the collection upon examination of materials. Non-usable gifts will be given the disposition that is of most value tot he library. PUBLIC Cooperation will be given to other libraries to advance the usage of all librflries and to provide additi _the readers of our c m~,,~.. __4 ..... onal services tO l~brarF services to ~"'~' .nu =o P~c~ze the value of PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAT of May,-1991. ....... ------- ATTESTs First Reading~ Adopted~ Effective Date= Nay 15, 1991 Jur~e 5, 1991 JUly 5, 1991