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Table of Contents
1. BORROWERS’
CARDS
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All 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 thereof. No card will be issued to a minor under
eighteen (18) years of age unless the application, and acceptance
of responsibility, is signed by the minor and also by a parent
or legal guardian. The responsible adult must be a current
cardholder and be willing to assume the responsibility for
the minor for misuse or abuse of the privileges of library
usage.
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Upon application for a card, the borrower
will be permitted to check out two (2) items until receipt
of their card in the mail.
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Where privileges have been suspended on a
card of a minor, privileges on a card of a parent or legal
guardian with legal custody of the minor may be suspended
by giving prior written notice of suspension to such parent
or a legal guardian at the address on the library record,
and will remain in effect until the overdue materials have
been returned, and/or the fines, charges, or penalties on
the suspended card have been paid in full.
2. LATE FEES
- a. Ten cents ($0.10) per day on four (4) week books.
- b. One dollar ($1.00) per day on videos, DVDs and non-book
materials.
- c. Three dollars ($3.00) per day on cassette players,
screens or projectors.
- d. The Maximum fine accrual per item is set at ten dollars
($10.00).
3. SERVICE CHARGES
- Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for Adult Fiction
- Thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for Adult Non-fiction
- Thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for Alaska Fiction
- Forty-five dollars ($45.00) for Alaska Non-fiction
- Fifteen dollars ($15.00) for Juvenile Fiction
- Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for Juvenile Non-fiction
- Fifteen dollars ($15.00) for Easy Fiction
- Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for Easy Non-fiction
- Twenty dollars ($20.00) for Music CD
- Five dollars ($5.00) for Periodical
- Forty dollars ($40.00) for CD-ROM
- Forty-five dollars ($45.00) for Government Document
- Twenty dollars ($20.00) for Audiocassette
- Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for Videos and DVDs
- b. Five dollars ($5.00) handling charge for damaged books
that may be rebound, in addition to rebind charges.
4. REPLACEMENT CHARGES
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a. One dollar ($1.00) for each library identifier/barcode.
b. Two dollars ($2.00) for lost library card.
c. Three dollars ($3.00) for record sleeves, hang-up bags
or AV or cassette containers.
5. DAMAGES
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a. Two dollars ($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.) The
charge should not exceed the actual cost or replacement cost
of the item.
b. If library materials are damaged to the extent that any
part of them are illegible, charges under paragraph 3(a) above
will be applicable.
6. RENEWALS
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Books and/or other library materials
may be renewed in person, on-line or by telephone once
if not reserved.
7. USE OF LIBRARY CONFERENCE ROOM
8. EXHIBITS
KENAI COMMUNITY LIBRARY
POLICIES
The mission of the Kenai Community Library is
to provide a comfortable and friendly environment in which the
public may:
a. Have a reasonable
expectation that they will leave the building with what they
came for;
b. Relax and
read current materials;
c. Receive knowledgeable
assistance and answers to questions;
d. Pursue opportunities
for lifelong learning;
e. Find professionally
selected materials in all formats for personal enjoyment;
f. Enjoy
programs or performances;
g. Have access
to technological resources.
In support
of this mission, the library provides individualized assistance,
community outreach, professional expertise, and current technologies
for equal access to facilities, quality services, and materials
in a variety of formats.
The Kenai
Community Library will endeavor to:
a. Provide service
to every resident in the community;
b. Provide non-residents
the same services:
c. Have the library
open seven (7) days a week for at least a total of fifty-nine
(59) hours.
The library supports the Library Bill of Rights of the American
Library Association Freedom to Read statement. The Library’s
mandate is to provide the public access to information on all
sides of an issue.
MATERIALS
PERSONNEL
BUDGET, OPERATIONAL
BUDGET, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
BOOK SELECTION
The Library Commission 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:
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a. Books and/or 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.
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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 of 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 is free
to reject for himself books of which he does not approve,
he cannot exercise this right of censorship to restrict
the freedom to read to others.
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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 orders of a court or competent jurisdiction.
e. 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 by the 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
to the library.
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Cooperation will be given to other libraries
to advance the usage of all libraries and to provide additional
services to the readers of our community, and to publicize
the value of library services to all.
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