Ames Public Library Policies
Today is 7/24/2008
- History, Authority, Mission
- Administration
- Library Operations
- Library Resources
- Personnel
- ALA and Related Documents
1. History, Authority, Mission
2. Administration
- Bylaws, Board of Trustees
- Financial Limits Authority
- Director’s General Job Duties
- Director Performance Evaluation
- Gifts
- Investments
- Public Participation
- Volunteer Services
3. Library Operations
- Circulation Policy
- Conduct in the Library
- Confidentiality of Library Records
- Unattended Children/Disruptive Behavior
- Use of Patron Database
4. Library Resources
- Collections
- Exhibit Spaces
- Exam Proctoring
- Internet Use Policy and Guidelines
- Meeting Rooms
- Programs
- Statement of Concern about Library Resources
5. Personnel
- Introduction
- Definitions
- Employee Recognition
- Employment – Administration
- Employment – Federal Laws
- Employment – Classification
- Employment – Standards of Conduct
- Compensation
- Performance – Employee Development
- Performance – Performance Appraisal
- Performance – Discipline
- Benefits – Paid Leave Time
- Benefits – Health and Welfare
- Other Policies
6. ALA and Related Documents
- Access to Electronic Information
- Access to Library Resources
- Challenged Materials
- Code of Ethics
- Core Values
- Diversity in Collection Development
- Economic Barriers to Access
- Evaluating Library Collections
- Exhibit Spaces and Bulletin Boards
- Expurgation of Library Materials
- Free Access to Libraries for Minors
- Freedom to Read
- Freedom to View
- Guidelines for the Development of Policies
- Labels and Rating Systems
- Libraries: An American Value
- Library Bill of Rights
- Library-Initiated Programs as a Resource
- Meeting Rooms
- Privacy
- Restricted Access to Library Materials
- Statement on the Use of Filtering Software
- Universal Right to Free Expression