
Ames Public Library Policies
Today is 5/18/2013

- 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
- Donations
- Donor Recognition
- Expressions of Concern
- Investments
- Public Participation
- Records Retention
- Sex Offender Policy
- Volunteer Services
3. Library Operations
- Circulation Policy
- Circulation Policy Addendum: Fees
- Conduct in the Library
- Confidentiality of Library Records
- Petition Policy
- Unattended Children/Disruptive Behavior
- Use of Patron Database
4. Library Resources
- Collections
- Display Spaces
- Internet Use Policy and Guidelines
- Library Security Cameras
- Programs
- Statement of Concern about Library Resources
- Social Networking Policy
5. Personnel
6. ALA and Related Documents
- Access to Digital Information, Services, and Networks
- 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 and Considerations for Developinga Public Library Internet Use Policy
- Guidelines for the Development and implementation of Policies, Regulations and Procedures Affecting Access to Library Materials, Services and Facilities
- 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



