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03/11/1999 - Packet i • AGENDA TIGARD LIBRARY BOARD THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1999 - 7:00 P.M. TIGARD PUBLIC LIBRARY— RED ROCK CREEK CONFERENCE ROOM 13125 SW HALL BLVD. TIGARD, OREGON 1. CALL TO ORDER Beck 2. ROLL CALL: . BECK_ CHAPMAN_ GUSTIN_ HARPER_ HOKLIN IRWIN KASSON 3. Approve Minutes for February 11, 1999. Beck 4. Agenda Additions& Deletions. Beck 5. Call to the Public. Beck 6. Water Solution for Tigard Presentation. Ed Wegner 7. Monthly Report for February 1999. Sisson 8. Friends of the Library Report. Burgess 9. Cooperative Library Advisory Board Report. Sisson - WCCLS Funding Formula Decision 10. Collection Development Policy Discussion. Sisson 11. Joint City Council/Library Board Meeting(April 20"). Sisson 12. Other Business. 13. Adjournment. TO ENSURE A QUORUM TO CONDUCT BUSINESS, PLEASE CALL CONNIE MARTIN OR MELINDA SISSON AT THE LIBRARY(684-6537), IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND. Agenda items for future meetings., e hAdocs\connie\Iib-a TIGARD LIBRARY BOARD February 11, 1999 MINUTES Call to Order: 7:05 p.m., by Chair Larry Beck. Roll Call: Larry Beck, David Chapman, Pat Harper, Lonn Hoklin, Nancy Irwin, and Sue Kasson. Staff: Melinda Sisson. Minutes: Harper moved to approve minutes of January 14, 1999, seconded by Chapman. Motion passed unanimously. Agenda Additions/Deletions: None. Call to the Public: None. Reports: January Monthly Report: WCCLS staff have been testing the latest version of Polaris (1.3) since January 20"'. Testing should be completed in February. The 1.3 Version offers many upgrades that will allow staff to renew items from patron status, add and delete items from record sets, place holds from the staff client, modify records, and give specified library staff system authority control. Gaylord continues to make progress with the Acquisitions module. Staff will test soon. The date fines will be reinstated has been set for March 1St. Any items overdue after March 22"d will accrue fines. Tigard Public Library estimated loss of fines as of the end of February 1999, at approximately $25,000. Libraries are beginning to receive rough statistics. However, they are not completely reliable as information was not being inputted. March statistics may be enough to get solid figures. Jesse Tremaine, temporary library assistant, was selected as a regular part-time library assistant. Ann Shincovich resigned, but will remain on-call status. Trish Stormont, Volunteer Coordinator, officially joined the staff on January 20''. Volunteer hours are up largely due to Trish's efforts. Friends of the Tigard Library: The Friends turned in the remainder of the Entertainment Books. They sold 66, down from last year's 120, and 160 the year before that. They will discuss whether to sell them next year. Volunteer Coordinator, Trish Stormont, attended the meeting to discuss donations and emptying of the donation box. A gift has been selected for former Volunteer Coordinator, Jean Lindsay. A "reading corner" will be identified in the library equipped with a comfortable chair and a revolving table with bookshelves to hold books. The "reading corner' will be dedicated to the Writer's group in Jean's name. A "Books Are Fun" sale has been scheduled for April 231 & 24t''. The "Books Buy the Foot" sale is scheduled for the weekend of July 15'. Burgess announced the Friends are in need of a Secretary. The City will soon make the Canterbury storage location available and the Friends will be able to use a portion of the building for storage of donated books. CLAB/WCCLS Funding Formula Update: The Cooperative Library Advisory Board continued to work on the WCCLS funding formula. A decision was made to use the July '97-June '98 statistics as a basis for the formula due to the reliability of the figures. Each library received a percentage of the proposed total remaining reimbursement of$9,054,833. Tigard Public Library anticipates receiving a 6.9 percent or $20,895.81 increase. Director also reviewed the circulation data history from FY85-86 through FY97-98. Director received the WCCLS Budget Analysis and reviewed with the Board. WCCLS continues to see revenue for member libraries. However, it was noted that they may start to feel the impact of Measure 50 in three to four years. Director distributed the WCCLS Long Range Plan for 1999-2004. Board reviewed and discussed recommended changes to the overall plan. Results of the Library Expansion Survey: Results of the survey went to staff, the Friends, and the Library Board. The three top areas chosen for space needs were: 1) Children's space for programming and collections; 2) Circulation Desk space for holds, workspace, improved signage for public, staff desks relocated, larger work surface, self checkout, improved security; and 3) Extra shelving for collection. Tigard Library was contacted by the architectural firm working with the Forest Grove and Camas Libraries expansion projects. A meeting was held to discuss an expansion for the Tigard Library in hopes of achieving better flow and design. The cost for an architect to develop a building program is between $20,000 - $25,000. Other Business: Board discussed terms of member renewals. Larry Beck and Tammy Gustin are up for renewal in June. Will select a Chair and Vice-Chair at that time. Collection Development Policy Revision Discussion: Board members received a draft version of the Collection Development Policy. Each member discussed their concerns and suggested changes to the policy. Board discussed criteria used in selecting materials. Discussed length and purpose of questionnaire form. Library staff have separated out procedures documentation from actual policy. It was suggested that any person challenging an item would receive a copy of the Collection Development Policy. Adjournment: It was moved by Irwin, and seconded by Kasson to adjourn the meeting at 9:10 p.m. Motion passed unanimously. h Adocs\connieXboard\brdmin.doc MEMORANDUM TO: Bill Monahan, City Manager FROM: Melinda R. Sisson, Director of Library Services RE: Monthly Report, February 1999 DATE: March 11, 1999 • Personnel: Jesse Tremaine and Rich Allen filled two of the Circulation Library Assistant's vacancies. Jesse has worked for the Library as a temporary since November 1997 and is currently a student at PCC. Rich has volunteered for the Library for 9 months, both in check-in and the Homework Center. He has an extensive background in mental health working with emotionally disturbed children. A man of many talents, he is also a disk jockey and tango dancer. Pete Koch, a part-time microcomputer support assistant resigned to accept a similar full-time position with Marylhurst University. • Polaris: February has been a mixed month with the Polaris installation still underway. A re-indexing of the database began early in the month. Staff was limited in adding new items and for a few days adding no new items at all because of instability of the system. The server and network have been less than stable since February 18. The upload of Version 1.3 software is scheduled for March 2-4. (note: this upgrade completed the afternoon of March 4, but significant errors continue with regard to holds placed by patrons and response time. Response time has also been affected by the network instability). The charging of fines went into affect for items checked out March 4 that become overdue as of March 26. This was later than the advertised March 1 date, but to the benefit of our patrons. • Spotlight on Bobby: Bobby White will celebrate her tenure of 20 years with the Library in July of this year. During that time she has worked in Circulation and Technical Services and assisted each successive Library Director with special projects. Recently, she and the other TS staff have tackled the challenging job of organizing the large quantities of new materials that the Library is receiving every day. This is an unusual ordering cycle for the Library since we delayed ordering new materials until the Polaris system went live in November. Besides her normal duties, Bobby has been known to mend books for other departments, pull together statistics from prior years or reports, act as the corporate memory and most importantly, keep the candy dish full! • Reference: Reference Services continue to be a very busy place. We are double staffing approximately 30 of the 65 hours that the Library is open for the public, and are considering staffing with three librarians on Saturday and Sunday afternoon. The Reference staff have discussed and identified areas to better coordinate with school assignments. More materials for State reports, ancient civilizations and better coverage of American Indians will be added to the collection during the next fiscal year. We are planning a 2"d annual meeting with librarians from the Tigard/Tualatin School District to discuss curriculum needs and how to take advantage of Polaris now that the TTSD has brought up the same system. • Volunteers: Trish reports that there were 10 new volunteers added to the rolls in February. However, we lost 5 volunteers because of schedule or job conflicts. The average 4.6 FTE. Other activities include training a team of volunteers to assist the Friends of the Tigard Library with sorting and selecting books donated. Trish has also begun to plan the Volunteer Recognition Event scheduled for Tuesday, April 20 at 11:00 a.m. We will be inviting Jean Lindsay back to honor her with a gift from the staff and the Friends. • Programs & Publicity: Plans are under way for the library's fifth annual mystery night: Sly Sleuths and Nasty N'er-Do-Wells on April 13. Our Volunteer Decorator Extraordinaire from the adult reading program, Diane Stueber, has agreed to be our "stage manager" for this event. Kate Miller, Diana Lauterbach, Erik Carter and Paula Walker will book talk a variety of mysteries. • Grants & Reimbursements: Attached is a copy of the Oregon State Library Ready to Read Grant Program 1997-98 Final Report. Tigard was awarded $5,627 in December 1998 for the 1998-99 award year. In February, the Library received $12,478 as our share of the 1997-98 Oregon LINK Interlibrary Loan Net Lender Reimbursement. This was nearly three times the amount received last year and was largely due to the inclusion of loans made within WCCLS for the first time. We can also thank Katie Hagen and a few others for their efforts in promoting this program of shared resources. The Cooperative Library Advisory Board (CLAS) will vote on the reimbursement formula for WCCLS public and community libraries at their Mar. 3 meeting. At the time of this writing I learned that TPL will receive $1,224,691 or a 6.8% increase over the current FY. • Electronic Reference Resources: Kathy reports that the Readers Services staff with assistance from Diana have re-evaluated and de-selected or replaced specific projects in preparation of migration from a CD format to Internet access using WinU software. More resources are now available from more computer stations than before. Staff is weighing their workload in assisting patrons in the use of this new format versus retaining print, microform or CD formats. • Technical Services: New titles received in February totaled 1,370 items. Downtime with Polaris has created a backlog of new items that currently take about 4 weeks before their ready to shelve for the public. The TS staff has done an admirable job of pre-processing and adding items for which a record already exists in the database. Mary reports that volunteers are being trained to Kapco (cover paperback books with a flexible plastic cover) new materials. This has allowed Mary and the others time to address more technical assignments. • Training: A number of staff attended the Online Northwest Conference on Feb. 12 (see attached reports). Paula and Melinda attended the PLA Planning for Results Workshop sponsored by WCCLS also on Feb. 12. The Planning Workshop was the first opportunity for staff to learn about a planning process uniquely designed for public libraries. TPL will host another presentation by Mary Kay Dahlgren, State Library Consultant, on Fri., April23. Staff should then be prepared to participate in the Long-Range Planning Process for the Library, scheduled to begin Monday, May 10. • Food & Beverage Policy: A proposal to revise the existing Food & Beverage Policy for the Library was discussed at several All Staff meetings and finally sent to a committee to work out the details. Interest has been expressed in allowing beverages throughout the Library. Discussion has centered on who will clean up after the spills. The Committee will present a draft of their proposed policy at the Mar. 12 All Staff meeting. • Volunteers: Volunteer Type Number Hours Regular Volunteers* 74 641.00 Youth Services* 7 18.50 Local/Oral History 3 22.50 Adopt-a-Shelf 2 4.50 Library Board 6 12.00 Community Service 4 32.00 Friendly Visitors 2 8.00 Homework Center* 7 53.50 Teen Idea Group** 5 5.00 Total 118 797.00 = 4.60 FTE * These types of volunteers were formerly reporting using different names: - "Regular Volunteers"were "Adult" - "Youth Services"were "Young Adult" - "Homework Center" were "Tutors" ** This is a new category for volunteers. Marin Younker gathers a casual group once per month to brainstorm Youth Services programs, events. WORK INDICATORS F UARY 1999 FEBRUARY 199 FEBRUARY 1997 Circulation Adult Materials 23,848 21,785 Juvenile Materials 28.025 23,927 Total 51,873 45,712 Days of Service 25 25 25 Average Daily Circulation 2,075 1,828 Hours of Service 249 249 248.5 Materials Circulated per Hour 208 184 Increase in Circulation 13.5% -0.1% Materials Materials added for Added 1,389 February+1999 now Withdrawn 446 901 reflect serials added totaling OwInstead of Borrowers Registered 365 the originally reported 930. Adult Programs 56 138 N/A (Number of sessions) (13) (16) Story Time 118 400 659 (Number of Sessions) (6) (20) (17) Toddler Time 103 147 169 (Number of Sessions) (8) (8) (4) Special Programs 472 180 103 (Number of Sessions) (28) (4) (5) Children's Computer 46 N/A N/A Word Processor 210 N/A N/A Internet Users 1,604 794 108 Visitors (Gate count divided by 2) 20,387 21,726 18,167 Increase in Visitors -1.6% 5.1% 0% Fines/Fees Collected $1,088.59 $4,987.12 $4,357.79 Gifts Received $ 0.00 $ 15.00 $ 0.00 No statistical report from WCCLS was generated. �1 I PROPOSED REIMBURSEMENT FORMULA MODIFICATIONS FOR NEW CONTRACT February 1999 DRAFT F. Formula Committee Recommentation with 2, 92, 3, 3%Allocations by Category Assumptions: Percentages for the four categories wil remain constant for the life of the Agreement. D During the first year of the Agreement,we will use the"maximum"circulation for each library (the best of either Fiscal Year 97-98 Adjusted Circulation or Modified Calendar Year 1998 Circulation);years two and three of the Agreement UUU will use Adjusted Calendar Year Circulation statistics as in past Agreements. 98-99 97-98 Open 1998 Circ @ "'97-98 Vols Add. ^^97-98 Coll. Coll. Exp. Library Payments ServPop. Hours Max Circ $1.76 Vols added $2.08 Ex ems 18% Total mange Banks $37,299 1,783 $ 13,931 20,215 $ 35,557 2,506 $ 5,245 $ 2,459 $ 451 $ 55,184 48.0% Beaverton $2,314,866 105,391 $ 20,895 1,256,307 $2,209,793 29,428 $ 61,589 $ 483,829 $ 88,762 $ 2,381,039 2.9% Cedar Mill $1,324,208 47,641 $ 20,895 734,366 $1,291,720 17,605 $ 36,845 $ 184,595 $ 33,865 $ 1,383,325 4.5% Cornelius $105,073 8,342 $ 13,931 47,887 $ 84,231 2,956 $ 6,186 $ 13,005 $ 2,386 $ 106,735 1.6% • Forest Grove $440,150 21,878 $ 13,931 225,314 $ 396,318 9,049 $ 18,938 $ 87,716 $ 16,092 $ 445,280 1.2% Garden Home $77,518 1,828 $ 13,931 45,172 $ 79,456 1,972 $ 4,127 $ 11,249 $ 2,064 $ 99,578 28.5% Hillsboro' $2,231,792 73,764 $ 20,895 1,255,958 $2,209,179 34,584 $ 72,380 $ 329,275 $ 60,408 $ 2,362,862 5.9% Sherwood $158,147 9,547 $ 13,931 103,686 $ 182,379 3,903 $ 8,168 $ 41,000 $ 7,522 $ 212,001 34.1% Tigard $1,146,355 48,977 $ 20,895 644,834 $1,134,237 15,570 $ 32,586 $ 201,535 $ 36,973 $ 1,224,691 6.8% Tualatin $419,818 22,450 $ 13,931 223,245 $ 392,679 7,678 $ 16,069 $ 95,489 $ 17,518 $ 440,197 4.9% West Slope S322,942 10.353 $ 13,931 179-024 $ 314,896 4.545 $ 9,512 $ 30.549 $ 5,604 $ 343,943 6.5% Totals $8,578,168 $ 181,097 4,736,008 $8,330,446 129,796 $271,645 $1,480,701 $ 271,645 $ 9,054,833 5.6% 'Hillsboro circulation is the 97-98 unadjusted total in exchange for giving up the Open Hours funding for Tanasbourne. (Open Hours category: Library meets or exceeds OLA Adequate Open Hours for its service population; population of 0-45,000= $13,931, 45,001-$20,896 in the first year of Agreement.) "Vols added include a library's investment in the currency of information, new releases&donations from Friends, etc. AA Expenditures on Collections recognizes libraries that buy more expensive or non-circulating items like Reference books, electronic resources,etc. Target 99-00 Expenditures $9,146,591 Pooled Reference Fund $50,000 Less Reserve $0 Less Wilsonville $41,758 Total Available $9,054,833 Open Hours % 2.0% Circulation % 92.0% Volumes % 3.0% Collection Exp.% 3.0% 100.0% � f • � Sample Individual Library Results from Reports for 1997-98: zw The SneumanCounty statefnds(ol The Oregon Trail sand$ 00inl al Oregon State Library The Seaside Public Library used$810 in Libra used$1,264 in state funds theirfirst $2,024 in state funds and$800 in local O� state funds and$323 in local funds to Ready to Read Grant)and$800 in local funds funds to provide Spanish language continue their Books for Babies program. to provide story times and a Summer Reading storytimes at the Boardman Branch and to A hospital staff member commented that the program purchase books and a puppet theatre at the free book'sends a wonderful message...it's Heppner Branch. never to early to start reading to your child' The Cedar iVGll Community Library used The Wallowa County Library used Ready to Read Grant Program $7,350 in state funds and$19,465 in local $4207 in state funds and local funds to continue their Books 5 in t Boo �7 funds to continue their Bookshare outreach to 1997-98-98 Final Report for Babies project as well as the family child care)program and to extend the ongoing Training Wheels child care program by actively encouraging parents to outreach program. read with theirchildren. Thein state funds sa Public and ar 5 in state "The single most important activity for building the knowledge required for The Driftwood Public Library used$831 in local funds to create Welcome eventual success in readingis reading aloud to children." state funds and$2,100 in local funds to g establish a weekly outreach program at a Packets forfamilies new to the Becoming a Nation of Readers: The Report of the low4ncome housing project. community.Included are activities Commission on Reading. The National Academy for children and a free book. of Education,1985. The Eugene Public Library used The Jefferson County Library used $16,228 in state funds and$6,347 in local The Douglas County Library used $5,228 in state funds and$9,696 in funds to continue to provide home visits to $19,160 in state funds to provide evening local funds to provide programming both, new families.The grant also funded infant/ and weekend programs,some in in and out of the library.The success of toddler programs and parenting materials in cooperation with the Douglas County the Spanish language storytimepersuaded the library Board to Hire a Purpose: To establish, develop or improve public library service to Spanish. Housing Authority.Librarians also visited child care facilities. Spanish language program director. children in an effort to improve the reading skills of all of Oregon's children, beginning at birth. Funding. 75¢ per child 0-14per year; $529,316 State General Funds in 1997- 98. For more information about the Oregon State Library Ready to Read Program contact: Distribution: All public libraries are eligible ible to apply for an annual grant. Distribution is based on a statutory funding formula that includes Jim Scheppke MaryKay Dahlgreen number of children and square mileage of library jurisdiction. State Librarian Youth Services Consultant Oregon State Library Oregon State Library State Library Building State Library Building Grant Amounts: In 1997-98, from $30 to $89,938; average grant = $4,411. Salem, OR 97310 Salem, OR 97310 503-3784367 ext. 243 503-378-2112 ext. 239 jim.scheppke@state.or.us marykay.dahlgreen@state.or.us Results: Since the program began in 1993, library services to children (circulation and program attendance) has increased by 40%. The The Ready to Read Grant is administered under ORS 357.740 through ORS 357.780 average annual growth in service between 1993 and 1998 was and OAP. Chapter 543, Division 40. 7.8%. Oregon State Library January 1999 • Ready to Read Grant Expenditures by Category 1997-98 Outreach projects take place outside Library Programs Outreach library walls to reach children, 24% 15% Ready to Read Funded youth, and parents for whom Library Outreach Projects 1997-98 visiting the library is a barrier. The Ready to Read projects in 1997-98 School Age were as diverse as providing 25% packets of materials to families of newborns in the hospital, including a new book for the baby, to visiting classrooms of grade school children Materials 61% to share booktalks which spark a love of reading. Visits to child care Preschool 75% homes and centers to share stories and activities is another effective outreach project that brings children and books together in non- Libraries in Oregon choose to use their Ready to Read funds in a variety of ways, based traditional ways. on their community and library needs. This chart illustrates how Ready to Read Grant funds were used in 1997-98. Some libraries choose to provide one,type of service or material with their funding while other libraries provide an array of services and materials with their grant moneys. Programs in libraries are an While many libraries in Oregon integral component of library Ready to Read Funded service to children. They encourage used Ready to Read funds to Library Materials purchase materials directed 1 s97-ss Ready to Read Funded reading, bring people into the at both preschool and school Other than Parents/ Library Programs library, and showcase library English Caregivers 1997-98 age children, a growing number Family materials. In many areas in Oregon of libraries in Oregon are targeting Home 6% s% 14% they serve to provide a cultural funding to specific audiences, school experience that may not be such as home school families, 3% available elsewhere in thePreschool Preschool community. Often library programs and families whose language a5% 51% is other than English. Recognizing School Age are provided by library staff, and, at the important role of parents as 35% times, Ready to Read funds are used a child's first teacher, libraries also School Age to bring storytellers, puppeteers provide collections of materials to 38% and other performers into the assist in that role. community and the library. The preschool storytime and Summer Reading Program serve to prepare children for school, help maintain reading skills and foster a love of reading. � "lilt a necessary to provide and support 11111110I H >>441 I the infrastructure for our communi- III THE NEXT QUESTION ty � Property taxes for the Greenwood Should libraries place Internet Inn, while substantial, pale in com filters on computers for youths parison to what Intel pays on its six under 18? campuses in Washington County. T e ualatin LibraryAdvisoty Because the tax base is determined Committee recently approved an by the capital intensive nature of Internet use policy that would the site, Intel's annual corporate in- limit access to the Internet for come taxes, reported at $54 million users under 18. r in 1997,pay for the education of a lot If the City Council adopts the of our students. policy, the library would install/i! � The company and its employees pay or software programs, that pay millions more to local govern i mens than it costs to serve them, would prevent children.fiom view , helping to support a lot of fire de. ing Certain Web sites on the Citypartments and other vital communi- Y owned computers. ty programs. Proponents of filters argue,asIntel has made a reasonable re- an example, that the library does quest for a tax ceiling on proposed not offer Hustler in magazine form improvements, which would serve and should not offer it in electron-'. to retain jobs. Renovation and con- ic form.But opponents of filters struction of more sophisticated fab pa argue that the Internet is like an plants is necessary for its future al, encyclopedia. They say that pick- What do you think of fining pet owners who don't keep their animals se- growth. W, ing and choosing what can and cured in the back of their vehicles? Intel does not need to make these ac cannot be.seen amounts to cen investments here. We should be Er sorship. Rep.Barbara Ross,D-Corvallis,has introduced a bill that would prohibit do- working extremely hard to convince D< l I h should b growth shoue ere. Intel Should cities or libraries place mestic animals from cruising Oregon's highways on the exterior of a car or it that gm restrictions on children's use of truck unless secured in a crate or cross-tethered so they can't jump,fall or be is asking for our assistance to help re make Washington County an afford the Internet?Would you like to,"":: thrown off if the driver has to brake hard or unexpectedly. The exterior includes able business decision. see such restrictions spread to a truck bed or any space intended to carry a load. Without growth, an economy be other libraries in the Washington Animal welfare advocates,including the Oregon Humane Society and many comes stagnant, then teeters into re- County Cooperative Library Sery veterinarians,favor House Bill 2472. They say it is the equivalent of a seat-belt cession. As stewards of the region's ices system?What topics should . law for domestic animals. economy, we need to make prudent ',-,.be filtered?Should.16 year,:01dS "i Because farmers in other states typically have opposed legislation such as decisions. an Yace the same restrictions as 6- H82472, which has been sent to the House Transportation Committee,it The frustration many feel about in year-olds exempts livestock and dogs used in farming and ranching operations. congestion and crowded,schools is tar u r: a, 44. What do you think? misplaced. The problem is not the de growth itself but rather the lack of pr( Tell us what you think.We'd like to publish your response.To use The Oregonian's funding to provide adequate infra- he Inside Line,a free service inside the local calling area,dial 225-5555 from a touch-tone Censor no library users structure (roads, schools, sewers, feE telephone,then enter 6689.Or e-mail us at west®news.oregonian.com.Please leave etc.)for that growth. This, ase s, I am a Washington County our name and hone number so we can contact P or C n Libra Y P o act ou.Responses will be published in ty rY next week's MetroWest Nei Y P p rate issue and should be addressed user and have been one since mov- Neighbors. to b the Legislature v ing to Portland six or seven years Y g and Gov. wa ago. I don't think that any Internet Kitzhaber's committee on tax re- mt access should be denied to anyone. form. wt. Internet should be subject to the er terminals, check out appropriate TIM ESTES If parents are sending their 6-year- in. olds to the library,then they should same control concept we employ in print materials behave correctly m General manager, be with them or making sure that general society, limiting access to libraries and exercise their minds to The Greenwood Inn �i thev aren't looking for pornography. children according to both legal and learn to think critically in order to 1; But a 16-year-old is nearly an moral requirements — the former make good choices. Intel has received enough n adult and has just as many rights as governed by society and the latter ANN E.KELSEY No more tax breaks. Twice is 4' determined by individual parents. Hillsboro Library Board an adult. [ don't want to see any enough. Intel is going nowhere else. m� form of censorship in the library The Internet is not a baby sitter, O Would it walk away from its Oregon go system, ever. We are looking at and parents should be as involved investment? Would it walk away tifi "Fahrenheit 451" here. People with what their children see and do from its Oregon labor pool?Would it no should not be burning books and on the Web as what they do in The following are responses to the walk away from the Oregon high- fec censoring the rights of others. school and in their rooms. question of whether Intel should re- g quality-of-life location. Would it pef H.G. RADSLIFF STEVE PECK ceive a tax break on new investment walk away from the Oregon Gradu- is, Cedar Mill Cedar Hills from Washington County. ate Institute and its many dividends he in the next 20 years? mt Restrict children's access Parents must be responsible Intel's contribution huge None of the above seems very like- po While I am a firm m proponent for Any kind of censorship in the With respect to Intel's planned in- for one as smart as (Intel Chair- lea the freedom of the Internet, I cer- public library system must be care- vestment in Washington County, man) Andy Grove and his hand- wi tainly y think it is both a picked human resources " team."- appropriate fully considered.There is great don- companies such as Intel contribute In fact, their considerable contribu and necessary to use filters(or other ger of inappropriate and arbitrary far more to the economy than the tion to our Washington County {i methods ) to prevent children from use of such power.If any computers load they and their employees put schools in the form of computers, having access to certain materials. are to be filtered in our library sys- on our system.We should encourage specifically Hillsboro's new Century The Internet is free,as our society tem, it might be those in the youth and welcome additional investment. High School, is truly smart busi is free, but it is readily apparent services areas. I manage a 250-room hotel, the ness. What cheaper way to barter tiv( that free does not mean unlimited It is the responsibility of parents Greenwood Inn.I might not like the bu access,specifically in the case of un- and guardians to see that their chil- significant annual property taxes Please turn to twi suitable products or services. The dren utilize the designated comput- we pay, but I understand-they are CORRESPONDENCE, Page 7 rut the pr( Ca pal soy yon Have< Elections and Public Affairs Committee; Capitol phone:986-1407 Bo j or reprepIt's J �_ �� C,G, Species Restoration and Stream Recov Home district phone:681 8557,Ext.121 ,. .. � _ ens ■Continued from Page 2 sory boards composed of residents, successful 10-year effort to keep through a style of confrontat sure this bill does pass. based on community needs and bal• northeast Washington County from decision-making? Even if you are not an animal anced with community priorities. being annexed by Portland. In the past four years, the 1 lover,don't think there is any harm This allows communities such as As a registered.nurse, she has di- has shifted its leadership style in this practice. Think about the Tualatin to devise a policy that is rect experience with the 67 percent collaboration to confronts times you are behind a truck with a comfortable for its residents and so of district activity,related to emer• Meetings are frequently turner dog roaming free in the rear, hang- forth. gency medical care.The cost of serv- forums for attacking the prole: ing over the edge, or worse, riding Half of the public libraries in the ice has been reduced by.almost 40 al administration or fellow 1 upon the tool box. county offer unfiltered Internet ac- percent the past 10 years.This is an . members. Respectful debates i What would you do if the dog sud- cess, and half offer filters as a impressive example of an effective, ing on reaching consensus a denly fell from the truck, perhaps choice for users. Some offer the In- countywide`service district. most nonexistent. thrown up into the windshield, or ternet through WILinet computer This is an open andhonest agen- Board members discuss in pt under your wheels? You swerve, stations, and others use separate In- cy, willing to provide operation and policy issues that should be slam on the brakes, cause an acci• ternet stations. Some require paren- budget information to any resident. cussed in public. The spirit of dent. tal approval for use by children, but Anyone who wants to observe how gon's open meeting law is ignoi Let's use the rear of trucks for most do not. the district operates can call the Our public and our student their intended use and end the dforan- As with the use of printed materi- nearest station and make an ap- serve better from us.Our leade als, the libraries take the position pointment for a tour. style should reflect a profess ger of dogs riding loose. that decisions about age-appropriate I ask you to support Carol Gearin problem-solving model for out Buckle them in for the safety of material are best made by a child's because of her experience and lead- dents and community. We sl others and for the animal. parent or guardian and not library ership on the board,her background demonstrate the leadership ski CATHERINE SMALL personnel. All strive to educate of citizen involvement, her medical cooperation,not confrontation. Cornelius users, both children and adults, qualifications and her effective lead- Our ethics should be unimp about safe and smart use of the In• ership on local issues. I,support her able. We should never waiver Proposed bill: a'statist edict' ternet'as an information resource for these reasons'and because she our belief that the public's bus It's an irrational, unjust idea that rather than a communication medi• will keep the district the profession should be done in public. An should be rejected without further the libraries do not have e-mail • al and 811ic.ientl .Arganizatlonr.:we should continually focus on oui consideration. Like seat belt laws accounts for users or allow users to have today. sion of providing the best educ access chat rooms or user groups. WALTER GORMANpossible for all students. for people, it represents an abuse of Allowing local communities to Cedar Mill , , When you mark your ball( government power and a corruption continue to take responsibility for this school board election, I of law. deciding the extent and configura- Gearin an asset for fire distinct you will consider the.type of 1( Pet owners, not government offi• tion of Internet access guarantees I hope Tualatin Valle Fire&Res- ship you want for your schoo cials, are responsible for the well- that a spectrum of options is avail y trict. I urge you to vote for Pri being of their pets. Charges of ani- able to meet the broad spectrum of cue's 186,841 Car registered voters will Turner and Mike Leopold,two: mal crueltyare properly made after, support Carol ist ri is bid for re P P y needs of our library community. election to the district's board of di- bers of our community who ha, not before,an animal is injured,and Users can continue to choose the li• rectors In the March vote-by-mail peatedly demonstrated their a only if prosecutors can successfully brary that best meets and supports election. and willingness to provide a r prove that the owner acted with in- their information needs.:, As a newspaper reporter before of problem solving of which w, tentional cruelty — an appropriate- EVA CALCAGNObe proud. ly difficult task. retirement, I followed the fire P Manager,Washington County board's activities closely for 18 SHERRE CAL This bill thumbs its nose at the Cooperative Library Services years.Gearin,the board's president, School Board me concept of due process. has done an outstanding job in her Beaverton School Di There is no logical or ethical justi- Condo Would be Wrong for park first term. fication for forcing even humans to A nurse,in private life, she brings Gearin's ene never flags wear safety belts, much less lower West Beaverton Neighborhood As P g � sociatton recently voted to oppose a knowledge' and experience to the Carol Gearin is running fo animals, which do not and cannot 237-unit condominium development, table when'making important deci- election to the Tualatin Valley have rights. This development is proposed for a sions•regarding emergency medical &Rescue board: We should all The political motive for such stat- heavily wooded parcel bounded on services "sought by four-fifths of her our support and vote.She i ist edicts is the urge to exercise three sides and part of a fourth by those dialing 9-1.1 for help. initely the best choice. power over others for power's sake, the Tualatin Hills Nature Park. As a community leader, she was As an employee of Tualatin V as a kind of uncontrollable twitch. n Ce instrumental in Mill's obtain- That is absolutely not what govern- The neighborhood assgciation is ing a needed fire station:As a board Fire&Rescue,I was always an Tent is for, not opposed to development. In the member; she helped steer the fire at the depth in which Gearin e past two years, it supported condo- ined issues. She was able to What we're really seeing here are miniums on Murray Boulevard, a district through a wrenching reduc- gate win/win situations when some power-craving bureaucrats veterinary clinic, a change in zon- tion of 27 percent of its revenue fol- tested issues were discussed. A with far too much time on their ing for a repair shop, a major road lowing voter passage of Measure 47 allshe demanded that the di: hands. in November 1996. When the dust connection and expansion of the St. y, provide the public with not goo That time would be better spent in Mary's Home for Bos campus. cleared, Tualatin Valley's critical ce at the lowest po� improving conditions for humans Some development makes sense. fire suppression and emergency great Most lastonishing, though and their property, in ways such as medical services remained intact. This one doesn't. never seemed to run out of ener adding shoulders,adequate striping, Gearin has shown she can work The Tualatin Hills Park&Recrea• constructively to reach decisions As a retiree of the fire distric basic repairs and expansions to our tion District prohibits dogs in the y a resident in its,jurisdiction, dilapidated streets and roads. that help the public and are fair to P• nature park. How many cats, dogs come to appreciate Gearin GREG GERIG and exotic pets will be kept in this Property taxpayers. We all will gain more. She continues with the Cedar Mill condominium project deep inside if she is re-elected. HARRY abilities, energyand work ethi- the park? How do you control that? BODINE exhibited wh Cedar Hills she was elect For this and many other reasons, her first term. She has mac I I ' this development will severely deHOVieS'fire ex erienee a IUS deals and continues to deman grade the park. P p cellence. We really need the park. It is one We are writing in support of Gor• Re-electing Gearin to the boy In c0-op, library policies vary of the few wild places left in the don Hovies for the board of direc. Tualatin Valley Fire & Resc area. Recent acquisitions by Port• tors of Tualatin Valley Fire & Iles- good for its employees, but it': I am writing in response to the land's Forest Park are larger than cue. A 33-year resident of Tigard ter for the taxpayer and the pi Feb. 8 question ("You make the the total park acreage we now have with 21 years of experience as a fire- Keep a good person working f( call," MetroWest Neighbors)regard- for any park in eastern Washington fighter, Hovies is receiving our en- Re-elect Carol Gearin. ing Internet filtering at public h- County. dorsement because of his commit- FRANK OUL braries. There is public money available to ment and desire to make the district Beat; You asked readers whether they buy the parcel. Let's do it! more efficient, more user-friendly thought the recent recommendation DICK SCHOUTEN. and more fiscally responsible. Gearin earns continued roll made by the Tualatin Library Advi• West Beaverton Neighborhood As elected officials from the Wash- sory Committee ought to be extend- Association chairman ington County area, we recommend Carol Gearin has earned the ed to all public libraries in the Beaverton a "yes" vote for Gordon Hovies in to be re-elected to the board of Washington County Cooperative Li- the March 9 election. The fire dis- latin Valley Fire & Rescue. I brary Services. As manager of the Gearin effective: Keep her trict and the communities that it worked with her for 10 years c cooperative, I wanted to provide protects will be best served b the.. sues of concern to Washii Washington County's service dis- P y County residents. some background as to why there is knowledge and dedication he will no countywide Internet access poli- tricts are important to livability. bring to the board. She listens, does her home cy at this time. Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue REP. BILL WITT and will ensure citizen interest The Cooperative Library Services serves about 340,000 residents. R-Cedar Mill attention. She will devote the is a federation of libraries working About 67 percent of its activities are SEN.TOM HARTUNG energy and expertise we need. i together to provide countywide li- for emergency medical care, about R-Cedar Mill in is not encumbered by speci; 33 percent for fire protection. An terests.Our community interes brary service, not a unified county elected board of directors keeps the an efficient, professional fire system. As with other municipal district focused on serving the resi- Schools need Turner, Leopold trict are her only objectives. S service areas, the county provides dents of their district. This Beaverton School Board elec- in tune with our community r coordination and support services, Carol Gearin, as chairwoman of tion presents us with the opportuni- and emergency medical servic but leaves determination of local the board, has proved her ability to ty to choose the kind-of educational: quirements. policies to local jurisdictions. work for our interests.She has been leadership we want to guide us We are lucky to have such a q Decisions about the types and for- an effective and successful member through . the challenging yearsfled and dedicated volunteer mats of materials in library roller- of numerous committees for Metro, ahead. Do we want leaders who can her time to represent our local i tions, the levels of programming Washington County, Beaverton, meet these challenges through col-; ests.Re-elect Carol Gearin. and the focus and extent of services Portland and Citizens Participation laborative problem-solving,or do we, IRMA TROMM provided are all made by local advi- Organization 1. One example is her want leaders who meet challenges Cedar M W `0 a/1 �� E2 NO 3M SW THE OREGONIAN, MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1999 ���■ 1 t 1 News ofLahe Osnvego,McMinnville, ■ lake swag o Newberg Sherwood,Tigard,Tualatin, and■ ■ Ina i - West Linn,Wilsonville and other ewberg N �W nifule >: � , � communities of Claclutnuas Washington and Yamhill counties Library pcoo erative works wrinkles out of s stem cu stem Inter-Library Information network is working for Tigard-Tualatin net; and creating color graphics. brary Director Eva Calcagno said log union among computers at each additional functions for s'aff use Customers Fan tap into WILinet that a consortium of libraries from school,making it easier to lend ma- and some for public use. Schools,but has been slow to perform as billed for the county group from their home computers and be southern Oregon will be visiting terials back and forth.Also,because "We're augmenting the software notified by e-mail when a book they next week to check out the system. it is Windows-based, several func- that came with it,"Calcagno said. By AARON FENTRESS ton County Inter-Library Informa• have requested comes in. Although the county system is tions can be used at once rather Library staff hopefully will be of The Oregonian staff tion network —has so far been a The system also connects the having problems,Wagner said Gay- than having to end one application able to catalog and track circulation work in progress. Whether it has county's 15-library network, allow- lord is working to help them.This to start another. of books better. Customers will be BEAVERTON — Although the been communication breakdowns ing computers to share information. week,the library system will install Also, students can access the li- able to find more detailed infornw Washington County Cooperative Li- among computers, problems with The vendor, Gaylord Information an upgraded version of the software brary's catalog from any computer tion on record as well as view what brary System is still clicking and cataloging, inaccurate tracking of Systems of Syracuse,N.Y.,is work- that could cure some of the prob- in the school district and from home they have checked out and what clanking its way through its new items or simply being too complicat- ing to fix the problems. But as it lems. through the Internet. holds they have requested and track computer system,other library sys- ed to use, the system has caused does, Gaylord is not experiencing a So far,all has been well with the "They won't have to come to the their fines. tems have not been discouraged frustration for library employees shortage of orders from other parts system at the Tigard-Tualatin library to use a terminal to find out Calcagno has been dealing with from trying it out. and customers. of the country. School District,said Jeanette Ryan, if a book is available,"Ryan said. being behind schedule now for six The Tigard-Tualatin School Dis- But after seven months,library of- In addition to libraries in Nevada, librarian media specialist at Tuala• So far, Ryan said, the system is months.-Still,she is confident that trict recently installed the Inter- ficials have not lost confidence in Minnesota,Pennsylvania and Geor- tin High School. working well and has shown few in the end,the system will prove to Library Information System and the system or its potential. gia that already have the system, Ryan said the district purchased bugs.But it is being used on a much be versatile and productive. several other library systems across The computer system was pur- the Yakima Valley Library System the system because officials were smaller scale than the county li- "I still see steady progress to- the country already use it. chased because of its wide range of in Washington is preparing to in. impressed with its flexibility and brary's system. wards our goal,"she said."But with The cooperative's new $500,000 possibilities,officials say.It can be stall the system,said Anita Wagner, potential. The county's upgrade will include any product in development, some- Windows-based computer system— used for finding books, magazines director of marketing for Gaylord The system, Ryan said,has been restructuring some data files and times you take two steps forward called WILInet, short for Washing- and periodicals; surfing the Inter- Information Systems. County Li- beneficial because it creates a cats- loading new software that provides and then one step back." Conjunction .of signs obscures Wilsonville effort Fire district ■City officials'reactions to the f ; - faces suit newly placed but obscured " by woman monuments pointing travelers1 downtown bring a rescue plan � ex-intern By DANA TIMS of The Oregonian stall ■ Marei Dolan contends that Tualatin Valley Fire&Rescue WILSONVILLE—They were sup- posed to be the capstones to a proj- thwarted her firefighting ect almost eight years in the mak- ambitions based on her gender ing,a way for a city long known as little more than a wayside to finally y r� By THERESA CHA r make its presence known. A., of The Oregonian star r� Wilsonville R d. But when Wilsonville city officials got their first look at the twin monu. A former Tualatin Valley Fire ment signs perched at the edge of In- ;. .,:. & Rescue intern is suing the, terstate 5,they were chagrined. , n nt i v aeenry for "• li rr; ;,, ,, TIGARD DIIQI IG 1 IQRADV (Library logo or standard heading throughout all policies) COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY I. Mission Statement Il. Purpose of the Collection Development Policy III. Responsibility for Collection Development IV. General Principles of Selection V. Collection Maintenance VI. Gifts VII. Reconsideration of Library Materials VIII. Limits on the Collection IX. Policy Implementation, Evaluation and Revision I. MISSION STATEMENT: To provide a current collection of library materials to meet the needs and interests of a diverse, growing community. To preserve and enhance the intellectual freedoms of Tigard's citizens. II. PURPOSE OF THE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY: The purpose of this collection development policy is to establish the guidelines for the PSP p p Y � selection of materials in the Library's collection. Its intent is to develop the collection to �'Y P reflect the needs and interests of a diverse community and to establish a plan for the selection of materials. The policy establishes selection guidelines that have been developed after assessing the demand for informational, recreational, and historical items and anticipating the future needs of patrons. III. RESPONSIBILITY FOR COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT: The Library Board has the authority to determine the selection and acquisition policy. Final responsibility for selection of materials rests with the Library Director, with responsibility delegated to professional staff. Any staff member or citizen may submit suggestions for purchase of materials and professional staff will consider these suggestions on a regular basis according to the selection criteria. IV. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SELECTION: Professional staff will, within practical limitations of budget and space, use the following principles as guidelines for selecting of library materials: A. Contemporary significance or permanent value B. Accuracy C. Authority of author D. Relationship of the work to the existing collection E. Price, format and ease of use F. Availability of materials elsewhere in the local area G. Popular demand In selecting materials to meet the needs of the community, librarians will attempt to find critical reviews, which are the best source for evaluating an author's expertise on the subject, as well as the content, style, format, and value of the work. Professional staff selects library materials based on their knowledge of Tigard citizens' interests, and librarian's professional knowledge. However, if a title appears on the bestseller list and there is substantial citizen demand, the book may be selected without a favorable review. Bestsellers and books anticipated to be bestsellers can be purchased in multiple copies as determined by popular demand and advance publicity. Additionally, materials may be selected from prepublication recommendations so that librarians may take advantage of limited print runs by publishers and meet anticipated demand by the community- These selection standards also apply to materials received as gifts or donations. The Tigard Public Library endorses the material selection principles contained in the following statements of principles adopted by the American Library Association: A. The Library Bill of Rights B. The Freedom to Read statement C. The Freedom to View statement D. Free Access to Libraries by Minors E. Economic Barriers to Information Access V. COLLECTION MAINTENANCE: While a solid core collection in all areas is a given, currency is a major challenge in maintaining an effective and useful collection. Towards that end, the Library maintains an active policy of withdrawals based on the elimination of outdated material (items no longer needed or of interest as evidenced by circulation records; unneeded duplicates, and worn or mutilated copies). Frequency of circulation, community interests, and availability of more current materials is a prime consideration. Materials focusing on the Pacific Northwest and by local authors are an exception as are classics, award winners and items that have received recurrent interest over the years. Withdrawn items will be disposed of b one of the following means: P Y g A. Gifts to other libraries B. Book sales for Friends of the Library C. Recycling D. Discarding VI. GIFTS: The Library will accept monetary donations and gifts of materials with the understanding that gifts of materials will be added to the collection only if they meet the same standards of value required of materials purchased by the Library. Gift materials not meeting those standards, i.e., those that are out of date, unneeded duplicates of items already owned, or those in a form unsuitable for library use, may be given to other organizations, sold, exchanged, or discarded. When a monetary donation for materials is made, it will be determined whether the gift is designated for a certain item or general category. The funds will be used accordingly within the guidelines in the Collection Development Policy and the needs of the Library collection. VII. RECONSIDERATION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS: As the Library strives to provide books and other materials for the interest, information, and enlightenment of all people in the community, there may be disagreements on the merit of various items. Therefore,the following procedures will apply in responding to complaints: A. Recognizing that citizens have the right to question Library decisions, the Library staff first will try to determine the basis of the individual's request. 1. If the individual is seeking information about why the item has been selected, the matter will be handled informally by a professional librarian. Such a request is an opportunity to explain the mission of the Library and the guarantee of our freedom to read under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. 2. If the individual objects to the material being available and wishes to have the material removed from the Library or relocated within the Library, then he or she will be furnished with the "Request for Reconsideration of Library Materials" Form,which must be filled out completely before the item will be reconsidered. B. A committee consisting of one member of the Tigard Library Board, one staff member from Reader's Services, and one staff member from Library Administration will then consider the comments on the form and examine the item in question. The committee will seek reviews of the item in question and determine whether it conforms to the policy as stated in the "Descriptions of the Collection and Guidelines for Selection, by Area" in the Collection Development Procedures" section of the Tigard Public Library Policies and Procedures Manual. This review will be initiated within 10 days of the receipt of the Reconsideration Form and must be completed within 60 days. Based on the written recommendation of the committee, the Library Director will decide whether to retain, withdraw, 4ff restrict or relocate the material in question and will provide a written response giving the reasons for the decision. 1. If the individual inquiring wishes to contest the Library Director's decision, the Library Director will forward the "Request for Reconsideration of Library Materials" Form to the Tigard Library Board as an agenda item for its next regularly scheduled meeting. The Library Director will also arrange for the questioner to be invited to attend the meeting. The Board will consider the requester's statement and the Library Director's recommendations. The Library Board will make its decision based on the policy as stated in "Selection of Library Materials" in the Tigard Public Library Policies} and Procedures Manual, page and the "Descriptions of the Collection and Guidelines for Selection, by Area" in the Collection Development Procedures, section 4. 2. If the questioner contests the Library Board's decision, the Library Director will forward the "Request for Reconsideration of Library Materials" Form to the Tigard City Manager. VIII. LIMITS ON THE COLLECTION: Due to various constraints of budget, space, limited audience, and other limitations, the Library is not able to collect many of the following items: A. Textbooks: Elementary through college,unless the title fills a need, and information on a particular subject is not otherwise available. B. Microform formats: Exceptions include a limited number of high demand magazine titles, and the Tigard Times backfile. C. Government documents: Exceptions include Tigard City Council proceedings, the Oregon Revised Statutes,and similar items of high demand or importance. D. In-depth research and/or retrospective works. E. Foreign languages: Except for items such as instructional materials and cassettes, texts, and dictionaries,which may be collected. F. Videos with the NC-17 or X rating. IX. POLICY IMPLEMENTATION, EVALUATION AND REVISION: The Tigard Public Library Collection Development Policy will be reviewed every other year by the Library Director and Library Board members beginning in the year 2001. APPENDIXES: A. Library Bill of Rights B. The Freedom to Read statement C. The Freedom to View statement D. Free Access to Libraries by Minors E. Economic Barriers to Information Access F. Request for Library Material Reconsideration Form Adopted by the Library Board , 1999. SECTION II REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF MATERIALS FORM TIGARD PUBLIC LIBRARY In order to give your request the fullest and most careful consideration, please answer every question completelX and return this form to the librarian. (For complete explanation of the i process please see Reconsideration of Library Materials Section VII of this document. Date: Author: ut or. Title: Publisher: Copyright Date: Library Call No.: Number of Pages: Internet Site: Full Name (please print) Address City Phone Number Occupation School—if attending school Signature Complaint represents: Self: Organization: Address: 1 SECTION II (Cont.) REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF MATERIALS FORM 1. What brought this material to your attention? (Please explain): 2. What are your general objections to this library material/service? (Please explain): 3. What do you object to specifically? (Please explain fully and in detail, include page numbers, scenes or sites if possible): 4. What do you feel might be the result of reading/viewing/listening to this library material/service for the following categories of readers? a. For an adult? b. For an adolescent? (12-18 yrs.) C. For a child? (under 12 yrs.) 5. For what age group would you recommend this library material?Please explain why? 6. What do you feel were the good features of this library material? 7. What do you believe to be the central theme of this library material? (Please answer specifically and in detail): 8. Do you believe that this particular subject matter, handled differently would be acceptable reading/viewing/listening? 9. Are you aware of any judgment of this library material/service by professional critics and reviewers? If so, what was the consensus of their judgment? 10. What reviews of this library material/service have you read? (If possible, where and when did they appear, and by whom?) 11. Have you read/viewed/listened to this material in its entirety? V v 12. Have you read/viewed/listened to any other works by this author? If yes, what were the titles? 13. What is your recommendation for this material/service? 14. Have you read the Tigard Public Library Collection Development and Selection of Library Materials Policiesy? 15. Do you believe that anyone else might, for any reason, find value or merit in this library material/service? APPENDIX A LIBRARY BILL OF RIGHTS The American Library Association affirms that all libraries are forums for information and ideas, and that the following basic policies should guide their services: I. Books and other library resources should be provided for the interest, information, and enlightenment of all people of the community the library serves. Materials should not be excluded because of the origin, background, or views of those contributing to their creation. II. Libraries should provide materials and information presenting all points of view on current and historical issues. Materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval. III. Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment. IV. Libraries should cooperate with all persons and groups concerned with resisting abridgment of free expression and free access to ideas. V. A person's right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, background, or views. VI. Libraries that make exhibit spaces and meeting rooms available to the public they serve should make such facilities available on an equitable basis, regardless of the beliefs or affiliations of individuals or groups requesting their use. Adopted June 18, 1948. Amended February 2, 1961, and January 23, 1980, inclusion of"age"reaffirmed January 23, 1996, by the American Library Association Council APPENDIX B THE FREEDOM TO READ The freedom to read is essential to our democracy. It is continuously under attack. Private groups and public authorities in various parts of the country are working to remove books from sale, to censor textbooks, to label "controversial" books, to distribute lists of "objectionable" books or authors, and to purge libraries. These actions apparently rise from a view that our national tradition of free expression is no longer valid; that censorship and suppression are needed to avoid the subversion of politics and the corruption of morals. We, as citizens devoted to the use of books and as librarians and publishers responsible for disseminating them, wish to assert the public interest in the preservation of the freedom to read. We are deeply concerned about these attempts at suppression. Most such attempts rest on a denial of the fundamental premise of democracy: that the ordinary citizen, by exercising critical judgment, will accept the good and reject the bad. The censors, public and private, assume that they should determine what is good and what is bad for their fellow-citizens. We trust Americans to recognize propaganda, and to reject it. We do not believe they need the help of censors to assist them in this task. We do not believe they are prepared to sacrifice their heritage of a free press in order to be "protected" against what others think may be bad for them. We believe they still favor free enterprise in ideas and expression. We are aware, of course, that books are not alone in being subjected to efforts at suppression. We are aware that these efforts are related to a larger pattern of pressures being brought against education, the press, films, radio and television. The problem is not only one of actual censorship. The shadow of fear cast by these pressures leads, we suspect, to an even larger voluntary curtailment of expression by those who seek to avoid controversy. Such pressure toward conformity is perhaps natural to a time of uneasy change and pervading fear. Especially when so many of our apprehensions are directed against an ideology, the expression of a dissident idea becomes a thing feared in itself, and we tend to move against it as against a hostile deed, with suppression. And yet suppression is never more dangerous than in such a time of social tension. Freedom has given the United States the elasticity to endure strain. Freedom keeps open the path of novel and creative solutions and enables change to come by choice. Every silencing of a heresy, every enforcement of an orthodoxy, diminishes the toughness and resilience of our society and leaves it the less able to deal with stress. Now as always in our history, books are among our greatest instruments of freedom. They are almost the only means for making generally available ideas or manners of expression that can initially command only a small audience. They are the natural medium for the new idea and the untried voice from which come the original contributions to social growth. They are essential to • the extended discussion which serious thought requires, and to the accumulation of knowledge and ideas into organized collections. We believe that free communication is essential to the preservation of a free society and a creative culture. We believe that these pressures towards conformity present the danger of limiting the range and variety of inquiry and expression on which our democracy and our culture depend. We believe that every American community must jealously guard the freedom to publish and to circulate, in order to preserve its own freedom to read. We believe that publishers and librarians have a profound responsibility to give validity to that freedom to read by making it possible for the readers to choose freely from a variety of offerings. The freedom to read is guaranteed by the Constitution. Those with faith in free people will stand firm on these constitutional guarantees of essential rights and will exercise the responsibilities that accompany these rights. We therefore affirm these propositions: 1. It is in the public interest for publishers and librarians to make available the widest diversity of views and expressions, including those which are unorthodox or unpopular with the majority. Creative thought is by definition new, and what is new is different. The bearer of every new thought is a rebel until that idea is refined and tested. Totalitarian systems attempt to maintain themselves in power by the ruthless suppression of any concept which challenges the established orthodoxy. The power of a democratic system to adapt to change is vastly strengthened by the freedom of its citizens to choose widely from among conflicting opinions offered freely to them. To stifle every nonconformist idea at birth would mark the end of the democratic process. Furthermore, only through the constant activity of weighing and selecting can the democratic mind attain the strength demanded by times like these. We need to know not only what we believe but why we believe it. 2. Publishers, librarians and booksellers do not need to endorse every idea or presentation contained in the books they make available. It would conflict with the public interest for them to establish their own political, moral or aesthetic views as a standard for determining what books should be published or circulated. Publishers and librarians serve the educational process by helping to make available knowledge and ideas required for the growth of the mind and the increase of learning. They do not foster education by imposing as mentors the patterns of their own thought. The people should have the freedom to read and consider a broader range of ideas than those that may be held by any single librarian or publisher or government or church. It is wrong that what one can read should be confined to what another thinks proper. 3. It is contrary to the public interest for publishers or librarians to determine the acceptability of a book on the basis of the personal history or political affiliations of the author. A book should be judged as a book. No art or literature can flourish if it is to be measured by the political views or private lives of its creators. No society of free people can flourish which draws up lists of writers to whom it will not listen, whatever they may have to say. 4. There is no place in our society for efforts to coerce the taste of others, to confine adults to the reading matter deemed suitable for adolescents, or to inhibit the efforts of writers to achieve artistic expression. To some, much of modern literature is shocking. But is not much of life itself shocking? We cut off literature at the source if we prevent writers from dealing with the stuff of life. Parents and teachers have a responsibility to prepare the young to meet the diversity of experiences in life to which they will be exposed, as they have a responsibility to help them learn to think critically for themselves. These are affirmative responsibilities, not to be discharged simply by preventing them from reading works for which they are not yet prepared. In these matters taste differs, and taste cannot be legislated; nor can machinery be devised which will suit the demands of one group without limiting the freedom of others. 5. It is not in the public interest to force a reader to accept with any book the prejudgment of a label characterizing the book or author as subversive or dangerous. The ideal of labeling presupposes the existence of individuals or groups with wisdom to determine by authority what is good or bad for the citizen. It presupposes that individuals must be directed in making up their minds about the ideas they examine. But Americans do not need others to do their thinking for them. 6. It is the responsibility of publishers and librarians, as guardians of the people's freedom to read, to contest encroachments upon that freedom by individuals or groups seeking to impose their own standards or tastes upon the community at large. It is inevitable in the give and take of the democratic process that the political, the moral, or the aesthetic concepts of an individual or group will occasionally collide with those of another individual or group. In a free society individuals are free to determine for themselves what they wish to read, and each group is free to determine what it will recommend to its freely associated members. But no group has the right to take the law into its own hands, and to impose its own concept of politics or morality upon other members of a democratic society. Freedom is no freedom if it is accorded only to the accepted and the inoffensive. 7. It is the responsibility of publishers and librarians to give full meaning to the freedom to read by providing books that enrich the quality and diversity of thought and expression. By the exercise of this affirmative responsibility, they can demonstrate that the answer to a bad book is a good one, the answer to a bad idea is a good one. The freedom to read is of little consequence when expended on the trivial; it is frustrated when the reader cannot obtain matter fit for that reader's purpose. What is needed is not only the absence of restraint, but the positive provision of opportunity for the people to read the best that has been thought and said. Books are the major channel by which the intellectual inheritance is handed down, and the principal means of its testing and growth. The defense of their freedom and integrity, and the enlargement of their service to society, requires of all publishers and librarians the utmost of their faculties, and deserves of all citizens the fullest of their support. We state these propositions neither lightly nor as easy generalizations. We here stake out a lofty claim for the value of books. We do so because we believe that they are good, possessed of enormous variety and usefulness, worthy of cherishing and keeping free. We realize that the application of these propositions may mean the dissemination of ideas and manners of expression that are repugnant to many persons. We do not state these propositions in the comfortable belief that what people read is unimportant. We believe rather that what people read is deeply important; that ideas can be dangerous; but that the suppression of ideas is fatal to a democratic society. Freedom itself is a dangerous way of life, but it is ours. This statement was originally issued in May of 1953 by the Westchester Conference of the American Library Association and the American Book Publishers Council, which in 1970 consolidated with the American Educational Publishers Institute to become the Association of American Publishers. Adopted June 25, 1953; revised January 28, 1972, January 16, 1991, by the ALA Council and the AAP Freedom to Read Committee. A Joint Statement by: American Library Association&Association of American Publishers APPENDIX C FREEDOM TO VIEW The Freedom to View, along with the freedom to speak, to hear, and to read, is protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. In a free society, there is no place for censorship of any medium of expression. Therefore, we affirm these principles: 1. It is in the public interest to provide the broadest possible access to films and other audiovisual materials because they have proven to be among the most effective means for the communication of ideas. Liberty of circulation is essential to ensure the constitutional guarantee of freedom of expression. 2. It is in the public interest to provide for our audiences films and other audiovisual materials which represent a diversity of views and expression. Selection of a work does not constitute or imply agreement with or approval of the content. 3. It is our professional responsibility to resist the constraint of labeling or pre judging a film on the basis of the moral, religious, or political beliefs of the producer or filmmaker or on the basis of controversial content. 4. It is our professional responsibility to contest vigorously, by all lawful means, every encroachment upon the public's freedom to view. Adopted by the Council, American LibraryAssociation, June 1979. Adopted by the Arizona State Library Association, October 1988. Adopted by the Chandler Public Library Board, May 1989. APPENDIX D FREE ACCESS TO LIBRARIES FOR MINORS An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights Library policies and procedures which effectively deny minors equal access to all library resources available to other users violate the Library Bill of Rights. The American Library Association opposes all attempts to restrict access to library services, materials, and facilities based on the age of library users. Article V of the Library Bill of Rights states, "A person's right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, background, or views." The "right to use a library" includes free access to, and unrestricted use of, all the services, materials, and facilities the library has to offer. Every restriction on access to, and use of, library resources, based solely on the chronological age, educational level, or legal emancipation of users violates Article V. Libraries are charged with the mission of developing resources to meet the diverse information needs and interests of the communities they serve. Services, materials, and facilities which fulfill the needs and interests of library users at different stages in their personal development are a necessary part of library resources. The needs and interests of each library user, and resources appropriate to meet those needs and interests, must be determined on an individual basis. Librarians cannot predict what resources will best fulfill the needs and interests of any individual user based on a single criterion such as chronological age, level of education, or legal emancipation. The selection and development of library resources should not be diluted because of minors having the same access to library resources as adult users. Institutional self-censorship diminishes the credibility of the library in the community, and restricts access for all library users. Librarians and governing bodies should not resort to age restrictions on access to library resources in an effort to avoid actual or anticipated objections from parents or anyone else. The mission, goals, and objectives of libraries do not authorize librarians or governing bodies to assume, abrogate, or overrule the rights and responsibilities of parents or legal guardians. Librarians and governing bodies should maintain that parents - and only parents - have the right and the responsibility to restrict access of their children - and only their children - to library resources. Parents or legal guardians who do not want their children to have access to certain library services, materials or facilities, should so advise their children. Librarians and governing bodies cannot assume the role of parents or the functions of parental authority in the private relationship between parent and child. Librarians and governing bodies have a public and professional obligation to provide equal access to all library resources for all library users. Librarians have a professional commitment to ensure that all members of the community they serve have free and equal access to the entire range of library resources regardless of content, I approach, format, or amount of detail. This principle of library service applies equally to all users, minors as well as adults. Librarians and governing bodies must uphold this principle in order to provide adequate and effective service to minors. Adopted June 30, 1972; amended July 1, 1981; July 3, 1991, by the ALA Council. i APPENDIX E ECONOMIC BARRIERS TO INFORMATION ACCESS An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights A democracy presupposes an informed citizenry. The First Amendment mandates the right of all persons to free expression, and the corollary right to receive the constitutionally protected expression of others. The publicly supported library provides free and equal access to information for all people of the community the library serves. While the roles, goals and objectives of publicly supported libraries may differ, they share this common mission. The library's essential mission must remain the first consideration for librarians and governing bodies faced with economic pressures and competition for funding. In support of this mission, the American Library Association has enumerated certain principles of library services in the Library Bill o Ri hts. PRINCIPLES GOVERNING FINES, FEES AND USER CHARGES Article I of the Library Bill of Rights states: "Books and other library resources should be provided for the interest, information, and enlightenment of all people of the community the library services." Article V of the Library Bill of Rights states A persons right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, background, or views." The American Library Association opposes the charging of user fees for the provision of information by all libraries and information services that receive their major support from public funds. All information resources that are provided directly or indirectly by the library, regardless of technology, format, or methods of delivery, should be readily, equally and equitably accessible to all library users. Libraries that adhere to these principles systematically monitor their programs of service for potential barriers to access and strive to eliminate such barriers when they occur. All library policies and procedures, particularly those involving fines, fees, or other user charges, should be scrutinized for potential barriers to access. All services should be designed and implemented with care, so as not to infringe on or interfere with the provision or delivery of information and resources for all users. Services should be re-evaluated on a regular basis to ensure that the library's basic mission remains uncompromised. Librarians and governing bodies should look for alternative models and methods of library administration that minimize distinctions among users based on their economic status or financial condition. They should resist the temptation to impose user fees to alleviate financial pressures, at long term cost to institutional integrity and public confidence in libraries. Library services that involved the provision of information, regardless of format, technology, or method of delivery, should be made available to all library users on an equal and equitable basis. Charging fees for the use of library collections, services, programs, or facilities that were purchased with public funds raises barriers to access. Such fees effectively abridge or deny access for some members of the community because they reinforce distinctions among users based on their ability and willingness to pay. PRINCIPLES GOVERNING CONDITIONS OF FUNDING Article II of the Library Bill of Rights states: "Materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval." Article III of the Library Bill of Rights states: "Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment. Article IV of the Library Bill of Rights states: "Libraries should cooperate with all persons and groups concerned with resisting abridgment of free expression and free access to ideas." The American Library Association opposes any legislative or regulatory attempt to impose content restrictions on library resources, or to limit user access to information, as a condition of funding for publicly supported libraries and information services. The First Amendment guarantee of freedom of expression is violated when the right to receive that expression is subject to arbitrary restrictions based on content. Librarians and governing bodies should examine carefully any terms or conditions attached to library funding and should oppose attempts to limit through such conditions full and equal access to information because of content. This principle applies equally to private gifts or bequests and to public funds. In particular, librarians and governing bodies have an obligation to reject such restrictions when the effect of the restriction is to limit equal and equitable access to information. Librarians and governing bodies should cooperate with all efforts to create a community consensus that publicly supported libraries require funding unfettered by restrictions. Such a consensus supports the library mission to provide the free and unrestricted exchange of information and ideas necessary to a functioning democracy. The Association's historic position in this regard is stated clearly in a number of Association policies: 50.4 Free Access to Information, 50.9 Financing of Libraries, 51.2 Equal Access to Library Service, 51.3 Intellectual Freedom, 53 Intellectual Freedom Policies, 59.1 Policy Objectives, and 60 Library Services for the Poor. Adopted by the ALA Council, June 30, 1993. I