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#2 A201b Borrowing Privileges Hedberg Public Library A201 Borrowing Privileges Board Policy June 2010 Last update - October 2007 Anyone, regardless of his or her residency, age, race, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital status or social or political views may use Hedberg Public Library (HPL) materials and library equipment within the library building in accordance with established policies and procedures. Eligible Borrowers Any resident of Janesville (or any person owning property in Janesville on which taxes are paid, and his or her dependents) is eligible to borrow materials from the library upon the application for and issuance of a borrower's card. Others who are eligible to borrow materials from the library are listed below: 1.People living within or owning property within the boundaries of the State of Wisconsin on which taxes are paid, and his or her dependents. 2. Out of state residents may obtain a fee card. Fee cards are valid for three months or one year and entitle patrons to full borrowing privileges at HPL. Patrons who request a fee card must pay the amount set annually by the Board. Fee cards are available for a three-month time period for a fraction of the annual cost, set by the board at the same time. The fee takes into consideration HPL's average cost per capita which is calculated by dividing HPL's current annual budget, including debt service, by the number of people in the city (using the most recent State of Wisconsin population figures). The cost is rounded up to the nearest five dollar increment. 3. Any organization, corporation or institution operating within Arrowhead Library System (ALS). Borrower's cards issued to these organizations are referred to as business cards. The purpose of these cards is to support the businesses of Rock County by providing easy access to business-related library materials for their employees. Applications for business cards must be made by an authorized officer of the organization. The organization assumes full financial responsibility for all materials borrowed and fines on the card. Businesses which are located within other library systems are subject to the same eligibility for HPL use as are individual patrons from the same area. The director may establish limits on items that can be checked out on a business card (e.g. no Jackpot items). 4.Any K-12 school, preschool or licensed daycare center within the School District of Janesville. Cards issued to these schools and daycare centers are referred to as school cards. Other schools, preschools, and licensed daycares outside the School District of Janesville are eligible for business cards. The purpose of the school card is to assist teachers and media specialists of the Janesville School District with easy access to HPL materials needed for classroom use which are not available in the media centers of the school district. 2 Licensed daycare centers, preschools, and K-12 schools may be issued school cards whenever responsibility for such card is accepted by the principal or manager on behalf of the institution. To encourage use of HPL materials, users of these cards are not charged fines for overdue materials. The library director may determine which materials, such as Jackpot items, may not be checked out on school cards. In the event that materials borrowed are lost or damaged, the school or daycare center will be held responsible. The director shall establish procedures which allow revocation of any or all school card privileges from users who misuse these privileges. 5.Students living temporarily within ALS (e.g., foreign exchange students). These students may be issued a library card from Hedberg Public Library for the duration of their stay up to one year upon verification of a temporary and permanent address. At the time of application, students under the age of 18 must be present and accompaniedby a guardian or responsible adult living within ALS. Holders of these library cards are entitled to the same borrowing privileges as permanent residents. The patron may apply for another year's extension upon verifying temporary residency within ALS. Identification Applicants for borrower's cards must present acceptable identification when applying for a borrower's card for themselves or their children under the age of 18. Such identification must include a verifiable street address. A list is made available by the library of identification acceptable for use when applying for a borrower's card. Examples include: ? Driver's license ? Bank check book ? Bank savings book If a patron can show an in-state address, even if it is not current, staff will issue a temporary card valid for 30 days and restricted to borrowing only six items and ask that current address identification be shown within 30 days, at which time the temporary card will expire. Signature on Application Form and Borrower's Card Applicants for a borrower's card must sign the application form, which includes a statement of responsibility for materials borrowed and must also sign the borrower's card which is imprinted with the statement of responsibility as well. be present with the child In the case of children under the age of 18, a parent or guardian must and sign the responsibility statement on the child's application. Borrowing Privileges - Rights and Limitations The issuance of a borrower's card entitles the holder to borrow any item in the library's circulating collection and to use other services provided by the library such as interlibrary loan. Any use of a borrower's card by a person other than the one individual to whom the card was issued, whether the use was authorized or unauthorized, remains the responsibility of the person to whom the card was issued. The patron must notify the library that his or her library card has been lost or stolen and follow the conditions stated in A209 Theft or Loss of a Library Card and 3 Library Materials (Board Policy).If a card is lost, the cardholder will be held responsible for any use made of the card prior to its being reported lost to the library. A parent or guardian may request that his or her child's borrowing privileges be restricted to materials located in the library's Youth Services Department. If a borrower has incurred fines or other financial obligations to the library, that person may be restricted from borrowing library materials until the fines or other obligations have been cleared. Expiration of Borrower's Cards Cards issued to adults do not expire. However, cards not used for more than an interval to be established by library procedure are subject to being purged from the database. In this instance the borrower will be required to complete a new application form and will be issued a new borrower's card at no charge. Cards issued to children under the age of 18 will expire automatically on their eighteenth (18th) birthday.