ITEM NUMBER: 10.29
CHAPTER 10: Circulation
CODE: Policy
COMPUTER ID: CIPR-5
Title: Borrowing Materials by Staff
Effective Date: 8/2011
Authorized By: Library Board of Trustees/Library Director
Date of Last Revision: 8/2011
Policy Statement:
To ensure equitable access for all library users, the borrowing rights, privileges, and
obligations of the Marathon County Public Library staff are the same as those extended
to the general public.
Regulations
1. A new staff member who does not have a library card will be issued one by the
circulation supervisor on his or her first day of work.
2. A staff member who wishes to borrow library materials must have a valid
Marathon County Public Library card.
3. A staff member may use the card assigned to his or her department to borrow
materials associated with a work assignment, for a reasonable time period.
4. Circulation services staff are responsible for checking out and checking in the
materials borrowed by library staff members. Library staff are not to check out
the materials they wish to borrow or check in the materials they are returning.
Branch staff may need to checkout their own materials in some cases, but they
must keep receipts to verify their transactions.
5. Staff members will observe the same loan periods and loan limits that are
observed by the general public.
6. Staff members are responsible for paying the same fines and fees that the
general public is charged as described in the checkout policies. Fees and fines
should be paid at the circulation desk by presenting the amount owed to a
member of circulation services staff. Library staff are not to clear their own fees
and fines from their borrower's records.
7. A staff member who wishes to borrow an item for personal use that is not
currently available should place a reserve on the item.
8. New books and other new library materials should be made available to the
public once they have been processed by technical services. Staff members
may borrow any of these items once they have been shelved in the public area.
9. A staff member who is aware that another staff member is violating the
Borrowing Materials by Staff policy must inform his or her immediate supervisor.
10. Managers are authorized to waive these regulations for a member of their staff if
so doing is essential to the completion of a work-related assignment.
CHAPTER 10: Circulation
CODE: Policy
COMPUTER ID: CIPR-5
Title: Borrowing Materials by Staff
Effective Date: 8/2011
Authorized By: Library Board of Trustees/Library Director
Date of Last Revision: 8/2011
Policy Statement:
To ensure equitable access for all library users, the borrowing rights, privileges, and
obligations of the Marathon County Public Library staff are the same as those extended
to the general public.
Regulations
1. A new staff member who does not have a library card will be issued one by the
circulation supervisor on his or her first day of work.
2. A staff member who wishes to borrow library materials must have a valid
Marathon County Public Library card.
3. A staff member may use the card assigned to his or her department to borrow
materials associated with a work assignment, for a reasonable time period.
4. Circulation services staff are responsible for checking out and checking in the
materials borrowed by library staff members. Library staff are not to check out
the materials they wish to borrow or check in the materials they are returning.
Branch staff may need to checkout their own materials in some cases, but they
must keep receipts to verify their transactions.
5. Staff members will observe the same loan periods and loan limits that are
observed by the general public.
6. Staff members are responsible for paying the same fines and fees that the
general public is charged as described in the checkout policies. Fees and fines
should be paid at the circulation desk by presenting the amount owed to a
member of circulation services staff. Library staff are not to clear their own fees
and fines from their borrower's records.
7. A staff member who wishes to borrow an item for personal use that is not
currently available should place a reserve on the item.
8. New books and other new library materials should be made available to the
public once they have been processed by technical services. Staff members
may borrow any of these items once they have been shelved in the public area.
9. A staff member who is aware that another staff member is violating the
Borrowing Materials by Staff policy must inform his or her immediate supervisor.
10. Managers are authorized to waive these regulations for a member of their staff if
so doing is essential to the completion of a work-related assignment.