Children’s and Teen Area Guidelines

Appropriate areas:

• No kids and young teens in the Adult Nonfiction unless they are with a parent looking for books.
• No older kids and teens in the Easy Book Room, playing with children’s toys, or on the AWE Early Literacy Computer.

Computers:

• One person to a computer.  
• No inappropriate internet viewing: bad words, drugs, harassment, violence, explicit content, etc.
• Teens may not use the AWE Early Literacy Computer.

Behavior:

• No inappropriate conversations: cursing, drugs, name-calling, etc.
• No standing around or walking around aimlessly.
• No going in and out of the library repeatedly or up and down on the elevator.
• No listening to cell phone music/videos out loud.
• Any behavior that endangers oneself or others, is abusive to staff or patrons, or is disruptive to the environment is not allowed.
• Shoes must be worn in the library.

Furniture:

• Use the furniture for its intended purpose.
• No adjusting tall chairs up and down repeatedly.
• Do not move furniture around unnecessarily.  Small chairs can be moved, but everything else is in its place for a reason.
• One person to a chair or bean bag.

Consequences

• If an appropriate verbal warning is ignored, the library staff reserves the right to ask anyone to leave the library.
• Librarians will talk to a parent or guardian if problems continue.
• If problems still continue, library privileges may be terminated.

Approved by the Library Board

March 10, 2015