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All Lebanon County residents are eligible for a Library Card.
The card is a Lebanon County Library System card and can be
used at any of the six Lebanon County libraries. The card
is a lifetime card (with an internal three year renewal cycle
for updating information). While the initial card is free
of charge, replacement cards are $1.00 each. Patrons are urged
to visit any of the six county libraries if they lose their
card or if it is stolen so that a notation is made in the
computer.
The Access Pennsylvania Statewide Library Card System allows
us to honor non-Lebanon County library cards. If you live
in Berks, Lancaster, Dauphin, or any other county in Pennsylvania
AND if you have a valid library card from that county, you
are welcome to check out books from our collection free of
charge. (Materials that circulate for limited periods, such
as videos, are generally not loaned out to patrons beyond
the Harrisburg Library District of Cumberland, Perry, and
Dauphin Counties.)
You must have the valid library card with you when you request
to borrow materials. We will need it for identification purposes.
Books borrowed on Access Pennsylvania may be returned to your
local library. They will note the returned date and forward
them to us.
Books and audio-tapes have a three week circulation period.
They can be renewed twice if there are no “holds”
on them.
Books for school projects may be placed on a limited circulation
of three days if the demand is great and the number of items
in the collection is limited. If so, we may also limit the
number of books that may be taken out on that subject.
Reference materials marked “Does Not Circulate”
may not be taken from the library. Other reference materials
may have a circulation period of three days.
Periodicals have a three week circulation period with two
renewals. Current issues of a magazine do not circulate.
Video Cassettes circulate for a one week period and may be
renewed one time. Only two video cassettes are allowed to
be charged out on an individual’s card at a time.
There are also filmstrips available on a limited number of
subjects. Please ask at the desk for more information. We
also have a slide projector ($1.00 / night) and a 16 mm. projector
($5.00 / night) that may be rented for a nominal fee. (Please
note state requirements mandate that we charge state tax on
these rentals.)
Materials may be renewed either by bringing the items into
the library or by telephone. Renewals can be placed on the
answering machine when the library is closed. (Wait until
after the “beep” and speak very clearly.)
If there are materials with lengthy reserve lists, we may
ask you to curtail renewal periods.
Books, Audio Tapes, Periodicals, $.25/day Pamphlets
Video Cassettes $1.00 / day
16 mm. projector $5.00 / day
Slide projector $1.00 / day
we must charge state tax on these rentals
Our On-Line Public Access Catalog (OPAC) is a county-wide
card catalog. It lists the holdings of Myerstown, Richland,
Fredericksburg, Lebanon, Annville, and Palmyra Libraries.
By reading and following all the simple instructions, you
will be able to determine which library owns the materials
you need and their status.
If you are looking for a title that we do not have in this
library we will gladly try to borrow it from another library
for your use. Those that are held in another Lebanon County
library can be searched through the county-wide card catalog
located in each library. We also have access to books throughout
the United States through our District services.
These services are generally free of charge. Please see a
librarian for more information.
Outside of the Lebanon County materials we have no control
over the length of time that we are issued for interlibrary
loan materials. Please note that these loan periods most often
DO NOT allow for renewals.
ACCESS
The Myerstown Community Library provides internet access to
the public as part of the library’s commitment to meet
the community’s informational needs. The patron’s
signature indicates that he/she has read this policy and will
abide by its regulations. Those who do not have a valid library
card in the Lebanon County Library System will be asked to
provide identification.
The internet and the World Wide Web are a constantly changing
global entity which presently are not monitored. The Library
and its staff have no control over what materials are available
on the internet. We are not responsible for the content, availability,
or accuracy of the information found on internet sites.
It is the patron’s responsibility or that of the patron’s
parent/guardian to use this resource wisely. Patrons must
realize that some internet sites may contain materials that
are considered offensive to others. The internet terminals
are in the public use area of the library and are visible
to the public eye.
According to 18 PA.CS 5903 section of the Pennsylvania Criminal
Code, it is offensive to display any explicit materials in
a public place where minors may be exposed to this material.
We realize that this may be done inadvertently. Patrons will
receive one warning should this occur. Repeat occurrences
will result in denied internet use.
The Library staff will aid in starting your search as well
as time cionstraints allow, but we are not prepared to provide
extensive internet training.
The Myerstown Community Library supports the principles of
intellectual freedom as laid out in the American Library Association’s
Library Bill of Rights and Freedom to Read statements.
USE REQUIREMENTS
Patrons must ask the library staff for permission to use the
internet terminals. They are to both log on and off in the
provided logbooks. Patrons who do not ask permission will
be asked to step aside for those who have done so when terminals
are needed.
Patrons under the age of twelve (12) must be accompanied
by a parent or guardian while using the internet. Parents
and guardians, not the library staff, are responsible for
the internet information selected and/or accessed by their
children. Only parents/guardians may restrict their children
– and only their children – from access to internet
resources. That is why we request parents/guardians supervise
their children’s use.
ACCEPTABLE USE
Patrons are asked to keep in mind the public position of the
library’s internet terminals.
Please be considerate in your use of the internet. Users are
expected to respect the privacy of those using adjoining terminals.
E-mail may be used, but the library will not be responsible
for the establishment and maintenance of e-mail accounts.
The internet terminals are not to be used for chat rooms,
news groups, access to listservs, or File Transfer Protocols.
The library will not be responsible for the patron’s
use of the internet terminals for commercial transactions
including the sale or purchase of goods or services.
The internet terminals may not be used for any fraudulent
or unlawful purposes, including those prohibited by applicable
federal, state, or local laws.
Terminals are to be used in a responsible manner, respecting
the same laws of public property accorded to other library
materials. Computer and internet settings may not be changed.
Patrons who do so will lose their internet use privileges.
TIME LIMITATIONS
Internet terminals are available for use in 30 minute increments.
If there are no other patrons waiting to use them, the time
period may be extended for additional 30 minute increments.
The daily use limit is two hours per patron.
When a patron is waiting, the current user is expected to
make the terminal available within ten minutes.
Terminals will be shut down ten minutes before the closing
of the library for the day.
Patrons are advised that there are periods when the internet
may not be available due to technical difficulties.
COPYING
Materials on the internet are copyrighted. It is the user’s
responsibility to be aware of the copyright notices displayed
with the websites and to properly follow these laws before
downloading materials by print or onto a disk.
Copies may be printed from the internet at a cost of $.20
per page plus state tax. Patrons are reminded to factor printing
time into their use period.
The Lebanon County Library System has installed a virus scan
on all the public internet terminals. As part of the virus
protection policy outside disks may not be used in our computers.
Materials may be downloaded onto a disk only if the disk is
purchased from the library. Once the disk is taken off the
premises, it may not be reused in our computers. We will not
be responsible or damages to a patron’s computer or disk
that may occur from the patron’s use of the library computers.Adopted
by the Myerstown Community Library Board
March 21, 2000
Revisions July 25, 2000
Fax services are available at $1.00 / 1st page and $.50 /
subsequent pages. Sales tax must be added to the costs of
the fax services.
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