We look forward to seeing at Rocky Mountain Public Library!
This beautiful library belongs to all of you. In addition to being a terrific new space open to the community RMPL is operated by passionate people who care about their patrons. Simultaneously striving for a comfortable ambiance RMPL seeks to meet the community’s ever-changing information needs through comprehensive and flexible collection management.
The population of the Rocky Mountain Public Library District represents a diversity of age, background, religion, ethnicity, culture, education, socioeconomic level and lifestyle. This diversity is reflected in the broad range of materials that comprise the collection of the Rocky Mountain Public Library. In order to celebrate diversity within our community, the library will increase the emphasis on the purchase of books, magazines and audiovisual materials which reflect our cultural diversity.
The district's population already has a high percentage of library cardholders and makes heavy use of the collection. Customer use is the most powerful influence on the library's collection, and much of the library's use is from new and popular adult books, children's materials and items in audiovisual and electronic formats. Circulation, customer purchase requests and holds levels are all closely monitored, triggering the purchase of new items and additional copies of high-demand items to be included in the collection. In addition to customer demand, selections are made to provide depth and diversity of viewpoints to the existing collection.
Inherent in RMPL philosophy is an appreciation for each customer of the Rocky Mountain Public Library. Without placing a value on one customer's needs or preferences over another, the library upholds the right of the individual to secure materials to support informational, educational and recreational needs.
Our Mission at RMPL is to provide equitable access to a variety of information resources, integrating the highest level of service and the most comprehensive collection with the latest technology to address the informational, educational, and cultural needs of the community. We are committed to responding to growth and changes within our community by providing resources, technology, collections, and programming to meet these changes. Our objective is to create an environment that fosters life-long learning and the enhancement of the individual’s quality of life.
The population of the Rocky Mountain Public Library District represents a diversity of age, background, religion, ethnicity, culture, education, socioeconomic level and lifestyle. This diversity is reflected in the broad range of materials that comprise the collection of the Rocky Mountain Public Library. In order to celebrate diversity within our community, the library will increase the emphasis on the purchase of books, magazines and audiovisual materials which reflect our cultural diversity.
The district's population already has a high percentage of library cardholders and makes heavy use of the collection. Customer use is the most powerful influence on the library's collection, and much of the library's use is from new and popular adult books, children's materials and items in audiovisual and electronic formats. Circulation, customer purchase requests and holds levels are all closely monitored, triggering the purchase of new items and additional copies of high-demand items to be included in the collection. In addition to customer demand, selections are made to provide depth and diversity of viewpoints to the existing collection.
Inherent in RMPL philosophy is an appreciation for each customer of the Rocky Mountain Public Library. Without placing a value on one customer's needs or preferences over another, the library upholds the right of the individual to secure materials to support informational, educational and recreational needs.
Our Mission at RMPL is to provide equitable access to a variety of information resources, integrating the highest level of service and the most comprehensive collection with the latest technology to address the informational, educational, and cultural needs of the community. We are committed to responding to growth and changes within our community by providing resources, technology, collections, and programming to meet these changes. Our objective is to create an environment that fosters life-long learning and the enhancement of the individual’s quality of life.
General Library Policies
A. The Library recognizes and participates in the Colorado Library Card (“CLC”) program, and all Library policies apply to CLC participants.
B. The Library supports and complies with state laws providing for privacy of user records (C.R.S).
C. The Library adopts and supports the American Library Association Library Bill of Rights.
Library Services
A. The Library staff shall select materials, and organize for easy access; those books and materials which best meet the needs and interests of the community.
B. The library staff shall select, design, and organize: programs, exhibits, displays, book lists, etc. to stimulate use by the community.
C. The Library is capable of borrowing materials it does not own upon customer request.
D. The Library will always endeavor to maintain equal opportunity in its services to all customers regardless of sex, age, religion, disability, nationality, sexual orientation, or race.
E. K. Art works may be exhibited in the Library building at the discretion of the Library Director.
F. The Library provides display cases, bulletin boards, and pamphlet racks for publicizing non-profit community services or agencies as well as cultural, educational, and civic events. These display cases, bulletin boards, and pamphlet racks are available subject to approval of the Library.
G. Classes are welcome to visit the Library during operating hours with at least 48 hours advance notice.
H. The Library will provide services in outreach including: group housing deposit collection, homebound, summer storyteller on the square when possible.
a. Clients of homebound service are exempt from fines for overdue materials but shall be responsible for charges for damaged and lost materials while enrolled in the program.
I. The Library proctors exams upon request.
a. The library staff will proctor examinations but, it is the student’s responsibility to contact the Library to see if the exam has arrived and to set up an appointment for taking the exam.
b. The student will sit at a carrel or designated computers in sight of the librarian during the exam.
c. The school or student is responsible for providing the return envelope and paying return-postage.
NOTICE: The Library assumes no responsibility for loss or damage of personal information, materials, or equipment in the library or resulting from the use of the Library’s equipment.
B. The Library supports and complies with state laws providing for privacy of user records (C.R.S).
C. The Library adopts and supports the American Library Association Library Bill of Rights.
Library Services
A. The Library staff shall select materials, and organize for easy access; those books and materials which best meet the needs and interests of the community.
B. The library staff shall select, design, and organize: programs, exhibits, displays, book lists, etc. to stimulate use by the community.
C. The Library is capable of borrowing materials it does not own upon customer request.
D. The Library will always endeavor to maintain equal opportunity in its services to all customers regardless of sex, age, religion, disability, nationality, sexual orientation, or race.
E. K. Art works may be exhibited in the Library building at the discretion of the Library Director.
F. The Library provides display cases, bulletin boards, and pamphlet racks for publicizing non-profit community services or agencies as well as cultural, educational, and civic events. These display cases, bulletin boards, and pamphlet racks are available subject to approval of the Library.
G. Classes are welcome to visit the Library during operating hours with at least 48 hours advance notice.
H. The Library will provide services in outreach including: group housing deposit collection, homebound, summer storyteller on the square when possible.
a. Clients of homebound service are exempt from fines for overdue materials but shall be responsible for charges for damaged and lost materials while enrolled in the program.
I. The Library proctors exams upon request.
a. The library staff will proctor examinations but, it is the student’s responsibility to contact the Library to see if the exam has arrived and to set up an appointment for taking the exam.
b. The student will sit at a carrel or designated computers in sight of the librarian during the exam.
c. The school or student is responsible for providing the return envelope and paying return-postage.
NOTICE: The Library assumes no responsibility for loss or damage of personal information, materials, or equipment in the library or resulting from the use of the Library’s equipment.
ROCKY MOUNATIN PUBLIC LIBRARY BILL OF RIGHTS
The Rocky Mountain Public Library affirms that libraries are forums for information and ideas, and that the following basic policies will guide our services.
Books and other library resources will be provided for the interest, information, and enlightenment of all people of our community.
Materials will not be excluded because of the origin, background, or views of those contributing to their creation.
The Library will provide materials and information presenting various points of view on current and historical issues. Materials will not be banned or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.
The Library will challenge censorship in the fulfillment of our responsibility to provide information and enlightenment in conformance with applicable law.
The Library will cooperate with persons and groups concerned with resisting curtailment of free expression and free access to ideas.
A person’s right to use a library will not be denied or curtailed because of origin, age, background, or views in conformance with applicable law.
The Library will make exhibit space and meeting rooms available to the public on an equitable basis, regardless of the beliefs or affiliations of individuals or groups that request their use.
FREEDOM TO READ
The following Freedom to Read Policy was developed by the American
Library Association Council and the Association of American Publishers
Freedom to Read Committee.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 these principles are affirmed:
1. To provide the broadest possible access to film, video, and otheraudiovisual materials because they are a means for the communication of ideas. Liberty of circulation is essential to insure the constitutional guarantee of freedom of expression.
2. To protect the confidentiality of all individuals and institutions using film, video, and other audiovisual materials.
3. To provide film, video, 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.
4. To provide a diversity of viewpoints without the constraint of labeling or prejudging film, video and other audiovisual materials on the basis of the moral, religious, or political beliefs of the producer or filmmaker or on the basis of controversial content.
5. To contest vigorously, by all lawful means, every encroachment upon the public's freedom to view.
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Please refer to the Collection Development Policy (COL-01) Archive Collection Policy (COL-02) and the Reconsideration Policy (COL-03) for more information.
The Rocky Mountain Public Library Bill of Rights was adopted and approved by the Rocky Mountain Public Library District Board of Trustees on December 10, 2011.
Books and other library resources will be provided for the interest, information, and enlightenment of all people of our community.
Materials will not be excluded because of the origin, background, or views of those contributing to their creation.
The Library will provide materials and information presenting various points of view on current and historical issues. Materials will not be banned or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.
The Library will challenge censorship in the fulfillment of our responsibility to provide information and enlightenment in conformance with applicable law.
The Library will cooperate with persons and groups concerned with resisting curtailment of free expression and free access to ideas.
A person’s right to use a library will not be denied or curtailed because of origin, age, background, or views in conformance with applicable law.
The Library will make exhibit space and meeting rooms available to the public on an equitable basis, regardless of the beliefs or affiliations of individuals or groups that request their use.
FREEDOM TO READ
The following Freedom to Read Policy was developed by the American
Library Association Council and the Association of American Publishers
Freedom to Read Committee.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 these principles are affirmed:
1. To provide the broadest possible access to film, video, and otheraudiovisual materials because they are a means for the communication of ideas. Liberty of circulation is essential to insure the constitutional guarantee of freedom of expression.
2. To protect the confidentiality of all individuals and institutions using film, video, and other audiovisual materials.
3. To provide film, video, 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.
4. To provide a diversity of viewpoints without the constraint of labeling or prejudging film, video and other audiovisual materials on the basis of the moral, religious, or political beliefs of the producer or filmmaker or on the basis of controversial content.
5. To contest vigorously, by all lawful means, every encroachment upon the public's freedom to view.
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Please refer to the Collection Development Policy (COL-01) Archive Collection Policy (COL-02) and the Reconsideration Policy (COL-03) for more information.
The Rocky Mountain Public Library Bill of Rights was adopted and approved by the Rocky Mountain Public Library District Board of Trustees on December 10, 2011.