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Statement on Confidentiality
Meeting Room Policy
Basic Rules for Computer Use
Internet Policy
Laptop Use Policy
Statement on Confidentiality
The Seekonk Public Library considers the individual record of a patron's computer use to be highly confidential information.
The Library endeavors to treat the record of a patron's computer use with the the same level of confidentiality as his or her borrowing record.
The Library will not release any information that can be used to personally identify an individual.
The Library does, however, gather statistical information from individual records for the purposes of developing services and selecting software.
Meeting Room Policy
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Policy and Regulations for Use of the Seekonk Library Meeting Room
The Board of Library Trustees of the Seekonk Public Library welcomes the use of the library’s Meeting Room by community groups, organizations and individuals for civic, cultural and educational activities of a nonprofit nature. The following regulations have been adopted by the Board of Library Trustees.
- Reservations for the use of the room must be made by a responsible member of the organization requesting the use of the room who will see that all regulations are followed. The Board of Library Trustees reserves the right to make exceptions, review, accept, or reject any or all applications without reason given.
- Reservations must be made on the library’s application form and submitted to the Library Director. First time applicants must be approved at a Board of Library Trustees meeting scheduled the third Wednesday of each month. All other applications must be approved by the Library Director.
Priorities for booking are
- Seekonk Public Library
- Seekonk Town Government
- Not for Profit groups serving Seekonk
- Profit making organizations, for a fee.
- The Meeting Room is available free of charge during regular library hours so long as the room is vacated by closing time ( including the time for clean-up). The library staff will notify the organization fifteen minutes before closing to insure this condition is met. An organization holding the meeting after library hours will be responsible for payment of a supervisory closing fee of $50.00, payable to the Town of Seekonk, with the application and refundable if the meeting is canceled. No extensions can be made the night of the meeting. The Meeting Room must be cleared by 10:30pm.
- No admission fee may be charged nor any money collected by the group, except with the permission of the Library Trustees.
- All meetings must be open to the public.
- Smoking and alcoholic beverages are prohibited in the library. Light refreshments may be served.
- Groups holding meetings must assume responsibility for any loss or damage to the library property and must leave the facility in order. Set-up of chairs and tables is the responsibility of the organization. All chairs and tables must be returned to their carts. Groups must remove all trash from the building. The library is not responsible for anything left in the library.
Adopted & Approved by the Board of Library Trustees
Basic Rules for Computer Use
You must have a valid library card and establish an account to use all of the Library's computers except for those designated as library catalogs (iBistro).
- It takes a week to ten days for your account to be activated. A staff member can sign you on as a guest until your account is activated.
- You may not share your account with another user or logon using another user’s account.
- You are solely responsible for remembering your password and keeping it secure.
- The computers are available from the time the Library opens each day until ten minutes before closing. Patrons are expected to complete all work and printing in the allotted time.
- You must log-off immediately when prompted to do so by the network. Public users may be disconnected from the network without warning, however.
- You use the computers at your own risk. The library is not responsible for lost or damaged computer files due to network shutdowns or equipment failures.
- Users must log-off their accounts when they are finished using a computer. The user logged-on is responsible for how a computer is used if it is left unattended.
- Please be advised that sending personal information over the Internet exposes you to the threat of identity theft and fraud. You do so at your own risk.
- Every user is allotted space on the system server to temporarily store his or her files. The network automatically deletes these files without notifying the public users.
- The Library does not offer e-mail service. Please check with the Reference or Children’s Librarian to learn how to subscribe to free Internet mail services such as Hot Mail.
- Your use of a computer may be limited to one half-hour if others are waiting.
- Only two people may work at one computer at a time.
- You may reserve a computer by calling 336-8230. Ask for the Reference or Children's Librarian on-duty. He or she will explain the procedure.
- You may not reset computers, or switch them on or off without the permission of a librarian on-duty.
- You may not install software or peripheral devices on the computers without the permission of a librarian on-duty.
- Eating or drinking in the computer areas is prohibited.
- The Library may suspend or terminate some or all of your computer use privileges if you violate the Library's rules or policies, or if in the judgment of a librarian on-duty, you fail to use the computers in a responsible manner.
Revised 11/07
Internet Policy
To fulfill our mission, the Seekonk Public Library provides information access via electronic resources to meet the informational, educational, recreational and cultural needs of our community. One of those resources is the Internet.
All patrons using the Internet must do so in a responsible manner.
This includes the following:
accessing resources only for educational, cultural, recreational and informational purposes; not seeking unauthorized access to any computer system; not displaying text or graphics which may be considered obscene as defined in MGL 272 § 31; not using the Internet for unauthorized, illegal or unethical purposes; not reproducing copyright protected materials.
The Internet is a vast information repository with no governance. The Seekonk Public Library cannot be held responsible for any information found on the Internet. Patrons must use their own judgment as to the accuracy and currency of each site.
The library assumes no responsibility for the use of the Internet by children under 18 years of age. Restriction of a child’s access to the Internet is solely the responsibility of the parent or legal guardian.
The Board of Library Trustees authorizes the Library Director to establish and enforce all rules and procedures needed to implement the above policy statement.
Adopted & Approved by the Board of Trustees
Laptop Use Policy
Seekonk Public Library Laptops
In addition to following our Internet Use Policy and Computer Use Policy
You must have your library card with you when checking out a laptop
The laptop cannot leave the building
The laptop must not be transferred to another user.
The laptop must not be left unattended.
Food and drink may not be consumed near the laptops.
Laptops must be returned 30 minutes prior to closing:
Monday – Thursday 7:30 pm
Friday 4:30 pm
Saturday 3:30 pm
