Clearinghouse of Professional Information
Sample Policies (by topic)
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The intent of this page is to support libraries working with the
Ontario Public Library Guidelines (OPL Guidelines). Under each topic, there are sample policies from
various libraries and from OLS publications. Trillium Public Library is a fictional library name used by OLS
staff to illustrate sample policies. The first edition of the new
Trillium Public Library Policy: Samples Policies (2009) have now
been posted on this Web site with the appropriate topic.
For more general information on policy writing go to our Clearinghouse page on
Board Development Resources.
Topics include
Advocacy
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Board By-Laws
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Children's Services
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Circulation
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Collection
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Community Information
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Finance
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Funding Development
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Governance Process
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Inter-library Loans
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Internet Use
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Local History
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Mission, Vision and Values
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Meeting Room
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Personnel
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Planning
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Programming
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Public Relations
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Reference
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Safety Security and Emergencies
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Service Levels
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Sponsorship
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Training
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Volunteers
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Trillium Public Library: Sample Policies
The Library Development Guide #4, 2009
This guide assists boards with writing policies that suit the unique needs of each library.
Trillium Public Library: Sample Policies includes samples of foundation policies, board bylaws, governance policies
and operational policies. The samples help to identify what issues to consider when developing a policy, rather than what position to
take on an issue. This publication will be updated in 2010 to include more policies. (This guide updates and expands on the 1996
publication Trillium Public Library Policy Manual).
The complete Guide is available to download in pdf format
Individually from the Table of Contents page in Word format
(.doc)
The individual sample policies can be found under each relevant topic on this page.
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Advocacy
(A requirement of OPL Guidelines Section 1.5.1 Advocacy)
Board by-laws
(A requirement of OPL Guidelines Section 1.1 Organization of the Board)
- Trillium Public Library. Bylaws
(2009) (Word files)
Children’s services
(A requirement of OPL Guidelines Section 4.4.1 Children's Services Policy)
(A requirement of OPL Guidelines Section 4.1.2 Circulation Policy)
Collection Plan
(A requirement of OPL Guidelines Section
3.2.4 Collection Plan)
The library has established a written collection development plan reflecting the
library's collection priorities. The plan includes long and short term objectives as well as a buying plan.
Collection Policy
(A requirement of OPL Guidelines Section 3.2.2 Collection Policy)
The library board has established and adopted written policy concerning the library's
collection which address such issues as: responsibility for collection development and selection; selection criteria, weeding, disposing of gifts etc.
(A requirement of OPL Guidelines Section 4.6.2 Community Information Policy)
(Refer to OPL Guidelines Section 1.4 Finance – no specific policies required)
(Refer to OPL Guidelines Section 1.4 Finance – no specific policies required)
- Brock Township Public Library. Policy Type: Governance Process. Policy Name: Board Decision-making Policy
- Trillium Public Library. Governance Policies
(2009)
(.doc)
Interlibrary loan
(A requirement of OPL Guidelines Section
5.1.3 Resource Sharing Policy)
Internet Use Policy – Acceptable Use
(A requirement of OPL Guidelines Section
3.3.9 Acceptable Internet Use Policy)
(A requirement of OPL Guidelines Section 4.7.2 Local History Policy)
(Refer to OPL Guidelines Section 4.8.1 Public Meeting Room Policy)
Mission, Vision and Values
(A requirement of OPL Guidelines Section 3.1.1 Personnel Policy)
(A requirement of OPL Guidelines Section 1.3.1 Planning Policy)
See also Clearinghouse - Planning Resources under Mission, Vision and Values and Sample Plans
Policy
(A requirement of OPL Guidelines Section
1.2.1 Process)
Programming
(A requirement of OPL Guidelines Section 4.5.2 Programming Policy)
Public relations
(Refer to OPL Guidelines Section 2.10.1 Publicity – no specific policy required)
Reference
(A requirement of OPL Guidelines Section 4.2.2 Reference and Information Policy)
Safety, Security and Emergencies
(A requirement of OPL Guidelines Section 3.5.1 – Safety, Security and Emergencies Policy)
Service Levels
(Refer to OPL Guidelines Section6.3 Service Levels – no specific policy required)
(A requirement of OPL Guidelines Section 5.2.1 Community Partnerships - no specific policy required)
Training Policy
(A requirement of OPL Guidelines Section3.1.8 Continuing Education and Training for Staff)
(A requirement of OPL Guidelines Section 5.2.3 Volunteers Policy)
