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Clearinghouse of Professional Information
Sample Policies (by topic)
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Note: The Sourcebook for Small Public Libraries, originally published by the Ontario Library Service, are no longer
available in print form. Trillium Public Library is a fictional library name used by OLS staff to illustrate sample policies. The
Trillium Public Library Policy samples that had been included with the Sourcebooks have now been posted on this Web site with the
appropriate topic.
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.
Topics include
Advocacy | Board
By-Laws | Children's Services |
Circulation | Collection
| Community Information |
Finance | Funding Development |
Governance Process |
Inter-library Loans | Internet
Use | Local History | Meeting Room
| Personnel | Planning |
Programming | Public Relations
| Reference | Safety Security and Emergencies |
Service Levels |
Sponsorship |
Training | Volunteers
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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)
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
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)
(A requirement of OPL Guidelines Section 3.1.1 Personnel Policy)
(A requirement of OPL Guidelines Section 1.3.1 Planning Policy)
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 Section
6.3 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 Section
3.1.8 Continuing Education and Training for Staff)
(A requirement of OPL Guidelines Section 5.2.3 Volunteers Policy)
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