SULLIVAN FREE LIBRARYANNOUNCEMENTS
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POLICIESYour child's library card presents opportunities for many fascinating, educational and entertaining experiences, and we are pleased that you, as a parent, are encouraging your child to explore them.The public library provides a wide variety of materials representing many points of view on topics of interest to the community. All libraries contain some materials that some parents find inappropriate for their children. It is not the library's policy to decide what ideas your child should be exposed to, therefore, we hope you will continue to participate in the learning process by helping your child select materials and by sharing them at home. We provide the alternatives. You make the
choices. INTERNET POLICYThe
mission of the Sullivan Free Library is to meet the educational,
cultural and
leisure needs of the community. In keeping with this mission, the
Library
offers public computer terminals with access to the Internet. All
Internet
resources accessible through the Library are provided equally to all
Library
users.
The
Internet is a
global, unregulated electronic resource that allows the Library to
offer a wide
range of information and resources. The Library cannot be responsible
for the
content of Internet sites. Users must evaluate sources of information
for
accuracy. As with print materials, it is the right and responsibility
of
parents to monitor their children as they explore this resource.
Library staff
cannot act as a substitute parent or be responsible for unsupervised
children
on the Internet terminals.
The
Library reserves
the right to limit time spent on its computers and terminals and to
charge for
paper used in printing. The use of the Internet for illegal activities
is
forbidden and could result in suspension of Library privileges and/or
legal
actions. All users are required to follow Library's Rules for
Computer Use.
Due to the constantly changing features of the Internet, the Library reserves the right to change this policy without notice.Wireless Internet Access
You will need to bring your own
laptop or PDA device to the
library, and it will need to have built-in WiFi or you will need to
install a
WiFi network card (not provided by library).
Most
WiFi equipment will be
compatible. However, the library
makes no guarantees as to compatibility of your equipment with the
library's
wireless network, nor as to reliability or security of connections to
the
network or to the Internet.
We
provide wireless coverage for
the entire library.
However, wireless signal strength may be weaker around some hidden
spots and at
the library corners.
Printers are not part
of the
wireless Internet access
service in the library. If you need to print, save the file to a floppy
disk,
login to a Microsoft Office public workstation and send the print job
to the
network printer.
The library's public
wireless
network is open to anyone who
agrees to abide by the Library’s Internet Access Policy (above). The
policy
prohibits abusive or illegal activity while using the Internet inside
the
library. PLEASE READ THIS POLICY DOCUMENT PRIOR TO ACCESSING THE
LIBRARY’S
WIRELESS NETWORK. You can obtain a copy of the policy on our website or
ask at
the Information Desk. A library card is not required.
No special encryption
settings,
user names or passwords are
required.
You
can search the library catalog by visiting
www.midyork.org, click on the Catalog link to access the Library
catalogue or
the Online Databases link, to logon with your library card number to
access the
online database.
Adopted by the Board
of Trustees 10/18/05
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