Services of the Library

Library Policies

Lamont Public Library

Services of the Library

The Lamont Public Library operates as a free service to the citizens of Lamont and of Madison township.

The library is open Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. The hours are 1:30-5:30. The library is not open on legal holidays.

The Library's Operation: Procedures and Policies

Schedule of Hours Open to the Public

1. Winter Hours
   Monday through Saturday - 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm
   Monday and Thursday evenings - 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
   Wednesday and Thursday mornings - 9:00 to 11:30 am
2. Summer Hours
   Monday through Saturday - 2 pm to 5:30 pm
   Monday evenings - 6:30 to 8:30 pm
   Wednesday and Thursday mornings - 9:00 - 11:30 am
3. Holiday Schedule
   1. The Library will be closed on the following holidays:

      New Year's Day Good Friday Memorial Library Independence Day

      Labor Day Thanksgiving Christmas

      If any of the above holidays falls on a Sunday, the library will be closed on the Monday following.

   2. The Library is not open on the day before Christmas or the day before New Year's.

   3. Other closing for celebrations or whatever reason may arise, will be at the discretion of the librarian or the library board.
   
   
   

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   Carlisle Public Library

   Policy Statement

   1. The library will select from the mass of available materials, and organize for easy access, those books and materials which best meet the needs of the community.

   2. The library staff will provide guidance and assistance for people to obtain the information they seek as recorded in print and audio-visual resources.

   3. The library will provide information and materials to help people to:
      1. Equip themselves for efficient activities in useful occupations and practical affairs, including vocational information, parent and home education, child care, nutrition, physical health, emotional stability and growth, budgeting and consumer information and specialized business, industrial and agricultural information.

      2. Increase their competence to form sound judgments on public problems and to encourage them to express their opinions and to act according to their judgment.

      3. Increase their understanding and appreciation of literature, the arts, sciences and the political and natural world.

      4. Promote personal and social well-being and develop creative and spiritual capacities.

   4. The library will initiate programs, exhibits, book lists, etc., to stimulate the use of library materials for the enlightenment of people of all ages.

   5. The Library will cooperate with other community agencies and organizations to:
      1. Determine and meet the educational needs of the community.

      2. Help them with their programs through such services as programs planners' clinics, discussion leadership training, special bibliographies, materials and exhibits.

      3. Special attention will be given to cooperation with the schools in providing needed supplementary materials for students.

   6. It will be the policy of this library that all available sources of information and materials and books will be used to obtain materials needed by library users. The library will also lend such materials to other libraries to the fullest feasible extent.

   7. Hours shall be set by Board action and will always be long enough duration so as to fulfill any regulations which might be entailed in working with other libraries.

   8. Annual review will be made of library service to determine whether the needs of the community Indicate that present services should be discontinued or other services should be added.
   
   
   

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   Waukee Public Library

   PUBLIC SERVICE

   In order to meet the educational and informational needs of the people of Waukee, the Library will provide, in addition to its basic collection, certain additional services, enumerated below:

   Reference/Reader's Advisory

   In the hours during which the Library is staffed by trained Library personnel, staff will be familiar enough with the collection, on-the-spot reference sources, and search techniques to provide basic reference service to patrons. More in-depth reference questions will be referred to the Central Iowa Regional Library's Reference Librarian at the Ames Public Library.

   Every effort will be made to meet the patron's need with promptness and accuracy. All staff members should constantly try to increase their familiarity with titles, styles and authors in the various classification groups and genres, in order to knowledgeably assist patrons in choosing titles from the collection most appropriate to their needs and interests.

   Programming

   Educational programs, recreational activities or exhibits of an informative nature will be provided for children's, young adult and adult age level as Library resources permit. Community resource people and volunteers will be used as much as possible in providing Library-sponsored programs and exhibits.

   Library Skills Instruction

   Trained Library staff will be provided, formally or informally and on an individual or group basis as needed, instruction in basic library skills such as use of the card catalog, care of library materials, and use of reference sources.

   Outreach Service

   Staff and Trustees will evaluate at least once each year community need for outreach services to bring Library resources to those elements of the population that can not readily get to the Library. Such services will be provided to the greatest extent personnel and budget allow, and in the form(s) deemed most suitable.

   Hours of Service

   The Waukee Public Library will be open for circulation of materials not less than 40 hours a week, including Saturday mornings and at least one week evening. A trained staff member will be present to answer questions and provide service for patrons not less than 15 hours a week, including all evening and Saturday open hours.
   
   
   
   

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   posted February 18, 2000