The Library provides free access to the Internet as part of its mission to promote literacy, lifelong learning, personal fulfillment, and the principles of intellectual freedom.

All individuals must accept responsibility for determining the appropriateness of the resources that they elect to access. Responsibility for youth using the Internet rests with the guardian, not with Library personnel.

Customers may not:

• use profanity, obscenity, or other language that may be offensive to another user;
• transmit any material in violation of any local, state, or federal law; (This includes, but is not limited to, copyrighted materials, threatening or obscene material, or material protected by trade secret.);
• display, send, receive, or print text, images or graphics of obscene material or materials harmful to minors;
• display, send, receive, or print text, images or graphics that violate laws relating to child pornography;
• use an Internet workstation to transmit threatening or harassing material;
• engage in any activity that is deliberately offensive or creates an intimidating or hostile environment for Library staff and customers;
• violate copyright or software licensing agreements;
• gain unauthorized access to any computing, information or communications devices or resources;
• interfere with or disrupt other users;
• damage, alter, or degrade computer equipment, peripherals, software or configuration;
• create and/or place a computer virus on the network.

Staff members are authorized to terminate the session of any customer who fails to comply with this policy, to take further action in accordance with the Library Rules of Behavior, and to report illegal activity of which they become aware to the appropriate authorities for prosecution.

Workstation Use Policy

Workstations must be used in accordance with the PGCMLS Internet Policy and Acceptable Use Policy. These workstations are intended for searching the Library catalog, licensed databases and Internet information resources.

• In the interest of serving all our customers, the Library reserves the right to set time limits on workstations. Users must vacate a computer when asked to do so by library staff.
• Users may print information at a cost of 15 cents per page. We recommend that users always preview the number of pages in a document before selecting the print option to avoid having to pay for unnecessary pages. Please make an effort to conserve paper.
• The user assumes all responsibility for his/her use.
• Users are reminded to follow Netiquette (Internet etiquette) and to be responsible and courteous to other users.
• Librarians will be available to assist users in accessing information.
• If a user's behavior becomes inappropriate, the Library reserves the right to end the session.
• Users wishing to save material are responsible for bringing and using their own disks. Downloading from a disk to a Library computer is not allowed.
• Computer workstations in children's areas are for children's use.
• Branch staff have full authority to designate certain computers for specific purposes (for example, library catalog only, databases only, children's use only, etc.) in order to manage access to limited resources.

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Workstation Use Policy

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