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Policies of the Seminole Community Library
Children in the Library
Children age 10 and under must be in the immediate vicinity of and in visual contact with a parent,
guardian, or caregiver* at all times while in the library. Responsibility for children using the library rests
with parents, guardians, or caregivers*, not with library staff. The City of Seminole and St. Petersburg
College are not responsible for children left unattended in the library.
*Caregivers must be at least 16 years of age.
Code of Conduct
The goal of the Library is to provide an atmosphere
conducive to the enjoyment of facilities where people of all ages
may read, study, and use the Library and information technology
equipment, and partake in the Library, College, or community
activities and programs. Rules and regulations are in place for
the protection of the Library’s resources, patrons, staff, and
building.
Detailed policies may be viewed at any service desk in the Library. Read the full Code of Conduct.
Food, Drink, Tobacco
Food is only to be enjoyed in the Café and other designated areas, and beverages are to be consumed in spill-proof and closed lid containers only. Smoking and the use of tobacco products are limited to designated areas outside the building. All alcoholic beverages are prohibited in the building and on campus property.
Gifts and Donations Policy
The M. M. Bennett Library welcomes donations of books, periodicals, and other library materials as well as funds as a valuable way to develop its resources. All gifts entail expenses to the library for reviewing, cataloging, and processing, as well as the continuing expenses to house and maintain materials that have been added to the collection. Therefore, the library staff must be selective in accepting gifts to ensure the donated materials support the library's goals for collection development. Before donations are accepted, donors are advised that the following stipulations may apply:
The library is not responsible for determining a monetary value for gift items, although the Director of Libraries will acknowledge receipt of the number of items accepted. Donors are encouraged to transport the gifts to the library.
Although the library staff will make every effort to accept only materials appropriate to the library's collections, it does not guarantee that all gift items will be added to the library collection. Inappropriate titles or duplicates of items already owned by the library may be given away to other libraries, distributed to students or discarded.
The library does not guarantee that donations which are added to the collections will be kept in perpetuity. The library collections are weeded regularly based on the guidelines of the library Collection Development policy statement. All items in the library collections are subject to the same criteria for retention.
The donor bears full responsibility for determining the value of the gift. The M. M. Bennett Library will not provide appraisals of gifts to the collection.
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