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This looks great! I think we are in a slightly better position for part of this since we can point to the Student Handbook for the "thou shalt nots" Edward Iglesias On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 8:10 AM, Nate Hill <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > This is a draft that will be tweaked and go before our board very soon. > Feedback from the group is greatly appreciated. > ### > > Chattanooga Public Library (CPL) is committed to offering community access > to new and emerging technologies as part of our public computing services. > In this age of digital publishing, desktop fabrication, and participatory > culture this means the library will offer access to physical and digital > tools which users will leverage to create, publish, and distribute their > own unique content. CPL applies the same standards to content that users > create in the library that we do to materials or media that the library > selects and purchases for public access. > > > It is the goal of the Library to provide a high quality collection of books > and media in a variety of formats and languages for all ages that is > responsive to the needs and interests of the community and reflective of > the diversity of the community. To support an informed public, the > collections represent diverse points of view, and may include materials > that some members of the public consider to be controversial in nature. > Likewise, when patrons use library tools as a platform for creative > expression, the objects and media they create represent diverse points of > view and may also be considered controversial by some members of the > public. The Chattanooga Public Library endorses the principles documented > in the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights, Freedom to > Read Statement, Freedom to View Statement, Code of Ethics, and Core Values > of Librarianship Statement. The freedom of creative expression that is > granted to patrons when they use library tools to create unique content is > an extension of these same principles. > > > Library users will not be permitted to use public tools to create material > or media that are: > > - illegal to own or produce > - in violation of copyright or patent laws > - unsafe, harmful or pose immediate threat to the well being of others > present > - in violation of location-specific policies, for example tighter > restrictions might be placed on tools located in a children’s area > > > > > On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Edward Iglesias > <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > It looks like we will be getting a 3D printer in the library and it is > now > > my job to write up a policy for its use. Do any of you have > > similar policies you would be willing to share? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Edward Iglesias > > > > > > -- > Nate Hill > [log in to unmask] > http://4thfloor.chattlibrary.org/ > http://www.natehill.net >