By Lisa Carolin
Changes to the Chelsea District Library’s Violation Enforcement Policy 435 were unanimously approved by the Chelsea District Library Board at its March 20 meeting.
The board approved added language to Policy 435 that requires the library, “to contact parents if a minor is involved in an incident that affects their safety and/or security.
“Language was also added that “requires an individual who was suspended or had their privileges limited for issues involving safety and/or security issues, to request a meeting with the director to discuss readmitting, and that conditions will be placed on that individual as a condition of re-admittance. A written record be made of those conditions and the person being readmitted will be required to sign agreements to those conditions.”
The board also updated its Core Values statement to include, “A safe, secure environment for all library visitors.”
These changes follow an incident last October for which a local man has been sentenced for exposing himself to a minor.
Library Director Lori Coryell reported that library personnel are actively working on improving the safety and security of the library. They are fine-tuning furniture and computer placement on the library’s second floor, and both the library’s head of technology and its network administrator are meeting with security camera vendors hoping to have a new camera installed at the beginning of summer.
In other business, the library board unanimously adopted a resolution that removed the portion of the Patron Behavior Policy that requires patrons to wear shirts and shoes outside the actual building, though it will remain a requirement inside the building.
The Midwest Literary Walk will take place on Saturday, April 28 from 1-5 p.m., and three authors have been announced: Will Schwalbe, a writer and journalist who wrote “The End of Your Life Book Club”; Ada Limón, an acclaimed poet and author of four books of poetry; and Michael Eric Dyson, an author of nearly 20 books including his latest work, the New York Times Bestseller, “Tears We Cannot Stop.”
While NCAA basketball teams are down to the Sweet 16 this week, the library is offering its own version of March Madness narrowing down the most requested titles of 2017 to the most popular book award.
You can vote online at (chelseadistrictlibrary.org/march-madness) or in person at the March Madness display on the library’s second floor.
