Standards of Behavior | Privacy | Collection Development and Access | Electronic Resources and Access | Use of Meeting Rooms | Exhibits and Displays | Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Standards of Behavior Policy
It is the policy of the Contra Costa County Library to provide a safe, welcoming environment that will support the goal of bringing people and ideas together...
Privacy Issues
USA PATRIOT Act Resolutions passed by the Contra Costa County Library Commission and the Contra Costa County's Board of Supervisors and confidentiality of registration and borrowing records.
Collection Development and Access Policy
It is the policy of the Contra Costa County Library to meet the informational, educational, recreational, and cultural needs of the community by providing a variety of library resources. Professional judgment and ongoing community analysis guide the selection process.
View the Contra Costa County Library Collection Development Plan.
Electronic Resources and Access Policy
Consistent with the library's mission, "Bringing People and Ideas together," the Contra Costa Count Library provides collections, resources, and services to meet the cultural, informational, recreational, and educational needs of Contra Costa County's diverse community. In response to advances in technology and the changing needs of the community, the Contra Costa County Library provides access to electronic information resources, including the Internet. This policy affirms the safeguarding of the library users' First Amendment rights, intellectual freedom, equity of access and confidentiality.
The Contra Costa County Library provides public access to the Internet. Access is limited by the number of workstations available at any given time. Therefore, the Library must impose some time and usage limits on each individual in order to be fair to all.
View the Contra Costa County Library Rules for Internet Use.
Use
of Meeting Rooms in Libraries
It is the policy of the Contra Costa County Library to encourage the use of library meeting rooms for educational, cultural and community related meetings, programs, and activities. Individuals, Groups or Organizations wishing to use library meeting rooms must read the Policy for Use of Meeting Rooms in Libraries, Rules, and Branch Rules for Use of Meeting Room and complete an Application and Permit for Use of Meeting Room.
Exhibits and Displays Policy
It is the policy of the Contra Costa County Library to encourage the use of library exhibit cases and the display and distribution of non-library materials for cultural, educational, or civic purposes. Space is available for use by community groups and individuals. Such exhibits, displays, and materials are not intended to express the views of Contra Costa County or the Library of its staff. They represent the views of the group or individual preparing the exhibit or providing the display and distribution.
View the Contra Costa County Library Rules for Display & Distribution of Non-Library Materials.
Application and Permit for Use of Exhibit Case
Designation
of Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement
A notification of claimed copyright infringement must be provided
in writing to the Contra Costa County Library's designated agent. The
designated agent to receive notification of claimed infringement under
Title II of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512)
is: Cathy Sanford, Deputy County Librarian/Support Services.
For more information on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, visit the United States Copyright Office web site (http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/).