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Effective June 1, 2006, a youth library card will be issued to a minor child under 18 upon the signature of a parent or guardian. Only information pertaining to Library materials will be given to a parent/guardian listed on the registration record; no personal information, such as an address or phone number will be given out to anyone, parent or guardian. Information pertaining to Library materials on the minor's record will be given out only to the parent/guardians listed on the registration record.

The signature of the parent/guardian acknowledges the responsibility of the signer for loss or damage of library material loaned to the minor child under 18. There is no lower age limit for a child to obtain a library card. If the child can't print his/her name, the parent may sign for the child.

The Morton Grove Public Library does not restrict access to any materials. In consideration of this assumption of free and open access, parents may opt (in accordance with the Library's Video Loan Policy) to place on file a written request that their minor children (under 18 years of age) be restricted from borrowing R-rated feature films from the Library. The Youth Services Department provides full Internet access using the World Wide Web (WWW). Use of the Internet computers in the Youth Services Department is open to any child age eight through grade six who has on file a Parental Consent Form signed by the child's parent/guardian. Use of Internet computers in the Adult Services Department is open to all library users, seventh grade and older. No parental consent forms are required to use these computers. Parents are encouraged to work closely with their children to select Internet sites, which are consistent with their family's values and boundaries. The Library's policies are available in full at www.webrary.org/Inside/policymenu.html.

1. Video Loan Policy, approved by the Morton Grove Public Library Board of Trustees, May 11, 1989.
2. Internet Use in the Youth Services Department, Approved by the Morton Grove Public Library Board of Trustees, December 1999; revised August 2005.
3. Internet Access Policy,Approved by the Morton Grove Public Library Board of Trustees, October 12, 1995; revised December 1999.

Approved by the Morton Grove Public Library Board of Trustees, February 9, 2006.

www.webrary.org/inside/polyouthcard.html
First published on the Web: 5/2/2006
Last updated: 5/2/2006