Circulation Policy
Objectives
The Weyauwega Public Library aims to provide material that will meet the educational, informational, cultural and recreational need of the community in order to promote the communication of ideas, an enlightened citizenship and enriched personal lives. The Library will make a special effort to direct its public relations efforts to promote the library as a clearinghouse for information about community organizations and will provide a community resource list that is updated annually.
The Weyauwega Public Library has the goal of providing all residents of the community with a comprehensive collection of materials in a variety of media, to organize these materials for ready access, and to offer guidance and stimulation for their use. Popular Materials Library and Independent Learning Center are two roles selected to be emphasized in the collection of materials.
Service Area
The Library will serve all residents of the community. Service will not be denied or abridged because of religious, racial, social, economic, or political status. Persons residing outside of the geographical area (Outagamie and Waupaca Counties) but owning property or attending an educational institution in the area shall be considered residents. Any person with a current OWLSnet card will be considered resident.
The use of the library or its services may be denied for due cause. Such cause may be failure to return books or to pay penalties, destruction of library property, disturbance of other patrons, or any other objectionable conduct on library premises.
The library, by participating in projects such as WISCAT, agree to share its resources with other libraries in the Outagamie Waupaca Library System and the state through interlibrary loan.
BadgerCat
We will do our best to locate materials requested from other sources if they are unavailable from our OWLSnet System. However, we reserve the right to not order any reference materials or videos outside of our library system (BadgerCat). It is each individual libraries discretion in regards to what materials are reserved and loaned out due to our lending agreements.
Confidentiality of Library Records
Library circulation records are confidential, internal record keeping devices designed solely to enable libraries to keep track of and recover their property. The Council of the American Library Association therefore strongly recommends that the responsible officers of each library in the United States adopt a policy which recognizes the confidentiality of circulation records and other records identifying library users by name. Therefore, in accordance with Wisconsin Statute 43.30,
- any attempt by any agency or person to ascertain the name or names of library users will be resisted to the utmost extent of the law;
- regardless of the form or nature of the demand made upon it, the library reserves the right to procure definitive legal counsel regarding the demand; and
- the library will work with library supporters and legislators to develop laws exempting library records from state open records statutes.
Library Hours
Beginning the third week in September, usually the weekend after Horse and Buggy Days, the library will initiate its winter hours, which will remain in effect until Memorial Day, at which point summer hours will be resumed.
Winter Hours
Monday 10:00am - 6:00pm
Tuesday 10:00am - 6:00pm
Wednesday 10:00am - 6:00pm
Thursday 10:00am - 6:00pm
Friday 10:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday 9:00am - 12:00pm
Summer Hours
Monday 10:00am - 6:00pm
Tuesday 10:00am - 6:00pm
Wednesday 10:00am - 6:00pm
Thursday 10:00am - 6:00pm
Friday 10:00am - 5:00pm
Holidays The library shall observe the following legal holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. If any of these holidays fall on a Saturday, Friday will be the observed day. If the holiday falls on a Sunday, Monday will be the observed day.
The library will also be closed on December 24th, and December 31st and also for the hours from Noon to Three on Good Friday.
Loan Period for Library Materials
In order to make all library materials equally available to every patron, the following rules will apply.
- Patrons checking out materials for the first time are limited to three items. After the initial check-out and return of those materials, patrons may take as many library materials as they wish, for a period of 28 days. Materials may be renewed, providing the materials are not on a reserve list. NO RESERVED MATERIAL MAY BE RENEWED. Renewal may be made in person or by telephone.
- New materials (those with a yellow Short Loan sticker) will be checked out for a period of 14 days and can be renewed if no reserve applies.
- All reference books, including encyclopedias, are to be checked out for only 24 hours. They are not renewable. New encyclopedias are for in library use only.
- The books, History of Waupaca County and Waupaca County Vol. I and II are to be in library use only.
- Current weekly or monthly issues of periodicals will not be loaned out. Back issues of periodicals will be loaned out for 28 days. Periodicals may be renewed, providing they are not on the reserved list. NO RESERVED PERIODICAL MAY BE RENEWED.
- Loan periods for materials from other libraries in OWLSnet will be determined by the lending library.
- Loan periods for materials from other libraries outside OWLSnet are determined by the lending library. Renewals will allowed if allowed by the lending library. The library will honor interlibrary system agreement procedures.
- The fine for overdue materials will be 5 cents a day, after the initial date due, to a maximum of $3.00 for each item. The fine for overdue videos will be 50 cents per day to a maximum of $3.00 for each.
- No borrower may check out books or materials if their fines total $5.00. Injury to all materials beyond reasonable wear and all losses are to be paid for at current replacement price.
- The library reserves the right to bill a patron for total replacement cost of overdue material, if not returned after 118 days on most materials, 73 days on videos, and 104 days on Short Loan materials.