The last week of September we joined the Penn Yan Public Library (PYPL) on-line catalog with the Southern Tier Automated Regional Catalog (STARCat). Patrons are now be able to search for Penn Yan items in the same combined online catalog as the 47 member libraries of the Southern Tier Library System (STLS). With this new service in mind, the Penn Yan Public Library Board of Trustees enacted some new policies to ensure our patrons have fair access to library materials. Selected policy sections:
4.1 Patron Registration Requirements: Special First Library Cards (ages 0-5) require the signature of a parent or guardian and an ID which may be the parent’s to prove address. These cards may only be used to check out children’s materials. Examples of children’s materials: All items located in the children’s area of the library, Juvenile nonfiction, Juvenile Audio books and CDs, DVDs marked with an orange dot and story time kits. Video games cannot be checked out with this card.
4.4 Renewals: Two renewals of loan periods per item are granted dependent upon: material type and the presence of a request for the material by another patron (a hold). More renewals may be granted upon staff discretion.
4.8 Interlibrary Loan( ILL)/Holds: All ILL and holds materials should be picked up promptly as loan periods are set by the lending library and may be short. If a reserved item is not picked up from Penn Yan Public Library within the 1 week hold period, the reserve is canceled and the patron is charged a $1.00 non-pickup fine.