2.10 Abandoned Minors
Little Dixie Regional Libraries will assume no responsibilities for minor patrons on library property, who are are not physically within a library building at the time of closing.
If minors are in a building at the time of closing and have no means of transportation, the library staff will obtain their names and addresses, their phone numbers, and the names of their parents. Their parents will be called and told to pick up the minor and a follow-up letter to the parents will be sent explaining closing hours, library responsibility for the minor’s safety, and other specifics delineated in this policy.
If the parents have not arrived to pick up their minor children within fifteen minutes after closing time, the police department of the municipality where the branch is located will be contacted.
The library director will keep a permanent record of parents who have been contacted. Billing for staff time and overhead expenses shall be made to the parents upon the second notice from the same household.
Posted online September 7, 2021