RUTLAND FREE LIBRARY MEETING ROOM POLICY

The Rutland Free Library offers the Nella Grimm Fox Room for community use when it is not scheduled for library activities.  The Fox Room is used primarily to promote the library’s informational and cultural programs.

USAGE POLICIES

§                Libraries that make exhibit spaces and meeting rooms available to the public they serve should make such facilities available on an equitable basis, regardless of the beliefs or affiliations of individuals or groups requesting their use.  From the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights.

§                The Fox Room may be reserved for use at no charge to groups when the library is open. All events held during library hours must be open to the public and no admission fee may be charged except to cover the actual costs of materials or supplies used during the meeting or workshop.  When the library is open, no products or services, other than to directly benefit the library or sponsored by the library, may be advertised, solicited or sold in the Fox Room.

§                The Fox Room will be available to any one group only once per month and not on a consecutively scheduled basis.  The exception to this is Fridays. On Fridays, the Fox Room may be scheduled as often as weekly and consecutive dates can be reserved.

§                The Fox Room may be reserved for use when the library is closed, subject to staff availability.  During these hours, the following charges apply:

-          Non-profit organizations: $30 per hour

-          Others: $60 per hour

§                The provision of meeting rooms for public use does not constitute RFL endorsement of the beliefs or ideas expressed by organizations or individuals using the space.

REGULATIONS:

1.  Groups are responsible for setting up the room in advance of the meeting. The following equipment is available:

          - folding tables and stacking chairs            - chalk / corkboard

          - podium                                                  - opaque projector

          - microphone                                             - film / slide projector

          - LCD projector                                      - overhead projector

          - video, DVD player and  monitor                    - 2 easels

          - piano

2.  Groups are asked to deposit trash in the receptacles provided and take away everything else they brought in. Tables and chairs should be left for the custodian to move.

3.     Groups are required to leave the meeting room fifteen minutes before the posted library closing time unless other arrangements have been made.

4.     Refreshments are permitted. No alcohol is allowed except for library-sponsored events.

5.     Please use the tally sheet to report actual number of attendees and return to the library circulation desk or staff present when you leave. Tally sheets are located in the Fox Room, to the right of the door.

6.     Please do not move the piano. Groups wanting the piano moved to another part of the room are requested to let the library staff know upon reserving the Fox Room.

7.     Repeated cancellations or not fulfilling your reservation will jeopardize the group’s ability to schedule the room for future events.

8.     Damage to library property must be reported and is subject to possible repair costs.

9.     The library reserves the right to refuse future use to any group that does not abide by any of the above regulations.

                                                                                      Adopted 2/17/10